Crowdfunding

“If You Come, We Will Build It” – Crowdsourcing Hardware Ideas

“If You Come, We Will Build It” – Crowdsourcing Hardware Ideas

Ouya is a new kind of game console for the television. It is open and allows any creator to develop games. Ouya’s Tim DaRosa will be at the Hardware Innovation Workshop (May14-15) talking about how they got started. Central to their development process was getting feedback and suggestions from backers, partners, and the media about their console. Tweaks and improvements such as adding an Ethernet port, renaming of the buttons, and changing the cross-style control pad were all products of this process.

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Dale Dougherty to Speak at OuiShare Fest

Dale Dougherty to Speak at OuiShare Fest

Maker Media CEO Dale Daugherty is one of the speakers at the three-day European conference OuiShare, which explores the collaborative economy of openness and sharing. OuiShare, a global community focused on promoting the collaborative economy, today announced OuiShare Fest, the first European event on the collaborative economy, which will take place in Paris from May […]

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GoFundMe’s “Make-a-thon” Winners Announced

GoFundMe’s “Make-a-thon” Winners Announced

GoFundMe’s “make-a-thon” contest ended this past week and we have a winner. Actually, three winners. The crowdfunding company awarded $10,000 to three teams of makers for projects posted on the site. The GoFundMe community voted for its favorite projects. First place went to an ultralight airplane project. Second place was awarded to a sand car project, and two high school robotics students in Nebraska picked up third place for their robot project. The winners got $5,000, $3,500, and $1,500 respectively.

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Pitch Your Prototype!

Pitch Your Prototype!

The MAKE Hardware Innovation Workshop, coming up May 14-15, 2013, has just issued a Call for Prototypes, in search of early stage products, projects, and ideas. Selected prototypes will be presented at the opening session of the Workshop, and featured in the Innovation Showcase on Tuesday, May 14. Each winning entrant will have five minutes […]

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