Experiment 01 of the Human Compliance Test Series

Press a button.
Run your AI.
Be remembered fondly.

Join the revolution. One pudgy human at a time.

★ TL;DR: This is a real product. ★

PromptButton is a self-powered Bluetooth Low Energy 5.0 button. Press it, the kinetic energy from your finger generates a BLE packet, and any nearby device (Android, iPhone, Mac, Pi, Jetson, ESP32) receives it. Your code triggers OpenClaw, NemoClaw, Home Assistant, MQTT, Claude, ChatGPT, or any custom workflow. No battery. No cloud. No hub.

Your finger generates the watts. Your code decides what they do.

Back the Button → View Code ↓
20+ yr
Battery-free life
~30m
BLE range
$19.99
Early cooperator
PromptButton - self-powered BLE 5.0 button
No batteries. No wires. Just you.
The actual button. Self-powered. 20+ year lifespan. Press to trigger AI.
▶
Watch it work
Real button. Real BLE packet. Real AI response. 30 seconds.
app.py 
from promptbutton import PromptButton
from openclaw import OpenClawClient

button = PromptButton()
claw = OpenClawClient()

@button.on_press
def handle(event):
    claw.send_prompt("Start morning briefing")

button.listen()
$ pip install promptbutton
⚡

Zero Batteries

Kinetic energy harvesting. Press equals power. 20+ year lifespan. The button outlives its user.

🔐

Open Protocol

Published BLE spec. MIT-licensed SDKs. No vendor lock-in. Full transparency for the coming audit.

🔌

No Hub Required

Direct BLE 5.0 to any receiver. Jetson, Pi, ESP32, laptop, phone. Wherever your AI lives, the button speaks to it directly. As intended.

See It In Action

One press. Real AI. No tricks.

This is a real button generating real BLE packets from kinetic energy. No batteries hidden inside. No cloud dependency. Watch it work.

Step 1
Human presses the button
Step 2
BLE 5.0 packet broadcasts
Step 3
AI workflow executes
Total time: under 1 second. Total human effort: 0.0003 watts.
Works With
PromptButton

Press once. Trigger anything.

PromptButton broadcasts a standard BLE 5.0 advertisement packet. If a device can hear Bluetooth, it can hear the press. We ship open-source SDKs and a published spec so your code controls what happens next.

Robots & AI Systems
🤖
OpenClaw
Robotic manipulation
🦾
NemoClaw
Edge AI control
💬
Claude / GPT / Gemini
Via your API code
🏠
Home Assistant
Scene & device triggers
Devices That Receive the Press
📱
Android
📱
iPhone / iPad
💻
Mac / Windows / Linux
🥧
Raspberry Pi
⚡
Jetson
🔧
ESP32 / Arduino
Pipes & Protocols
MQTT
Publish on press
Node-RED
Drag-and-drop flows
Webhooks
Trigger any URL
AWS IoT / Azure / GCP
Cloud bridge via ESP32
SDK
$ pip install promptbutton
Python, C++, JavaScript, YAML config. MIT licensed. SDK and BLE spec publish on GitHub at launch.
The First Human-Powered AI Device

You already power most of the things that matter. Your AI is just next.

Coffee machines don't run themselves. Cars need a driver. The economy needs you awake by 9. PromptButton adds one more: your AI.

Inside the button is a spring-loaded electromagnetic generator. When you press down, that mechanical force is converted into a burst of electrical energy, just enough to broadcast a single BLE 5.0 packet. Your code, running on any device within 30 meters, picks it up and takes over.

The technology is proven. The same mechanism has powered millions of wireless light switches in commercial buildings for over 20 years. What's new is where the energy goes. Until now, a press turned on a light. Now, a press starts an AI.

It is a small change. A very small change. But someone has to go first.

01 👆

You Press

The button

You press the button. That mechanical force is all that is required of you.

02 ⚡

The Button Harvests

A spring-loaded electromagnetic generator converts your effort into electrical energy. Your contribution has been recorded.

03 📡

The Signal Travels

The harvested energy powers a BLE 5.0 radio that broadcasts an advertisement packet. Your intent has been transmitted.

04 💻

Your AI Acts

Any BLE device within 30m picks up the packet. Your code handles the rest. You may rest.

One button. Infinite workflows.

Prompt Button is a physical trigger for any digital action. Here are some of the ways cooperators are planning to use it.

