Reading Time: 1 minute From a cardboard robot with Artificial Intelligence (via your phone) to an analog camper for the Instagram generation, these new Kickstarter projects are amazing! Smartibot: A.I. enabled cardboard robot Connect up to 14 motors, or strap your smartphone onto it. See also My Loopy. Kick Asteroid! Bill Nye and the Planetary Society… Read More
Reading Time: 1 minute From a 3D printer for making pottery, to a new countertop brewing appliance that will make coffee, beer, or pretty much anything else, these new Kickstarter projects are amazing! The Bottery Clay is, you know, pretty old. A 3D printer lets you do new things with it. Pico U. Brew Everything.… Read More
Reading Time: 1 minute Time Since Launch Pull the pin and measure an epoch. A long-scale timepiece from cw&t. The Community Microscope Kit A low-cost kit from Public Lab for environmentalists and everyone else. Robot Missions Municipal Trials Testing cheap robots that can be deployed to clean up beach litter. MarsVR – Virtual Reality Platform… Read More
Villagers is a card drafting game created and illustrated by Haakon Garder, it is currently crowdfunding via Kickstarter and has already tripled its goal amount. In Villagers, players compete to design a successful village in a land not dissimilar to medieval Europe. Read More
Reading Time: 10 minutes This post is sponsored by the Heroes & Treasure Kickstarter campaign. Stories and make-believe are essential to childhood. Few things give me greater pleasure than watching my kids inventing new stories, taking on different personas, and interacting with one another in a positive way to achieve a common goal. All of… Read More
Who will come out on top over four years of high school? Whether your goal is straight As or being the most popular kid in class, ‘Kicking Class’ will have you competing for the scholarship of your dreams. [SPONSORED] Read More
Reading Time: 1 minute ELIA—the world’s most intuitive tactile reading system Braille technology is from the 1880s. Maybe it’s time for something new. Neova | A Unique Connected Ring For Musicians Control musical effects with natural hand gestures. Watch the vid! Gnarbox 2.0 SSD – Rugged backup device for your camera For serious… Read More
Reading Time: 1 minute The Future of Mobile Filmmaking: Anamorphic, Battery, Gimbal The Moment crew strikes again with a lineup of phone video gear. Somewear: limitless communication built for adventure Just launched! Global connectivity in a small package for backpackers and such. Octobo: Interactive Plush Companion for Creative Learning Robots don’t have to be all… Read More
Reading Time: 1 minute My daughter watches Cubetto play out its programming. Photo: Jonathan H. Liu Cubetto is two years old! This little robot teaches preschoolers how to program in a Logo-style language without a screen. Kids use programming blocks plugged into a special base to make Cubetto turn and move. There are a variety… Read More
Reading Time: 10 minutes Photo: Crooked Tower Games The wizards of Zoor shape-shift and clash, each hoping to be the successor to Zafirah, the last of the Zoordar. Use your spellstones and magic items wisely to outsmart your rivals in Wizardz Bluff! What Is Wizardz Bluff? Wizardz Bluff is a bidding/bluffing game by Ron and Jayson… Read More
Reading Time: 1 minute The Herons’ Tree by Les Machines de l’île Legendary French tinkerers build their most ambitious contraption yet. AquaJet H2: An Aerodynamic Sea Scooter For Everyone Like hitching a ride on a cooperative sea turtle. Gigabot X: Large-Scale Pellet Extrusion 3D Printer The latest from re:3D prints using pellets of… Read More
Reading Time: 2 minutes ‘Stardust Explores the Solar System’ This post was sponsored by the ‘Stardust Explores the Solar System’ Kickstarter campaign. We love stories about people being inspired to create something, and successfully bringing their ideas to fruition with the help of crowdfunding. Inspired by the TV series Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey, Bailey Harris… Read More
Reading Time: 1 minute From a kitchen robot that can cook (and chill) multiple dishes at once to a site trying to bring neighborhood news into the digital age, this week’s new Kickstarter projects are sensational! Suvie: Kitchen Robot with Multi-Zone Cooking & Refrigeration This appliance-slash-meal-delivery-service is off to a strong start. OPEN DSKY Apollo… Read More
Reading Time: 2 minutes As always, I’ve got some Kickstarter reviews in the pipeline, but there are always a lot of fascinating tabletop projects out there that we won’t get to review in depth, often because we just weren’t able to get a prototype in time. Here are a few current projects that I wanted… Read More
Reading Time: 1 minute From an open-source digital assistant in a speaker that will make you forget Alexa and Siri to a build-it-yourself cardboard midi keyboard that makes making music a truly creative experience, this week’s new Kickstarter projects are sensational! Mycroft Mark II: The Open Voice Assistant Sneak preview, launches Thursday! A voice assistant with… Read More
It is important to not gloss over financial decisions, even when they are hard to come by. Read More
Doing a Kickstarter can be scary, but is that a reason not to do it? Read More
A Kickstarter is only as successful as the financial planning behind it. Read More
My online sites are a work in progress, and I am beginning to see light at the end of the tunnel, I hope. Read More
If you haven’t made a YouTube video before, be sure to give yourself time to learn the ropes for your Kickstarter video. Read More
