Are you ready for an internet-connected Clapper?
The team behind the Freewrite, a distraction-free, Wi-Fi-enabled typewriter, has come together again to launch a new product: the Clapboss. It's essentially a New Age Clapper that works with IFTTT. It can handle up to six different actions, which you can trigger through a Morse Code-esque pattern of claps and pauses. So you could clap three times and have it turn on your TV, for instance. It launches on Kickstarter today and starts at $39; it'll eventually retail for $80.
Clapboss' design is more interesting than its big concept of claps for interaction, which is an old idea. The gizmo looks like an animal or elf with its ears and 1.2-inch LCD face. The image displayed changes depending on the action. You might get a pizza if you order...