The advent of the cloud has drastically changed the way that we interact with computers. The cloud has, essentially, made mobile storage - things like USB flash drives, and external hard drives - unnecessary. That is, unless you are storing a huge amount of files. In that case, you have to pay for space upgrades. There [...]
Every once in a while, a new game shows up that completely alters a genre. Yesterday may prove to be the day that the First-Person Shooter (FPS) was transformed. At 7:01 a.m. Eastern Time on Wednesday, SUPERHOT launched its Kickstarter Campaign. By 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time, the campaign had raised more than $60,000, well on its [...]
Way back when I was in high school, I loved to skateboard. I still skate every so often, but not nearly as much as I used to. Though I am not as active in the skateboarding scene as I once was, I still pay attention to skaters I like, the trends, and the technology. From [...]
So, I was browsing through /r/shutupandtakemymoney, and came across the WEZEL, The only reason I clicked through to the Kickstarter Page was because of the Reddit title:"Wezel- the funniest kickstarter video i've watched in a while." After watching the video, which is hilarious, the WEZEL wallet seems incredibly useful. To start, here is the video: [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Recently, we have been digging into a ton of crowdfunding campaigns. There are a lot of really good ones, and a lot of really bad ones. However, we just came across the The World Speed Project which can really only be described as, well, strange. The fellow on the left, Ryan Beitz, is on a mission to [...]
We come across tons of Kickstarter and Indiegogo campaigns on a daily basis. Some good, some not so good, as evidenced by the 43.56% success rate of Kickstarter Campaigns.Kickstarter publishes a ton of data about campaigns, backers, money raised, and more. They have a top-level stats page that updates once a day. The 43.56% success rate [...]
