/technologies/internet-of-things/b/blog/posts/competition-winning-smartbell-app-allows-users-to-answer-the-doorbell-via-their-smartphoneA mock up of how Daniel McGrane&#39;s SmartBell would be used in practice (via Daniel McGrane)23 year-old student, Daniel McGrane had created a concept that allows the truly lazy to become even lazier. In a society obsessed with making life easier vi...en-USTelligent Community 12https://community.element14.com/technologies/internet-of-things/b/blog/posts/competition-winning-smartbell-app-allows-users-to-answer-the-doorbell-via-their-smartphoneMon, 18 Aug 2014 16:25:32 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:c3bcd177-6ea1-400e-a8e0-25cf69f183e5janisalnis0<p>Cool idea!</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>May be just writing a phone number on the door would be enough.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Or may be putting a smartphone there in a box.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Similars system could be extended to cars allowing to contact the owner.</p><img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=18341&AppID=27&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">https://community.element14.com/technologies/internet-of-things/b/blog/posts/competition-winning-smartbell-app-allows-users-to-answer-the-doorbell-via-their-smartphoneThu, 14 Aug 2014 19:36:29 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:c3bcd177-6ea1-400e-a8e0-25cf69f183e5fvan0<p>A similar smart bell was successfully funded on kickstarter last week: <a class="jive-link-external-small" href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/729057054/i-bell" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" target="_blank" title="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/729057054/i-bell">https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/729057054/i-bell</a></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Curious to see how soon we&#39;ll all have one of these smart bells <span>[View:/resized-image/__size/16x16/__key/commentfiles/f7d226abd59f475c9d224a79e3f0ec07-c3bcd177-6ea1-400e-a8e0-25cf69f183e5/contentimage_5F00_1.png:16:16]</span></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Frederick</p><img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=18341&AppID=27&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">