NFC Ring Kickstarter project nears goal for a Windows Phone app; are you in?

Kickstarter projects are certainly all the rage in 2022 and increasingly we're seeing Windows Telephone being considered in the funding and development stages of some of these ventures. Case in betoken, the NFC Ring (nfcring.com). Nosotros're big advocates of wearable engineering science and believe it's the adjacent big thing to have off in the next few years, so the NFC Ring makes sense to us.

The ring itself is designed to "unlock doors, mobile phones, transfer information and link people" and since it is NFC, it's merely an elegant looking ring with no wires, battery or fuss. The band has ii NFC inlays, public and private, allowing yous to divvy upwardly what is shared. For instance, you could pick upwards an NFC door unlock tool and apply that for one side and on the other, share your contact data just by borer someone'due south telephone (if y'all have ever used an NFC business concern card, you'll know how crawly this can be).

Anyway, the project has reached the main funding goal of £30,000, striking £106,133 as of today. Only what's real interesting is that the designers have other plans should the continue hitting diverse funding levels. What happens when they hit £110,000? They'll commit to a "Windows Mobile (sic) App".

The project looks quite achievable and we like their plan that they've laid out for execution. What does it price to jump on board? For £22 (effectually $38) you lot get the ring and the app. You can of course also pledge college, should you choose.

Look, we're not hither to tell you how to spend your money and at that place are dozens if not hundreds of worthy Kickstarter projects out at that place. But we threw down some cash for this mission and with less than £4,000 to get to hit a Windows Phone app (in 21 days), we're leaving this up to you guys.

Make sure yous check out the video demo above of the NFC Band and let united states of america know below if you've committed!

Source: Kickstarter (NFC Ring); Cheers, Max A., for the tip!

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