Right now you're probably thinking what on earth is a gaming console for dogs? Are we teaching dogs how to spend hours upon hours playing video games? Is your dog ready for Mario Kart 8? Well think about this for a second. At it's core, what does a video game console do for us? It [...]
We just came across an interesting new crowdfunding campaign. The VIDAMETER presents a new take on the health/fitness trackers. The smart band provides a much fuller picture than the current health/fitness wearables. As the fitness wearable market stands today, the majority of the products offer the detection of isolated vitality and fitness signs, so that [...]
If you said Kickstarter you would be correct. Kickstarter CEO Yancey Strickler has been on a bit of a conference and press run lately. Just a few weeks ago he was in Charleston South Carolina for the Dig South festival, sharing a stage with TechCrunch East Coast Editor, John Biggs. Monday, he was also with [...]
We just came across one of the most inventive Crowdfunding campaigns yet: the Trinity portable wind turbine. The Trinity is a portable wind turbine that charges any USB device like your smart phone or tablet. The Trinity Kickstarter campaign was launched by the Skajaquoda Group. The Trinity has three blades that harness wind-power to generate power. This [...]
Thomas Hurst, a Pulitzer Prize finalist, is trying to bring a new iPhone case to market that will change the way people take photos with their iPhone. The idea for the case, simply called Covr, comes from a device we've been using for decades, the remote control. According to Geekwire,the idea for Covr came about [...]
As the internet of things continues to expand into more and more objects, we just came across an Indiegogo campaign that looks to where it all began. Korner is aiming to improve one of the original connected things, the home alarm system. The home alarm industry is a mess. The cost of a system is [...]
Charging and connection cables are a bland, everyday necessity. They are just there. Nothing spectacular. At least that has been my thought process about cables. However, a new Kickstarter Campaign offers what looks to be the best iPhone/iPad cable out there. The Quickdraw Cable has done the impossible and improved the charging cable. There are [...]
We cover an awful lot of crowdufinding campaigns, but we have just come across what may be the boldest one yet. A Russian company, Yaliny, is crowdfunding 135 satellites. Yes, satellites. Yaliny wants to help users circumvent the traditional wireless providers by offering an absurdly cheap alternative: This company was founded because like you, we have a [...]
It seems there is a buzz about high quality audio these days. We wrote about Neil Young's PonoPlayer a few days ago. Today, we had a chance to hear about a different approach to Hi-Fi audio. Rather than a portable player, Voxtok has built a a complete commercial, hi-fi system including an audiophile-grade device (VXK Capsule), an [...]
As anyone who has learned to ride a bike, or has taught someone to ride a bike can attest, it is downright nerve wracking. When teaching young children to ride, the uneasiness is multiplied tenfold. However, a new Indiegogo campaign can help relieve some of the stress caused by teaching a child how to ride a [...]
