Sphero's Force Band -a gesture-based wearable remote that can make you feel like an actual Jedi while you control its popular BB-8 toy -just added more power to its kitty. With the addition of IFTTT (If This Then That) support, the band now lets you cont rol other things in your home, including your smartphone, using simple arm motions.
Ever since it was revealed earlier in the year at CES, Sphero has been hinting that its motion-sensing Force Band would eventually be more than just an accessory for its BB-8 toy.
Through its dedicated mobile app, users have access to other activities such as using the Force to hunt down holocrons, or pretending to wield light sabers, complete with authentic sound effects, with the Force Band strapped to their wrist.
Now that the Force Band works with the IFTTT automation platform there are suddenly an infinite number of reasons to justify the wearable's $80 price tag. When creating a custom app using either the IFTTT mobile app or web portal, Force Band users can now select one of three different triggers based on the various Jedi-inspired arm motions the wearable can detect, including Force Push, Force Pull, and Force Stop.
Will the Force Band's IFTTT support make your life a little easier? For the most part, no.But it will help make your Jedi fantasies feel a lot closer to reality. Got a bunch of Philips Hue smart lights at home? Now you can control them like a Jedi.
You can do a lot more with IFTTT when paired with an Android device than you can with iPhones and iOS. But that's not to say that Apple fans will have limited powers, when trying the Force Band's new tricks .
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