<story><title>Show HN: Turn Touch wooden smart home remote now shipping</title><url>https://turntouch.com</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>conesus</author><text>Hey HN, I run NewsBlur and am launching my hardware project Turn Touch today. Launched last year as a Kickstarter campaign, it is now available for immediate shipping.&lt;p&gt;Turn Touch is a beautiful wooden smart home remote and pedestal. It’s designed to fit both your home and your hand. Use it to instantly control Hue lights, smart devices, Mac and iOS apps, and more. Turn Touch connects to most smart devices in your home that speak WiFi, including Sonos speakers and Belkin Wemo smart plugs. Turn Touch works with your Mac, iPhone, or iPad to control apps like iTunes, Spotify, and Keynote.&lt;p&gt;Here’s a few more reasons to buy it:&lt;p&gt;* Extraordinary design — This isn&amp;#x27;t yet another plastic remote. Turn Touch is carved from solid wood and worked to a show-stopping, textured finish.&lt;p&gt;* Well connected — Turn Touch is always on, always connected, and always ready to take your breath away. Once you connect your Turn Touch via Bluetooth it stays connected and always available, even without the Turn Touch app actively running. And there&amp;#x27;s no delay, when you press a button the result is instant.&lt;p&gt;﻿* Built to last﻿ — Not only will Turn Touch stand up to drops and shock, its entire circuit board can be inexpensively replaced with newer, future wireless tech. You won&amp;#x27;t have to buy a new remote every time Apple comes out with a new phone. And instead of flimsy plastic clasps, a set of 8 strong magnets invisibly hold the remote together.&lt;p&gt;Plus it’s entirely open source. And good open source projects benefit from good documentation. Here is a five part series on how Turn Touch was built: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;medium.com&amp;#x2F;@samuelclay&amp;#x2F;everything-you-need-to-build-your-own-turn-touch-smart-remote-1689da664d62&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;medium.com&amp;#x2F;@samuelclay&amp;#x2F;everything-you-need-to-build-...&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>roel_v</author><text>Where on the website does it say how it actually works? Because &amp;quot;the it works&amp;quot; page, well, doesn&amp;#x27;t. It seems it connects to a phone via bluetooth? But also uses Wifi? How does it actually connect to any devices? Does it even do that? Or is it just a bluetooth remote for your phone, and the phone then does the real work? If I put this thing next to my bed, and I use it to control my lights, and I left my phone downstairs - will it work?</text></comment>
<story><title>Show HN: Turn Touch wooden smart home remote now shipping</title><url>https://turntouch.com</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>conesus</author><text>Hey HN, I run NewsBlur and am launching my hardware project Turn Touch today. Launched last year as a Kickstarter campaign, it is now available for immediate shipping.&lt;p&gt;Turn Touch is a beautiful wooden smart home remote and pedestal. It’s designed to fit both your home and your hand. Use it to instantly control Hue lights, smart devices, Mac and iOS apps, and more. Turn Touch connects to most smart devices in your home that speak WiFi, including Sonos speakers and Belkin Wemo smart plugs. Turn Touch works with your Mac, iPhone, or iPad to control apps like iTunes, Spotify, and Keynote.&lt;p&gt;Here’s a few more reasons to buy it:&lt;p&gt;* Extraordinary design — This isn&amp;#x27;t yet another plastic remote. Turn Touch is carved from solid wood and worked to a show-stopping, textured finish.&lt;p&gt;* Well connected — Turn Touch is always on, always connected, and always ready to take your breath away. Once you connect your Turn Touch via Bluetooth it stays connected and always available, even without the Turn Touch app actively running. And there&amp;#x27;s no delay, when you press a button the result is instant.&lt;p&gt;﻿* Built to last﻿ — Not only will Turn Touch stand up to drops and shock, its entire circuit board can be inexpensively replaced with newer, future wireless tech. You won&amp;#x27;t have to buy a new remote every time Apple comes out with a new phone. And instead of flimsy plastic clasps, a set of 8 strong magnets invisibly hold the remote together.&lt;p&gt;Plus it’s entirely open source. And good open source projects benefit from good documentation. Here is a five part series on how Turn Touch was built: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;medium.com&amp;#x2F;@samuelclay&amp;#x2F;everything-you-need-to-build-your-own-turn-touch-smart-remote-1689da664d62&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;medium.com&amp;#x2F;@samuelclay&amp;#x2F;everything-you-need-to-build-...&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>k1ns</author><text>Ah, the timing makes much more sense now. I was looking at the &amp;quot;YC S12&amp;quot; descriptor and wondering, &amp;quot;what&amp;#x27;s been going on  the past 6 years for this to be shipping today?&amp;quot; This looks great by the way, well done.</text></comment>