iFetch : Automatic Ball Launcher for Your Dog

An automatic ball launcher, hm…that sounds pretty cool isn’t it? iFetch project started when one afternoon, Grant tried to do his homework at the kitchen table but his dog, a toy poddle, kept dropping the ball at his feet, begging him to play fetch. He couldn’t resist the request (who could?), but after 20 minutes, Grant was tired and needed to finish his homework. The little dog didn’t feel the same way, well, we know how dog can be so energetic. This was the idea of automatic ball launcher hit Grant, what if he could make a device that could throw the ball automatically so that he could finish his homework.

So, the journey began, it became a family project with extensive researching, prototyping, testing and refining, this family launched a Kickstarter campaign and received 4 times of their original pledge.

iFetch is a ball thrower, it has 3 distance settings that you can choose from: 10 feet, 20 feet, or 30 feet. To do so, simply press the button on the back to go through the distance options. Place the ball into the funnel, it will automatically launch to the chosen distance.

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