JD.com, a notable rival to Chinese ecommerce behemoth Alibaba, launched a funding site last week called JD Equity Crowdfunding. JDโs first experiment in crowdfunding, Coufenzi is like Kickstarter in that it lets individuals fund products; JD Equity is instead aimed at entrepreneurs looking for early investors, with the goal of creating a โcomplete ecosystem for […]
Now in the final couple of days of its crowdfunding journey I thought I’d take a quick look at Quin Etnyre’s new project, the Qduino Mini board.
Maker marketplace Tindie, an online store where Makersย can buy and sell homemade gadgets, launched a beta service called Tindie Biz this week for finding and reviewing suppliers and manufacturers. “We hear stories of makers paying $20k for introductions to manufacturers or a startup losing $100k to middlemen that never produce,” wrote Tindie co-founder Emile Petrone […]
When 11-year old Audrey Hale found a copy of MAKE: Vol. 24 and decided she wanted to recreate the helium balloon-lofted aerial photography rig for her school science fair project, her mom Laurel told her the materials werenโt in their budget. Undeterred, the Biloxi, Mississippi, 5th grader asked for help launching a Kickstarter campaign to […]
In a move that should simplify project creation for makers, and streamline payments for backers, Kickstarter announced today that they’re taking $500 million in annual pledges to payment processor Stripe.
If you missed BIOFABRICATE you missed out! Researchers, artists, designers and entrepreneurs are growing building materials, packaging, and lighting products from mushrooms. They’re painting with bacteria, dying cloth with microalgae and growing clothing from kombucha. Plus, get the scoop the programmable materials library being built with Autodesk’s Project Cyborg and learn to GIY!
The Bottle Bit https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/582093084/the-bottle-bit See on Kickstarter Raax Robotic Linear Actuators https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/668088607/raax-robotics-biomimetic-arm-with-modular-linear-a See on Kickstarter Zubot Transformers https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/821921289/zubot-tranformers See on Kickstarter Desktop Record Cutter See on Kickstarter Zano Drone https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/torquing/zano-autonomous-intelligent-swarming-nano-drone See on Kickstarter Anura Pocketable Drone https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1364595768/anura-the-beginning-of-the-drone-era-for-the-masse See on Kickstarter
