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This is just the American version of the Kankun wireless plug with a script on it. The Kankun plug is like 1/4 of the price: http://m.aliexpress.com/item/326135

This is just the American version of the Kankun wireless plug with a script on it. The Kankun plug is like 1/4 of the price: http://m.aliexpress.com/item/32613551938.html http://m.aliexpress.com/item/32613551938.html There's a whole community about hacking these plugs: https://plus.google.com/communities/115308608951565782559 https://plus.google.com/communities/115308608951565782559

chris_wot 11y ago
Someone needs to oppose the pending patent then.
- mdip 11y ago
  I can't imagine what they have a patent pending on. They could claim nobody has put all of these features into a single device, but I'd challenge even that. WiFi switches have been around for a long time and there's a myriad of open projects for a variety of "development platforms" (RPi, Arduino, etc) that do things like this or similar to this. As far as detecting and cycling a device based on network activity, I've personally built something that performs this exact function ten years ago using an old laptop with an X10 serial device and a router/modem plugged into an X10 device. There's got to be a ton of prior art out there.
chx 11y ago
Thanks! My work requires using a certain device which I figured how to use remotely but occasionally it needs a reboot and the devices I found were very expensive.
dang 11y ago
Thanks! We changed the URL to that second link, which seems like it might be the most substantive. The originally posted URL was http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01BU2ALGO/ http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01BU2ALGO/.
- qb45 11y ago
  Would be nice if this information was more visible. I was quite surprised that the link leads to some random G+ page about "smartplug" hacking while people here are talking as if it was a commercial product.
mjlee 11y ago
Here's a non-mobile version of that same link: http://www.aliexpress.com/item/2015-New-Smart-Wifi-plug-socket-outlet-Kankun-with-EU-AU-UK-adapter-Kankun-k1-electrical/32613551938.html http://www.aliexpress.com/item/2015-New-Smart-Wifi-plug-sock...

chris_wot 11y ago

Someone needs to oppose the pending patent then.

mdip 11y ago
I can't imagine what they have a patent pending on. They could claim nobody has put all of these features into a single device, but I'd challenge even that. WiFi switches have been around for a long time and there's a myriad of open projects for a variety of "development platforms" (RPi, Arduino, etc) that do things like this or similar to this. As far as detecting and cycling a device based on network activity, I've personally built something that performs this exact function ten years ago using an old laptop with an X10 serial device and a router/modem plugged into an X10 device. There's got to be a ton of prior art out there.

chx 11y ago

Thanks! My work requires using a certain device which I figured how to use remotely but occasionally it needs a reboot and the devices I found were very expensive.

dang 11y ago

Thanks! We changed the URL to that second link, which seems like it might be the most substantive. The originally posted URL was http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01BU2ALGO/ http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01BU2ALGO/.

qb45 11y ago
Would be nice if this information was more visible. I was quite surprised that the link leads to some random G+ page about "smartplug" hacking while people here are talking as if it was a commercial product.

mjlee 11y ago

Here's a non-mobile version of that same link: http://www.aliexpress.com/item/2015-New-Smart-Wifi-plug-socket-outlet-Kankun-with-EU-AU-UK-adapter-Kankun-k1-electrical/32613551938.html http://www.aliexpress.com/item/2015-New-Smart-Wifi-plug-sock...