Singapore — EvFi is now LIVE on Kickstarter with our very first product Alohomora. As an add-on module to existing baby or pet gates, Alohomora automatically unlocks the gate when you want it to, facilitating seamless movement around the house.
ALOHOMORA is a four-part module to be added onto existing pet/baby gates that have swinging doors. It would take over the locking and unlocking mechanism of the original door. Alohomora is a smart module that requires dual-authentication to open the gate. The first would be using ultrasonic sensors to detect if there is a person more than 1.4m in height. With this, pets and babies will not be able to unlock the gate, thus ensuring their safety. The second step involves a tap on the ALOHOMORA. This tap signals that you want to open the gate, preventing it from unlocking whenever you happen to be nearby. Only when these two factors are fulfilled in sequence, the gate will be unlocked. A beep sound would be released to indicate to the user that the gate is already unlocked and can be opened.
With ALOHOMORA, opening baby/pet gates becomes hassle free. You no longer have to free up hands just to deal with the mechanism of unlocking the gate, bringing convenience to users. You can open it whenever you want to, be it while carrying groceries, laundry, the dishes, or even your pets, because ALOHOMORA can be activated by simply using your knees to tap it.
ALOHOMORA isn’t just smart, its easy to install as well. Mount ALOHOMORA onto pet gates quickly with just nuts and bolts. Insert the bolts into the four corners and use the nuts to secure the module to the gate. With three different colours to choose from, we are sure that you will find one that suits your gate and your home.
With ALOHOMORA, we at EvFi believe that your home will be made more seamless without compromising your safety and convenience.
About Evfi
EvFi was founded by a group of five engineers, Daphne Chin, Ng Guo Xiang, Gede Ria Ghosalya, Aaron Ang and Marissa Ang, who came together to create a more seamless experience living at home. We envision a home where everyone can live more comfortably, where everyday objects are embedded with smart technology, making them behave in the ways we want them to. We believe that homes should not be a source of stress, but rather, a sanctuary that is hassle free. As students from the Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) and Singapore Management University (SMU), we understood the value of design and its importance in shaping the way we live, especially in our homes. As one of us has three pet dogs, we understand that they can be hard to handle at times, and its even harder to put them behind pet gates. As such, we decided to tackle this problem by developing Alohomora, a module that can be fitted onto existing pet gates, as our first foray into smarter homes.
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