Tagged: hardware

December 13, 2013 @ 8:01 pm By JD Alois  |  

Crowdfunding on Kickstarter from the United Kingdom is the Snooperscope.  This hardware gives you true night vision for your iOS (or Android) device meaning your iPhone can now be the coolest stealth camera ever. We have all seen night vision utilized in countless films and… Read More

December 12, 2013 @ 9:31 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Goldee is in the midst of a crowdfunding campaign using a crowdfunding platform developed in-house, and they just blew past their $100,000 goal. At the time of writing the campaign has raised just short of $130,000 from 339 backers. We first reported on the Goldee… Read More

December 7, 2013 @ 8:15 am By JD Alois  |  

After Hugely Successful Equity Crowdfunding Round, SecuGate+ Offers Rewards on Kickstarter. Secucloud, a provider of cloud-based IT-Security, has unveiled SecuGate+, their network security solution for Home & Small Business – and they are crowdfunding on Kickstarter. The rewards round follows an incredibly successful equity round in… Read More

December 5, 2013 @ 10:17 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Technical Machine is a startup that up to now has been based at Olin College. They’re also the outfit behind the Tessel, a device we’ve reported on in the past. The Tessel is a small microcontroller that interfaces with real-life objects and can be programmed… Read More

November 26, 2013 @ 3:00 am By Charles Luzar  |  

In-house crowdfunding solutions are becoming the go-to method of crowdfunding new technology products. One such campaign that just launched is for a product called the Goldee, and its creators are billing it as “the future of light control.” The idea for the device came about when… Read More

November 21, 2013 @ 9:00 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Remember the iSmartAlarm? If you were reading Crowdfund Insider in January of this year you probably do. We featured the project in a roundup of tech projects crowdfunding at the time and had an in-depth interview with Zac Sutton, the man who led marketing efforts… Read More

November 20, 2013 @ 5:41 pm By JD Alois  |  

Hardware Crowdfunding Campaigns Compete to Receive Matching Funds. Unique hardware crowdfunding platform HWTrek (Hardware Trek) has announced public beta of their site.  The company had announced their intentions to move into the Hardware crowdfunding space earlier this year.  HWTrek unites makers, design and manufacturing experts… Read More

November 20, 2013 @ 3:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

All Your Cards Into One:  Coin. The one card to replace them all: Coin, has announced their crowdfunding campaign continues following their incredible success as they easily rocketed past their $50,000 campaign goal in just under 40 minutes.  In a discussion with CEO and Founder Kanishk… Read More

November 18, 2013 @ 12:01 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

Paul Niederer | Crowdfunding and Innovation Paul Niederer is the founder of the Australian Small Scale Offerings Board (ASSOB) and an equity crowdfunding pioneer. On his blog, he explains that crowdfunding is about more than just raising money and goes on to explain how crowdfunding… Read More

November 18, 2013 @ 9:46 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Jamie Siminoff, inventor of the DoorBot and founder of crowdfunding platform Christie Street, appeared on ABC’s Shark Tank over the weekend. In the end only one shark was interested in providing capital for Siminoff and his product, which is set to appear in Staples stores… Read More

November 12, 2013 @ 12:49 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

Light Harmonic has done this crowdfunding thing before. Specifically, they completed a campaign to the tune of $303,000+ on Kickstarter in September of this year for the Geek Out, a digital-to-analog converter for laptops that aimed to pump up the tunes coming out of a… Read More

November 9, 2013 @ 10:37 am By JD Alois  |  

Indiegogo recently hosted a Hardware Bootcamp for crowdfunders looking to raise funds for their manufactured product.  Production and operations management is really, really hard.  Even if you have a solid background in operations and tons of experience organizing a supply chain it is a lot… Read More

November 5, 2013 @ 9:15 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Forbes | Sony And Intel, Shaping The Next Generation Of Hardware “Something is happening in hardware.” This article explores the revolution happening in the hardware space among big players like Intel and Motorola. These companies are becoming more open and allowing more collaboration into their… Read More

November 2, 2013 @ 2:06 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

Pirate3D made waves in the crowdfunding space after raising $100,000 in ten minutes for their cost-effective 3D printing solution. The campaign went on to raise over $1.4 million from 3,250 backers. Recently the company announced a detailed technical specification for the Buccaneer on their website pirate3d.com. Preorders… Read More

October 26, 2013 @ 9:29 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Starting on October 27, 2013, the Misfit Shine will be available through Best Buy stores and at BestBuy.com. The crowdfunded activity tracker was previously available through Misfit Wearables’s web site and at Apple stores. The Shine will join an ever-growing list of crowdfunded hardware projects… Read More

October 9, 2013 @ 8:53 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

The Tessel has successfully raised $196,682 on Dragon Innovation, a maker-focused crowdfunding platform. This represents the largest raise in the short history of Dragon Innovation, which opened to the public on September 5th. Tessel is an internet-connected microcontroller programmable in JavaScript that enables developers to… Read More

October 7, 2013 @ 10:36 am By Charles Luzar  |  

The DoorBot was the first campaign on product-centric crowdfunding platform Christie Street. It was also the first success on the platform, having raised over a quarter of a million dollars. RELATED: As ChristieStreet Prepares Launch, Crowd Feedback Means An Improved DoorBot For Backers Now the team… Read More

September 29, 2013 @ 11:58 am By Charles Luzar  |  

MOLLE stands for Modular Lightweight Load-carrying Equipment. It is a standard used to ensure cross-compatibility when mounting tactical gear on load-bearing equipment. It is used to define the current generation of load-bearing equipment and rucksacks utilized by a number of NATO armed forces, especially the British Army and the United… Read More

September 24, 2013 @ 9:00 am By JD Alois  |  

Hardware crowdfunding platform, Dragon Innovation, has announced the success of their first three crowdfunded projects.  The inaugural round of projects having successfully raised funds on their site include: Dash – A DIY Robot having raised $74,461 on a goal of $64,000 Tessel – An internet… Read More

September 14, 2013 @ 11:34 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Juices+ is crowdfunding on Kickstarter. The campaign has already more than doubled a $40,000 goal for their premium USB phone charging cables. The campaign is just a few thousand dollars short of a big stretch goal that would unlock a gold anodized version of their… Read More