MegaBots Wants YOU (To Fund Its Kickstarter)
MegaBots launched a Kickstarter to fund the upcoming battle between Mk. II and Suidobashi Heavy Industry’s Kuratas.
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First Look: Bean+ Microcontroller Adds Greater Range, Better Battery, and More
Today Punch Through Design launched a Kickstarter campaign for their new Bluetooth LE Arduino-compatible microcontroller board the Bean+.
BoardCraft Promises a New Way of Playing/Creating Tabletop Games
We’ve been seeing a tremendous amount of movement in the tabletop gaming space of late, as crowdfunding, 3D printing, laser cutting, new casting technologies, and high-quality on-demand printing have significantly lowered the barriers of entry for even the smallest game concerns. Now, a scrappy start-up with a great idea can pre-fund and produce a product […]
Bring Nugget Ice Home with a Crowdsourced Design
FirstBuild is trying to give their community and consumers at large the opportunity to have nugget ice at home, right where they want it.
Beyond Kickstarter: The Rise of Equity Crowdfunding
Before Kickstarter and Indiegogo, the way to raise money for your startup to was to sell equity. That model is on its way back.
Sending Data Using Sound for the Internet of Things
With the release today of a free SDK for iOS, Android, and Arduino you can now connect the Internet of Things, not with wires, but with sound.
Hex Cancels Second Kickstarter Campaign To Focus on Fixing First
Last week, we wrote about FlexPV, an ambitious Kickstarter campaign by a team who many backers say failed to deliver on their first crowdfunded project, a copter called Hex. Since that post ran, FlexLab has cancelled FlexPV and says that before they pursue that project, they are going to make things right with Hex backers. […]
