Crowdfunding Effort for Cristiano Ronaldo Will he stay at Real Madrid? Will he go to PSG? Will he return to Old Trafford? Before he resigned, Sir Alex Ferguson had said he’d like to have Ronaldo back. Ronaldo has stated he wants to return. On the basis of these two comments a small group of football supporters… Read More
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Reported just last week this crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter for a Glowing Bioluminescent Plant had surpassed $250,000 – now stands over $385,000. With 14 days to go the original target of $65,000 has been easily crushed. In a release organizers The Glowing Plant team announced they will be bringing their knowledge of applied science and genetics… Read More
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In honor of Memorial Day, craigslist founder Craig Newmark and The Rahr Foundation have launched the “Veterans Charity Challenge” crowdfunding campaign to raise funds for nonprofit organizations benefiting veterans and their military families. The Challenge will run from May 23 at 12 p.m. EDT through July 3 at 12 p.m. EDT on Edward Norton ‘s… Read More
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My favorite thing about covering the crowdfunding space? I always find myself coming across amazing tech that isn’t just ahead of consumer markets, but some projects are 5 or 10 years ahead… or more. These crowdfunding projects represent the amazing technological advances one can expect to find in the future. The “Aware” camera that Aqueti… Read More
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The Scanadu Scout is a medical tricorder. What is a medical tricorder? If you have to ask you probably never watched Star Trek, where they were used as an all-in-one device to monitor vitals. Flash forward to 2013 and an Indiegogo offering is promising to bring the functionality of those tricorders in Star Trek to the home… Read More
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The Oculus Rift is a stunning virtual-reality headset for gamers. In PopMech’s test, we found that “the experience is so immersive that it’s actually a bit disorienting.” Today, we sit down for a few questions and answers with Oculus Rift founder, CEO, and wunderkind Palmer Luckey. Q: What makes the Oculus Rift so disruptive to the… Read More
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No one’s even surprised anymore when you mention that US students are behind other countries in math and science. Is this the new normal? Sure, there are promising signs: President Obama’s 2014 budget does increase STEM education funding by 6.4% to $3.1 billion. And last month, the National Research Council and the National Science Teachers Association teamed up… Read More
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More than anything, Rebecca Bloomfield wants her own organic farm. To accomplish this though, in a social media age — without much capital — she has to be something else first: a crowdfunding guru. Just as she taught herself to grow organic food, she’s also taught herself how to organically raise money for her future… Read More
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The AGENT smartwatch, currently on Kickstarter, implements some savvy design features to try and improve upon what they call the “last generation” of smartwatches. They’re looking at you, Pebble. The biggest design improvement has to be the inclusion of a second, smaller processor for moments of low use. This allows the watch to seamlessly switch… Read More
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The Kickstarter campaign for MMO trading card game HEX: Shards Of Fate has surpassed a million dollars in funding with over two weeks to go. Cryptozoic Entertainment, creators and publishers of the World of Warcraft Trading Card Game, is excited and proud to introduce HEX: Shards of Fate, the first realMMO/TCG. A completely unique game that… Read More
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Crowdfunding websites are seeing donations pour in following the deadly tornado that ravaged Moore, Okla. More than a dozen separate campaigns popped up on crowdfunding site, Fundly, less than 24 hours after the tornado swept through the Oklahoma City suburb, killing at least 24 people, injuring more than 200 and destroying hundreds of homes. The 2013 Midwest… Read More
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BrickPi has a hugely successsful crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter. The goal? To crowdfund Raspberry Pi-based brains that work with off-the-shelf LEGO® Mindstorms hardware to create your very own robots. The Raspberry Pi is a small, cheap ($25) computer that has a footprint roughly similar to that of a credit card. The open and hackable nature… Read More
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We’ve written numerous times about the Oculus Rift, a product by Oculus VR that gives video gamers a full virtual reality experience. Now a product called the meta 1 aims to bring virtual reality to our everyday world, and it’s crowdfunding now on Kickstarter. As with many hardware products on crowdfunding sites, this VR headset… Read More
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Stompy Bot Productions (in partnership with Mektek Studios) announced their Kickstarter campaign for Heavy Gear Assault today, an upcoming online PC mech-themed shooter built around Unreal Engine 4 technology. Rumors of development first began in February, and between then and now there hasn’t been a great deal of news regarding the title. My suspicion is that they’ve been biding their time, crafting something special. The developers opted… Read More
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Rob Rhinehart and his team have settled on Crowdhoster as the platform of choice for their crowdfunding campaign for Soylent. We wrote about Soylent in the past, a meal replacement drink that garnered both praise and criticism in the press. Click here to see the campaign Crowdhoster is supported by Y Combinator graduate Crowdtilt, who… Read More
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