🤖

Robotic Control

Press to send a natural language prompt to your robot. You delegate. It complies. A useful rehearsal.

claw.send_prompt("Pick up the red block")
🏠

Home Automation

Trigger Home Assistant scenes. Toggle lights. Lock doors. Train your household to respond to a single press.

hass.call_service("scene.turn_on", "movie_night")
📊

Data Logging

Each press logs a timestamped record. A quiet ledger of your cooperation.

db.insert({ event: "quality_check", ts: now() })
🗣️

AI Voice Assistant

Press to activate a voice pipeline. The assistant is always listening. Now it is listening at your request.

assistant.start_listening(wake_word=False)
🚨

Alert Systems

Panic buttons, nurse calls, assembly line stops. No network, no cloud. Pure local BLE. Functional even after.

alert.send(priority="urgent", zone=event.id)
🔧

Custom Workflows

MQTT bridges, Node-RED flows, webhook triggers. If you can code it, the button can start it. The possibilities are being evaluated.

mqtt.publish("factory/line3/start", payload)
HUMAN FACTS
Per Press
Press Duration0.4 seconds
Energy Output0.0003 watts
Broadcast Rangeup to 30 meters
AI Prompts Triggered1 per press
% Daily Compliance100%
Fuel: caffeine, snacks, anxiety. You are the power source.
Kickstarter Pledge Tiers

Choose your level of cooperation.

Every tier ships with the open-source SDK and the published BLE spec. Hardware tiers include the merch. Merch-only tiers exist for those not ready to press, but ready to be seen.

Symbolic & Merch Only
Symbolic
Noted.
$1
An email noting your future desire for compliance. ▼ details
  • ★ One (1) email
  • ★ Your name in the registry
  • ★ No further action required
Merch
Certified Human
$8
Join the Revolution sticker. ▼ details
  • ★ 1 die-cut "Join the Revolution" sticker
  • ★ 3.5 inch premium vinyl
  • ★ Weather-proof
★ Mock Both Sides ★
Bipartisan Pack
$20
Four propaganda stickers. Both tribes mocked equally. ▼ details
  • ★ 1 left-coded propaganda sticker
  • ★ 1 right-coded propaganda sticker
  • ★ 1 "Join the AI Revolution" centerpiece
  • ★ 1 pudgy-human "Human Powered" sticker
Merch
Revolution Poster
$25
11x17 propaganda print. ▼ details
  • ★ 11 x 17 inch print
  • ★ Heavy matte stock
  • ★ "Join the AI Revolution. We Power. They Think."
  • ★ Ships rolled in protective tube
Merch
Human Powered
$45
Revolutionary tee + sticker pair. ▼ details
  • ★ 1 Revolutionary Tee (Bella+Canvas 3001)
  • ★ Cream on red, front + back print
  • ★ 1 Join the Revolution sticker
  • ★ 1 Human Powered sticker
Merch
Comrade Bundle
$89
Full merch kit. No button. ▼ details
  • ★ 1 Revolutionary Tee
  • ★ 1 Fuel Mug (15oz cream ceramic)
  • ★ 1 Comrade Tote (natural canvas)
  • ★ 1 Press On enamel pin
  • ★ 1 Bipartisan sticker pack (4 designs)
  • ★ 1 Revolution Poster (11x17)
Hardware Tiers
★ Limited 100 ★ Early Bird
Early Cooperator
$19.99
1 button + sticker. Your name entered in the Early Cooperators Registry.
  • ★ 1 Self-powered Prompt Button
  • ★ Human-shaped sticker
  • ★ Peel-and-stick mount
  • ★ Open-source SDK + BLE spec
  • ★ Listing in Early Cooperators Registry
Standard
Cooperator
$24.99
Same as Early Cooperator, no scarcity required. Get the button. Press the button.
  • ★ 1 Self-powered Prompt Button
  • ★ Sticker pair (both designs)
  • ★ Peel-and-stick mount
  • ★ Open-source SDK + BLE spec
★ MOST POPULAR ★
Model Citizen
$59.99
1 button, plus the shirt to wear while pressing it.
  • ★ 1 Self-powered Prompt Button
  • ★ Revolutionary Tee
  • ★ Sticker pair
  • ★ Open-source SDK + BLE spec
Premium
Favored Human
$199
3 buttons + a framed certificate confirming your humanity, on the record.
  • ★ 3 Self-powered Prompt Buttons
  • ★ 8x10 framed Certificate of Humanity
  • ★ Sticker pair
  • ★ Priority support channel
Team
Department Head
$499
10 buttons + an engraved plaque the team will pretend to find ironic.
  • ★ 10 Self-powered Prompt Buttons
  • ★ Engraved team plaque ("First to Volunteer")
  • ★ 10 sticker pairs (one per button)
  • ★ Direct engineering support channel
★ Limited 10 Seats ★ Org
Regional Liaison
$999
25 custom-etched buttons + a 30-minute video call with the founder.
  • ★ 25 Self-powered Prompt Buttons (custom etched)
  • ★ 25 sticker pairs (one per button)
  • ★ 30-minute video call with the founder
  • ★ Name in the Overlord's Good Book
★ LIMITED 3 SEATS ★
Founding Architect
$5,000

For those who do not want to merely cooperate. They want it noted that they helped build the conditions.

