Backed this about a month ago and just got my Kello today and have been incredibly impressed with it. Basically it is a smart alarm clock that trains you to sleep better but has IFTTT integration too (see Here). Previously I have been using a Squeezebox Radio which seemed like a waste since I was not really using it for music and only ever used it as an alarm clock.

I was surprised that when I set it up I could Telnet into it to give me a root Linux shell - on further investigation the WiFi module running the Kello (called the Libre Sync) supports quite a few audio and video codecs (including FLAC!).

I stopped there for a bit - I wanted IFTTT so contacted their support and asked for the required beta access to their app and also thanked them for not locking it right down. I got a pretty interesting response to this:

If you're into hacking Kello further, have a look at this article from one of our backer who reversed engineered Kello. Happy to provide some hacking tips if you're interested.

Heck - another company who don't mind if people tinker with their products. Looking at the article it seemed pretty straight forward to push media to it so I tried with "style.flac" to see if it would play:

mmurphy@onix:~ $ printf "\n0p41uri:http\:\/\/192.168.2.4\/style.flac\r" | nc 192.168.2.115 4444

And, it does - the Kello is streaming a FLAC file from a webserver on the local network - neat! So something I can automate. I also got IFTTT access and have actions for when the alarm goes off, when I snooze it and when I turn the alarm off.

Incredibly tidy and well built product. I wish it had a backup battery but this is easy to fix (since it takes 12v DC). Just thought I'd post this as there appears to be a market gap of decent bedside clocks and took me a while to find something good.