KeyPal is what key’s should’ve been years ago! It’s an inexpensive, non-tech product that activates on its own when you use your key. Now when you’re not conveniently in front of your house, you can check your key to see if you did or didn’t lock your door.
And this isn’t limited to just your house. Just like you have separate keys for your home, you can also have KeyPal on your office keys, the sky’s the limit!
Our competitors are all technology based and cost upwards of $100 or more. We will bring you this novelty at less than $10! Please subscribe to our mailer to stay up to date on when you can purchase your very own KeyPal!
The first KeyPal (version 1.0) was 3D printed in March 2015. Version 2.0 in the video is ready to be 3D printed and tested before moving onto a more production ready key device. We’re currently seeking crowd funding assistance to bring your key into the 21st century.
Check out our KickStarter campaign here!
What Would We Do With Funding?
We’re still working on prototype version 2.0. Over the next few months we would like to design and 3D print several more revisions to make the best KeyPal possible. The big hurdle we foresee is creating a product that can be mass produced. This will most likely be made using injection molding. At that point we will have to explore a manufacturing consultant to help us create a mold and produce our keys.
Risks and Challenges
Our Team is composed of 2 Engineers and 2 Business majors from Arizona State University. Our diversified backgrounds and approach to this project thus far has allowed us to create a prototype and test version 1.0 in just under 2 months (we started in January 2015).
Risks and Challenges moving forward.
We are currently facing a money problem, as do many start up ventures. While 3D printing prototyping costs aren’t too harmful to our wallets, we’re reaching a point where we can’t afford to continue this. We will continue prototyping until our key is ready for consumers. And we can already see the massive money drain that is in front of us. Getting to a production ready stage and beyond is going to be very costly as far as creating molds and figuring out how to get you a boxed and finished product.
