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Kickstarter campaign details nifty credit card-sized iPhone stand
- The iPhone’s meteoric rise in the smartphone industry has helped more than just Apple earn a pretty penny; in fact, there are entire businesses devoted to designing and manufacturing accessories for the popular handset.
Omnidirectional "treadmill" lets you run through your favorite games
- Using Kickstarter to help fund the project, Virtuix hopes to take virtual reality to the next level with Omni, an omnidirectional "treadmill". The company's innovative 360-degree base translates real-world steps into in-game motion as gamers walk and run their way through…
Meet The Buccaneer: a $447 3D printer on Kickstarter by Pirate3D
- A kickstarter project by the cheekily-named Pirate3D is offering "The Buccaneer", its very own 3D printing device, for a mere $447 ($397 pledge + $50 S/H). This is far less than commercially available alternatives, but boasts specs on par with…
Meet BRCK - the rugged backup generator for the Internet
- A non-profit tech outfit from Africa has taken to Kickstarter to help fund what they describe as a backup generator for the Internet. Ushahidi claims the versatile BRCK (pronounced 'brick') can provide you with an affordable, reliable connection to the…
Kickstarter dress shirt can be worn for 100 days without washing
- Washing clothes is such a drag. Just imagine how much time you could save if you didn’t have to bother with such a time consuming task. That thought will soon become a reality for some if 24-year-old marketing grad Mac…
Crowdfunding platforms raised $2.7 billion globally in 2012
- Crowdfunding campaigns are most often associated with nifty electronic gadgets but in reality, that’s only part of the equation that led to an 81 percent increase in money raised during 2012. Collectively, these platforms managed to generate $2.7 billion and…
Live action Street Fighter series needs your help via Kickstarter
- A webseries for the popular Street Fighter franchise (with Capcom’s blessing, we might add) is vying for your dollars via Kickstarter. Joey Ansah, the director, writer and creative force behind Street Fighter: Legacy and Christopher Howard need roughly $950,000 to…
Double Fine Adventure titled "Broken Age," gets a new site
- Double Fine Productions' crowdfunded adventure title officially has a title: "Broken Age." Previously called the "Double Fine Adventure" and known internally as codename "Reds," the point-and-click tale should be ready for you to experience sometime in the second quarter of…
Civitas, the DRM-free alternative to SimCity hits Kickstarter
- Interested in playing a city building game that isn’t weighed down by always-on DRM, a lack of modding and a lack of terraforming? Turns out, you aren’t the only one as a group of ragtag developers that have worked on…
projectQ motherboard promises to boot any OS in under 10 seconds
- A company known as QUO recently launched a Kickstarter campaign to help fund a motherboard designed to run any operating system you choose right out of the box – including Mac OS X. It’s all possible thanks to a custom…
Ouya shipping on March 28, hires developer Kellee Santiago
- Ouya announced plans to ship their Android-based gaming console to backers on March 28. A post on the company’s website said parts are already in the factory and the assembly line is buzzing away as they gradually ramp up production.…
Pebble Review: Kickstarter's E-Paper Smartwatch
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The Pebble smartwatch for iPhone and Android is a prime example of the bizarre times in which we live. In an era of people increasingly telling time by looking at the corner of their computer's screen or their smartphone lock screens, Pebble wants to make the wristwatch everyone's preferred timepiece.
A humble Kickstarter project embraced by nearly 70,000 backers, Pebble is the most buzzed-about smartwatch yet. Have those early believers been vindicated by the release of a phenomenal product or are they just another cautionary tale of what happens when reality doesn't meet the hype?
myIDkey biometric password manager seeks Kickstarter funding
- A company called Arkami, Inc. has taken to Kickstarter with hopes of funding their secure Bluetooth / USB storage drive designed to help users keep track of the growing number of accounts and passwords associated with personal information online.
Android-based gaming console Ouya hitting retail in June, preorders start today
- Ouya, the Android-based gaming console that raised over $8.5 million from more than 63,000 backers on Kickstarter, is now officially available for pre-order to anyone who missed out on the campaign and will be available at a wide range of…
First batch of Pebble smartwatches begin shipping today
- It’s been a long time in the making but the Pebble smartwatch is finally ready to go. According to an update posted on the product’s Kickstarter page, the company will start shipping out the first batch of watches to early…
OUYA console competitior GameStick launches Kickstarter campaign
- It was only a matter of time before Ouya’s successful Kickstarter campaign sparked other inventors to follow in their footsteps with similar concepts. That time is upon us as a new project known as GameStick aims to offer a competing…
84% of the top 50 Kickstarter projects missed their initial shipping date
- Kickstarter has successfully changed the way that thousands of inventors seek funding for their projects and in some cases, it’s given the average person an avenue to offer feedback and insight on a particular product well before it reaches manufacturing.…
InterAxon promises $199 brain-sensing headband in 2013
- At LeWeb 2012 today, crowdfunded startup InterAxon announced plans to begin selling Muse -- its brainwave-sensing headband -- to consumers in spring 2013. For anyone interested procuring a Muse of their own, they'll have until December 7 to make a…
VLC launches Kickstarter campaign for Windows 8 app
- The team behind the popular open-source media player VLC has announced plans to develop a native app for Windows 8’s Metro UI, and they’re looking to crowdsource funds for the project through Kickstarter. According to the team, although they currently…
Adapteva looks to Kickstarter to fund $99 supercomputing kit
- A new Kickstarter project aims to make parallel computing accessible to everyone by providing an affordable, open and easy to use platform. It’s called Parallella and for just $99, backers will receive a full developer kit that includes an Epiphany-III…
Kickstarter tightens project creator guidelines to protect backers
- Kickstarter’s overwhelming success has been met with more than a few questions from backers and the public in general. The site addressed accountability regarding refunds and failed projects a couple of weeks ago but now they are taking things a…
Obsidian's 'Project Eternity' is the latest Kickstarter success story
- Obsidian Entertainment is the latest game developer to turn to public support to build a game rather than rely on a big name publisher. The company’s latest effort is called Project Eternity and has already raised more than $1.5 million…
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