Dutch startup Brease tries to raise money on Kickstarter to produce an USB hub that makes it possible to become your own cloud storage provider. The firmware of the Brease runs on Linux and connections to the device are heavily encrypted.
The Brease contains 4 USB3.0 ports and a Gigabit ethernet port. The hub is powered by a dual core ARM SoC with a clock speed of 1.5Ghz accompanied by 1GB RAM. The device should make it easy to use external HDDs and USB sticks as cloud storage for all kinds of devices. The software, that runs on a Linux kernel, makes use of P2P and all data is encrypted using the AES256 algorithm.
Through, an according to the developers, unique authentication system it's possible to get access to data on a to the Brease connected storage using a mobile app. Support for Android, iOS, OSx and Windows should be available when the device becomes available.
Administrator of the device can create groups of users and provide other users access to the device. The Brease also has a backup feature and allows streaming of media to connected devices.
The Dutch developers hope to raise $90,000 through Kickstarter to make the Brease reality. At the moment more than $35,000 has been raised. Brease promises to add DLNA support and to release more cases when the developers raise more than the initial goal.
If the developers raise enough money, the device should become available around February next year for around $79. Support them here.
