"NEEO" realizing smart house by consolidating bulky remote control into one unit

Remote control which can operate TV and air conditioner by hand is convenient, but it is supposed that there are many people who are increasingly increasing in number gradually and it is supposed to be hard on the table. Newly developed "NEEO"Has become such a device that can consolidate such many remote control on one terminal and can implement" smart home "with more functions.

NEEO - The Thinking Remote for Your Smart Home
http://www.neeo.com/

What kind of product is NEEO is getting to be understood by looking at the following movies.


It is a common scene that television and recorder, air conditioner and lighting, etc. are filled with remote control on the table.


It seems that the number of remote control is unright.


It was developed to efficiently summarize the remote control required for various devices ...


this"NEEO"is. There are products that put together remote control, but NEEO called Thinking Remote (Thinking Remote) is divided into a disk-like "NEEO Brain" and "Remote" is one of the features.


Brain is the key to operating various devices instead of numerous remote controllers. Infrared rays for remote control are irradiated in all directions of 360 degrees from Brain, and it is possible to control equipment in every place of the house. Furthermore, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi,ZigBeeYaZ-WaveIt also supports communication standards, so it is possible to control a wide range of equipment.


And the terminal for controlling that brain is "Remote". It is possible to interactively operate the equipment with a color display.


Furthermore, it is also possible to play songs in cooperation with music players and others. This is said to be a function which could not be realized with conventional remote control.


The Remote's display uses a high-resolution panel with a resolution of 229 ppi, comparable to the Retina display.


Remote functions can also be used with applications developed for iOS and Android terminals. Whether you use Remote for dedicated terminal or substitute with smartphone, you can flexibly use it according to user's purpose.


In addition, Remote has a function to judge "who is used". If you take Remote like this ... ....


The sensor installed in the Remote reads the palm information and detects that it is a registered person. Therefore, you can use the characteristic feature that you can customize the contents of the device to operate and the playlist of music.


Furthermore, it will be possible to restrict functions even when children do not use specific functions.


Remote comes with a magnet type dedicated stand, so that charging will start automatically when set.


In the situation that the fate of remote control "I do not know where I went", "SOS mode" is convenient.


Loud sound is emitted from Remote, so we can identify whereabouts immediately.


A system developed in-house that can also be called the heart of NEEO. The dual-core A20 processor is mounted to enable powerful processing, and the board is equipped with LAN port and HDMI terminal so that it can be extended to a wide range of applications.


NEEO stores databases of more than 30,000 kinds of equipment released in the past 10 years, and it is possible to control a wide range of devices such as TV, recorder, AV amplifier, air conditioner, lighting equipment.


This NEEO is a cloud funding siteKickstarterWe are looking for investment in. About 50,000 dollars (about 6 million yen) as the target amount, about 590,000 dollars (about 70 million yen) investment is gathered at the time of article creation.

It is possible to get 1 Brain by investment of 148 dollars (about 17,000 yen). Unfortunately the Super Early Bird plan is even more expensive than the early discount, but the "EARLY BIRD NEEO COMBO" plan with Brain and Remote set is $ 219 (about 26,000 yen) It is getting.


Kickstarter A set of black and white which becomes the limited color was also prepared, but "BLACK CAT EDITION" unfortunately reached the capacity limit. "WHITE RABBIT EDITION" is still possible to get with a contribution of 219 dollars (about 26,000 yen).


In addition, the ordinary "NEEO COMBO" plan is $ 249 (about 31,000 yen), and the "FAMILY COMBO" with two Remote sets is $ 319 (about 32,000 yen).


In addition, you can get "COLOR FREAK" that can color NEEO to your favorite color at $ 1000 (about 120,000 yen). "HOME AUTOMATION KIT" set with Z-Wave sensor, dimmer, and special socket in addition to NEEO's combo is $ 1199 (about 140,000 yen), NEEO COMBO has become a set of 10 "PRO COMBO Various plans are prepared, such as getting at 1,800 dollars (about 220,000 yen).


For shipping to Japan, a shipping fee of $ 18 (approximately 2200 yen) is required separately. The deadline of investment is Japan time on February 12 th (Thursday), 23:32 in Japan, and the shipping time is scheduled to be around March - May 2015.

NEEO - The Thinking Remote by NEEO Inc. - Kickstarter
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1227115988/neeo-the-thinking-remote