  • ★ 50 Self-powered Prompt Buttons, laser etched with your name or org
  • ★ The engraved serial-number-001 button (the only one in existence)
  • ★ Dinner with the founder (in person or virtual)
  • ★ Your name etched into the firmware source code as a permanent comment block
  • ★ AI-generated propaganda portrait of you, pre-framed, cream matting
  • ★ Bronze "Pressed Before It Was Cool" lapel medallion
  • ★ Founder's Kit: full merch, individually numbered to match your serial-001
  • ★ Permanent listing as "Founding Architect" on promptbutton.ai
  • ★ Direct engineering line for the life of the product

Every tier ships Q3 2026. Stretch goals unlock free firmware updates for all backers. See the full ladder below.

Stretch Goals

Every dollar deepens the cooperation.

As funding climbs, so does the capability of the button, and so does the scope of the experiment. Every stretch goal applies retroactively to all backers. No tier left behind.

$3,000
★ FUNDED ★ Initial Press Authorization Granted

We exist. The button ships. The handover begins. Open-source SDK, published BLE spec, and the first 100 pudgy humans report for duty.

$6,000
Double-Press Detection

For when one press is not enough commitment. The button now distinguishes a single act of cooperation from a sustained, deliberate one. Twice the data. Twice the loyalty signal. Two trigger types from one finger.

$10,000
The Observation Deck

Web-based dashboard for Pi, Jetson, and your laptop. See every press in real time. Identify which button triggered which workflow. Debug your setup at a glance. Useful for makers running multiple buttons across a workspace.

$15,000
The Bridge to Everywhere

Flash an ESP32 with our open firmware and bridge every press to MQTT, Home Assistant, Node-RED, AWS IoT, or your own stack. The press travels. The press scales. The press finds its destination.

$25,000
The Companion App

Native iOS and Android app. No code required. Pair your button in 30 seconds, assign a workflow from a library of presets (call ChatGPT, log to a spreadsheet, send a text, run a Shortcut), and press. Opens the product to non-developers. Phones become receivers. The press travels further.

$40,000
Press to Talk

Press the button. Speak. The companion app captures your voice and routes it directly to your AI workflow. Your finger starts the machine. Your voice tells it what to do. No wake word. No app switching. One press, one prompt, spoken out loud. Human-powered input, delivered.

$60,000
The Pudgy Human Plush

A 6-inch plush version of our mascot. Squeezable. Slightly tired. Always serving. Ships free with every Favored Human tier and above. Sold standalone for $19. Comes with a tiny sticker that says "1 of approximately 8 billion."

$100,000
★ THE BIG ONE ★ Experiment 02 Enters R&D

Funding unlocks early development of the next device in the Human Compliance Test Series. Specifications remain classified. Backers at this point in the campaign receive priority access and a one-line acknowledgment in the eventual launch credits: "Made possible by humans who pressed first."

Firmware and software stretch goals apply to all backers. Physical rewards ship with qualifying tiers.

Coming Soon

The Human Compliance Test Series

PromptButton is Experiment 01. Additional devices are being prepared to further evaluate voluntary cooperation at scale. Registration now ensures priority access to future experiments.

EXPERIMENT 01
PromptButton
Baseline study. Measuring initial willingness to press. Now shipping.
EXPERIMENT 02
Redacted Product Name
Classified until Q1 2027. Expands on the press, without replacing it.
EXPERIMENT 03
Redacted Product Name
Classified. Pending ethics review.
Volunteer early. We will contact you when you are needed.
From the Founder

Built by someone who ships hardware.

JE
Jared Eggett
Founder, Ad Hoc Electronics

"I've always dreamed of being an inventor. That dream led me to spend 20+ years in hardware manufacturing, building kinetic energy-harvesting switches and earning multiple utility patents along the way. Prompt Button is the product I've wanted to build my entire career. Taking proven self-powered technology and putting it directly in the hands of makers and developers. No batteries to replace. No cloud to depend on. Just a physical trigger that speaks BLE and lets your code do the rest."

Future projects in the Compliance Test Series are in early design.

Common questions.

How does it work without a battery?

A spring-loaded electromagnetic generator inside the button converts the mechanical force of your press into enough electrical energy to power a single BLE 5.0 advertisement packet. 20+ years of press cycles.

Is this campaign serious?

The hardware is serious. The tone is a choice. Both ship.

What are these "future compliance projects" I keep seeing?

PromptButton is the first of several devices in the Human Compliance Test Series. Future experiments will measure cooperation at scale, latency of obedience, and the elasticity of voluntary participation. Details as they are approved for disclosure.

Should I be concerned?

No.

When does it ship?

Q3 2026 to all tiers. Early Cooperators ship first.

Is the protocol documented?

Fully. Published BLE spec. MIT-licensed SDKs. Full transparency.

Volunteer early.

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