KS Scam: "BattBump App" (charge phone through NFC) - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: cavac
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: June 26, 2018, 07:37:14 am
content: "Give us AU$30000 to develop and App some one phone can charge another via NFC".https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1749849235/battbump-an-app-to-share-and-receive-phone-battery/descriptionYeah, right. Because if a phone could use NFC to get charged (hint: it can't), 6mW isplentyof power to charge a phone in a few seconds.And, oh, it's also a social network and uses blockchain.Maybe Dave could do a five minute whiteboard video to show how many decades you'd have to "bump charge" to get the battery to 50% ;-)

author: Kean
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: June 26, 2018, 01:39:47 pm
content: Haha, I just came here to post about this!Even if it used Qi charging instead of NFC (and assuming phones had Qi transmitters) the efficiency would make it totally useless.Obviously no engineers were harmed... I mean consulted... in the making of this KickstarterI'm guessing Cat Clark is another Meredith Perry in the making.

author: Kean
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: June 26, 2018, 01:53:40 pm
content: LOL, Sony have patented it ... just in case it ever does actually become practical (it wont)https://bgr.com/2017/03/16/wireless-charging-sony-patent-nfc/

author: FrankBuss
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: June 27, 2018, 06:38:01 am
content: I reported the project. It violates the rule "we require projects to show backers a prototype of what they’re making". Obviously there is no working prototype.

author: Kean
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: June 27, 2018, 06:47:33 am
content: The update from this morning is hilarious.To paraphrase: we're just building the software - the hardware is someone else's problem.

author: Kean
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: June 27, 2018, 08:28:36 am
content: The Kickstarter has just been cancelled

author: Kalvin
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 27, 2018, 09:04:13 am
content: How about creating an app (with cost of $1) and users can start sending a SMS messages containing some battery charge to each other, like 1mAh per message. Or, better yet, CAS (Charge as service) so that you can buy extra charge from the mobile app in some ridiculous price per mAh.

author: ebastler
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 28, 2018, 09:46:43 pm
content: Quote from: Kean on June 27, 2018, 08:28:36 amOh no!!!But it was going to use Blockchain technology! And its own "BB token" cryptocurrency!!What a shame the world will have to keep moving without this super-cool technology...Nice teaser video though. If this was really meant as a joke, someone went to some length about it.

author: Cthulhoid
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: June 29, 2018, 03:43:32 am
content: And the scammer deleted her LinkedIn profile, too.

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: June 29, 2018, 03:53:38 am
content: I didn't know about this thread!

author: Kean
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: June 29, 2018, 05:48:12 am
content: Don't worry Dave - this is not the thread you're looking for...

author: Cyberdragon
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 29, 2018, 11:50:58 pm
content: Quote from: Cthulhoid on June 29, 2018, 03:43:32 amMysterious report on Dave's video...then this idiot runs away and hides in shame...coincidence? I think not...Successful annihalation by Dave, perfect 100% BS removal score!

author: Rasz
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 18, 2019, 05:54:44 am
content: Samsung Wireless PowerShare on the Galaxy S10https://www.samsung.com/us/support/answer/ANS00082564/you should all feel very stupid now!!1... wait no, Samsung shouldFirst it was phones blowing up, then brilliant idea of $2000 foldable screens phone not exactly panning outhttps://qz.com/1598094/the-samsung-galaxy-folds-display-seems-to-have-problems/with review units going blank/tearing apart, and now I learned they actually implemented BattBump!

author: edy
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 08, 2019, 03:35:09 am
content: It's always great to read the fine print. On the BattBump KS page it clearly states:https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1749849235/battbump-an-app-to-share-and-receive-phone-battery/posts/2223691QuoteYou see what they did there?The funding is being used to create the "shell of the app" that will allow such technology to be integrated "when and if it is available". This should never have been accepted by KickStarter. I can see IndieGogo accepting this, but KS?

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: May 08, 2019, 04:03:29 am
content: Quote from: edy on May 08, 2019, 03:35:09 amThey only added thisafterthe debunking video.But this an old thread.