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by Charlie Osborne  |  November 19, 2012  |  Image 7 of 11

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A smart way to find your car

Find My Car Smarter is an app for the iPhone 4S which caters for the time -- more often than not -- that you complete your shopping and completely forget where you left your car.

Alternative apps require you to launch it and 'pin' the location before running off to finish your errands, but thanks to either the branded accompanying Bluetooth device or a compatible Bluetooth device, you need to pair the product and your phone once before simply launching the app whenever you forget your car's location.

When you start your car, the Find My Car Smarter App wirelessly connects to a Bluetooth device, powered by your cigarette lighter. The Bluetooth device automatically turns off, and so the App realizes that your car is parked and then activates the GPS on your iPhone momentarily to save your car's location.

If you lose your car, launching the app then plots a map for you and leads you back to it. 

The device is now priced at $40.

The Kickstarter campaign managed to reach $40,177 in funding, based on a $10,000 goal.

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Great idea
Great idea and very creative solution. Hopefully this will improve driving safety.
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