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Meta 1 augmented reality headset fully detailed on Kickstarter

, May 17th 2013 Discuss [0]

Earlier this morning, we posted about the Meta 1 augmented reality headset -- a rather unique pair of glasses that lets you play around with virtual 3D objects in the real world. Being right on schedule, the project has officially hit Kickstarter, with the goal of raising 100 grand in just 30 short days. Read The Full Story

tim-E robotic iPhone alarm clock may make you want to get up

, May 15th 2013 Discuss [0]

Kickstarter always seems to have some interesting project underway that I want to own. The latest project to surface is yet another device that I would like to have in my house called the tim-E, and it is designed to work with your iPhone. The device is a robot alarm clock and bedside companion that uses your iPhone or the iPod Touch for its head and face. Read The Full Story

ITreq MP3 player for active users hits Kickstarter

, May 13th 2013 Discuss [0]

There are a lot of products out there that work just fine if you use them in certain situations, but they don't necessarily work that well in other situations. This is particularly true of devices like MP3 players. When you're sitting or just walking around shopping or working, the MP3 player may stay put without any issues at all. However, if you're an active user who likes to exercise, bike, or run I'd wager you've had your MP3 player fall out of your pocket at least a few times while exercising. Read The Full Story

Carmageddon smashes onto Android after Kickstarter success

, May 10th 2013 Discuss [0]

Carmageddon for Android has been released, hitting phones and tablets today having raised more than $625,000 in a Kickstarter campaign last year. The classic game - which requires players drive roughshod across the tracks, mowing down pedestrians and colliding with fellow drivers as they go - was a notorious success in the late 1990s, banned in some locations for its gruesome gameplay, and has now returned in re-rendered form to suit the latest mobile devices. Read The Full Story

Biohacking Kickstarter project promises glowing plant seeds

, May 9th 2013 Discuss [0]

Many of us use small lights throughout our flats or homes, whether they're in the form of night lights, mood lights, or lighting accents. The number of lights used increases when you look out your front door, with street lamps lining the roads, for example. In the future, all those lights could be replaced by plants - glowing plants. Such is one of the goals of a synthetic biology project on Kickstarter that promises certain backers seeds to grow their own glowing plants. Read The Full Story

Eternal Darkness sequel to be crowdfunded, heads to PC and Wii U first

, May 4th 2013 Discuss [0]

Eternal Darkness, a popular survival horror game released for the GameCube, will have a "spiritual successor" soon if finances are in order. Precursor Games will be developing the game and it plans on generating $1.5 million through crowdfunding in order to create Eternal Darkness's sequel. The game will be called Shadow of the Eternals, and it will initially be available for PC and Nintendo Wii U gamers. Read The Full Story

Stinky Gaming Footboard meets funding goal

, May 3rd 2013 Discuss [0]

Back in late March, I talked about a new gaming peripheral but it turned up on Crown source funding site Kickstarter called the Stinky Gaming Footboard. The device was a gaming controller that allows you to use your feet to and control input to various video games. The project was originally seeking $75,000. Read The Full Story

Star Citizen surge shows how crowd funding is shaking up studios

, May 1st 2013 Discuss [0]

Crowd funding is gaining all sorts of popularity these days, and tons of people are signing up with Kickstarter and Indiegogo to attempt to fund their projects. Recently, game studios have taken a liking to the madness, specifically Cloud Imperium Games who has raised over $9 million from crowd funding alone for its upcoming space-based title Star Citizen. Read The Full Story

Vertus wireless stereo music adapters hit Kickstarter

, Apr 26th 2013 Discuss [0]

There are plenty of Bluetooth speakers on the market today that you can pick if you want to listen to your favorite music without any wires. However, if you already own some speakers that you particularly fond of and you like the idea of being able to turn them from standard speakers into wireless speakers, a new project turned up on Kickstarter allowing just that. The new project is called Vertus. Read The Full Story

Siva Cycle Atom generates power to keep bicyclists charged up

, Apr 25th 2013 Discuss [0]

My neighborhood is right off of a highway that has nice broad shoulders. That means on any given day you're bound to see anywhere from 5 to 30 or more bicyclists pedaling up and down the hilly, but smooth highway. Many of those bicyclists I see have smartphones attached to the handlebars or to their arms in wearable cases. Read The Full Story

Space Monkey personal cloud hits Kickstarter

, Apr 18th 2013 Discuss [0]

Back in early March, we talked about a new product that turned up called Space Monkey. The product gave the user the benefits of a hosted cloud storage account with pricing you would expect to find for an external hard drive. We mentioned at the time that the people behind Space Monkey hoped to launch the product in the next few months. Read The Full Story

Pucs rechargeable ice won’t dilute your drink

, Apr 18th 2013 Discuss [0]

People around the world use ice every day to chill drinks of all sorts. It doesn't matter what you're drinking, be it a Dr Pepper, tea, or a glass of 20-year-old single malt, making the drink nice and cold often makes it taste better. The problem for a lot of people is that simply dropping ice cubes into your cup means that drink will soon be diluted if you don't gulp it down quickly. Read The Full Story
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