February 28, 2013 @ 8:44 am By CFI Correspondent  |  

Lumawake, a widely covered crowdfunding project announced in a backers update that their project was in peril due to lack of funds.   The universal Apple iPhone dock was widely hailed as a unique product with revolutionary design and incredible features. Originally the Lumawake team was turned away by crowdfunding trail blazer Kickstarter.  Undeterred Lumawake… Read More

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January 11, 2013 @ 7:45 pm By CFI Correspondent  |  

Widely covered crowdfunding success Lumawake – dubbed the first docking station compatible with all iphones – recently indicated in their first backer update that they hit a hurdle. In contrast to the Kickstarter approach where funds committed are available for the project upon successfully attaining the stated goal,  Lumawake decided to access the funds only… Read More

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December 23, 2012 @ 10:02 am By JD Alois  |  

Light by Moore’s Cloud launched a crowdfunding  Kickstarter campaign earlier this year but failed to reach it’s goal.  Attempting to raise $700,000 they only reached slightly over $275,000 funded by over 1900 backers. Light is described as; The Light that turns you on Fifty-two LEDs in two million colors add up to infinite possibilities of… Read More

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December 20, 2012 @ 10:27 pm By JD Alois  |  

Lumawake, an iPhone dock which was originally turned away by kickstarter, nailed there goal today.  Earlier in the day, with on a couple hours left according to their site, they will still a couple thousand dollars shy of their $150,000 funding goal.  But success waited to the final moments of the day to reach their… Read More

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November 26, 2012 @ 6:00 am By Charles Luzar  |  

In the spirit of Cyber Monday, here are 10 crowdfunding campaigns that you can contribute to now to support innovative new products. Puzzlebox Orbit: Brain-Controlled Helicopter A toy helicopter you can control with your mind?  A toy helicopter you can control with your mind!  The Puzzlebox Orbit can be controlled from your smartphone, or you can… Read More

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November 19, 2012 @ 9:31 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Today Lumawake launched their crowdfunding campaign to allow customers to reserve their revolutionary iPhone dock. Their approach may provide insight to how future product designers should consider approaching crowdfunding.   Lumawake Features Lumawake is an iPhone dock that does much more than just charge your phone.  It uses a passive infrared sensor (PIR) to detect movement… Read More

Read more in: Featured Headlines, Offerings  |  Tagged apple, drew shepard, greg laugle, iphone, kickstarter, lumawake, pebble, scott roehrick, selfstarter