Few improvements have been made to fans since the oscillating fan was invented over 100 years ago. Following mode is the first of its kind and uses our patent pending technology to detect the user and rotate the fan to stay pointed at them.

Following Fan works by sensing the environment with a camera integrated into the center of the fan grill. A powerful integrated computer processes the video stream and detects the locations of people using a computer vision algorithm running in real time. The person closest to the fan is selected to be tracked and instructions are sent to the motor to point the fan in their direction.

Following Fan has three modes the user can select: stationary, oscillation, and following. Following Fan is built to be durable, with aluminum blades and a steel frame to handle a variety of heavy duty environments such as garages, gyms, and warehouses.

To save energy, the fan motor is automatically put to sleep when no one is around while in following mode. When a person returns, the fan will detect them and quickly wake up and continue operation.

Following Fan is designed with privacy in mind. To eliminate any breaches of privacy, we built Following Fan without a wireless connection. This also enables the fan to be simple and easy to use.

According to Kickstarter