Flic

Flic: Just with a click of a button

The Flic: is it a waste? Find out here, after reading this blog.

The Flic is a wireless smart button. The smart button creates shortcuts for you to do things that normally you would do using your phone. This unique device was created by Amir Sharifat, Joacim Westlund, Pranav Kosuri, Tobias Andersen, Johan Stenberg, David Sanghera, Marcus Karoumi, and Philip Schill. Flic uses Bluetooth Low-energy (BLE) to correspond with your smartphone.

Flic is a simple and smart wireless button that lets you create a shortcut to actions so that you don’t have to touch your phone. Flic uses variety of buttons to do each task, for instance to take a selfie you would use a specific blue button, for an alarm you would use a specific whit alarm, etc. One fascinating connection I found out was, there is a special black button for calling a cab, this reminds me of the Uber app, which also gets a taxi in a more efficient way. A few actions Flic can do are: playing music, by instructing it that if I double click I change the song, and if I click once I pause/play the song.  You can also control

the lights with Flic, find your phone, take pictures, and something everyone loves doing: snoozing the alarm. Lastly, Flic can send distress signals, by telling it that if I click once, share my location to my loved ones, Double click- send a distress message, and if I hold on to the button it alarms my loved ones  that I am in danger. This can be useful to many people, to keep themselves from danger and to feel secure.

Flic has many enchanting features like: its durable- water and dust resistance, shareable- Many users can use the same Flic, reliable- battery life lasts up to 5 years, and has many functions to control it. Lastly, there are 3 different functions per Flic- click, double click, and hold. Also Flic comes with a double sided adhesive so you can stick it to any surface. If it gets dirty,all you have to do is wash it with soap and it will look new again. You can also replace the battery by replacing a battery. All you have to do is twist the backside and replace it with a regular coin cell battery. 

You can get your own Flic by going on https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/flic-the-wireless-smart-button or contacting press@shortcutlabs.com, or support@shortcutlabs.com .