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Congratulations!
You are now an official backer of iFind - The World's First Battery-Free Item Locating Tag. Time to tell the world about it!

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$16.00

Not too late. Get the world's first battery-free item locator in your favorite color.

Estimated delivery: Oct 2014
Add $10 USD to ship outside the US
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https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/yuansong84/ifind-the-worlds-first-battery-free-item-locating
 
If you misplace your phone, you can shake any of your Ifind tags and (if your phone isn't dead I guess) a signal on your phone will go off. You can give your tag's id to friends and should you lose your phone, or it dies, your friends can locate it for you.

Gotta read the whole page.

I would like to know if it is water proof.
 
It was a stupid scam archie.

Funding Suspended
Funding for this project was suspended by Kickstarter on June 26, 2014.

For a while I've been following the saga of the Kickstarter "iFind" Bluetooth 4.0 tracking tag. Nothing new about such tags (there are many crowdfunded examples; some have delivered, some have disappointed), but this one claims it doesn't require any batteries it harvests its energy from electromagnetic emissions (wifi, cell towers, TV signals, etc). The creators have posted no evidence other than some slick Photoshop work, an obviously faked video, some easily disproven data, and classic bad science. So far they've picked up half a million in pledges. With six days to go until they walk off with the money, skeptics abound (10min in) including some excellent dissections of their claims. The creators have yet to post even a single photo of the magical device, instead posting empty platitudes and claims that such secrecy is necessary to protect their IP.

Using just their published figures, their claims are readily refuted, yet still backers flock in. Kickstarter appear uninterested in what can only be described as a slow-motion bank robbery, despite their basic requirement to demonstrate a prototype. It seems self-evident that such scams should not be allowed to propagate on Kickstarter, for the good of other genuine projects and the community at large. Skeptics are maintaining a Google Doc with many of the highlights of the action. Bring your own popcorn and enjoy the show."
 
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