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May 13, 2013 @ 9:31 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Robert Downey Jr. has done quite nicely for himself playing the lead role in the Iron Man film series. With Iron Man 3 just released, people obviously want to know whether or not to expect a fourth installment in the series. Well, last week on Jimmy Kimmel… Read More

May 12, 2013 @ 1:25 pm By JD Alois  |  

Recently there have been a lot of headlines and discussions regarding celebrities or the affluent utilizing crowdfunding platforms like Kickstarter.  High profile film crowfunding for a Veronica Mars film or the project by Zach Braff have engendered a healthy discussion about who crowdfunding is for… Read More

May 12, 2013 @ 10:08 am By TDN.com  |  

SEATTLE — Dan Jaffe says he didn’t set out intending to go all rogue with his science. “What happened is I was getting discouraged,” he says. “I was starting to wonder whether anyone would even be allowed to ask these basic questions. So I went outside… Read More

May 12, 2013 @ 9:45 am By Arkansas Business  |  

The Internet is profoundly democratic, lowercase “d.” Anyone with computer access can publish a book, hawk his collection of vintage duck decoys, provide advice on holistic healing. Crowdfunding, enabled by the Internet, promises as profound a shift: Anyone can become a venture capitalist and anyone… Read More

May 12, 2013 @ 9:40 am By The Economist  |  

WILL future historians ever understand how dull and pointless life was in the 21st century? Yes, if a new wearable camera catches on. Memoto, a Swedish start-up, is selling a stamp-sized camera that you can pin on your shirt (see picture). It takes photographs every… Read More

May 11, 2013 @ 11:26 am By Slashgear  |  

Carmageddon for Android has been released, hitting phones and tablets today having raised more than $625,000 in a Kickstarter campaign last year. The classic game – which requires players drive roughshod across the tracks, mowing down pedestrians and colliding with fellow drivers as they go – was a notorious… Read More

May 11, 2013 @ 11:24 am By Huffington Post  |  

You may have heard of Kickstarter — the darling crowdfunding site where artists, designers, moviemakers, and others pitch pet projects to an online funder audience. Kickstarter may have just taken on a new and unwelcome role — as the one-stop shop for risky biotech companies looking to… Read More

May 10, 2013 @ 10:05 am By Charles Luzar  |  

The Othermill is a product of Otherfab, an engineering group based in San Francisco. The Othermill aims to bring high-precision milling to home offices much the same way consumer 3D printers have done so for 3D printing. Milling is the “opposite” of printing in that… Read More

May 10, 2013 @ 9:47 am By BostInno  |  

For the first time in 15 years, Boston’s Labor Day weekend celebrations could get an extra boost of light. Nearly two dozen local nonprofits and public agencies have banded together to bring fireworks to the Boston Harbor on Labor Day weekend, Saturday, August 31, 2013…. Read More

May 10, 2013 @ 9:06 am By MIT Technology Review  |  

Software developer Federico Zannier has data-mined himself, and now he’s raising money on Kickstarter to build an iPhone app and Chrome browser extension so that others can easily do the same. Fork over $2 to the campaign and you get a day’s worth of the 1.5 gigabytes… Read More

May 10, 2013 @ 7:36 am By JD Alois  |  

Petaluma, California based Glasshaus Wine Company is offering a twist on the traditional wine club through a crowdfunded subscription model to finance its yearly production costs. Similar to community a supported agricultural models, supporters become members by purchasing annual wine ‘Shares’ prior to the wine… Read More

May 9, 2013 @ 4:26 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

First person shooters like Call of Duty are some of the most popular video games around, and the DELTA SIX controller currently on Kickstarter aims to make the experiences of these games even more immersive and realistic than they are today. From the campaign page…… Read More

May 9, 2013 @ 2:40 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

The video demo of “Road Redemption” on the Oculus Rift VR headset is mind-blowing. Remember Road Rash? It was a series of video games in the 90’s that had players fighting eachother while riding motorcycles. It was not only popular but also a lot of fun…. Read More

May 9, 2013 @ 8:48 am By JD Alois  |  

Completely politically incorrect, this video shows what actually goes into raising the ‘easy money’ known as ‘kickstarting’ or ‘crowdfunding’. Crowdfunding is a ton of work.  Taking on a crowdfunding project is no Field of Dreams because you have to fight you way to the top…. Read More

May 9, 2013 @ 3:21 am By JD Alois  |  

 The Millennial Trains Project (MTP), a non-profit organization that leads crowdfunded transcontinental train journeys for enterprising, creative, and civic-minded Millennials, announced it has begun accepting applications for its inaugural journey from San Francisco, CA to Washington, DC (August 8-17, 2013). In partnership with City Year, McKinsey & Company,… Read More

May 8, 2013 @ 3:45 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

Zach Braff took an opportunity to address his critics and wax poetic on the larger crowdfunding space during a 17 minute interview with the team behind Kickstarted. Kickstarted is a documentary on crowdfunding currently being prepared for a Kickstarter campaign itself. Of note is Braff’s… Read More

May 8, 2013 @ 2:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

UPDATE: The campaign is live, but not on Kickstarter. Click here to find out where… Rob Rhinehart’s Soylent Kickstarter campaign may not happen at all.  A recent update on Rhinehart’s blog indicates he is presently considering other options besides industry leading crowdfunding site Kickstarter. Rhinehart’s… Read More

May 8, 2013 @ 10:12 am By Charles Luzar  |  

What if we used trees to light our streets instead of electric street lamps? The first sentence in the video pitch should give some idea as to the ambition of the crowdfunding campaign for bioluminescent plants. The Kickstarter campaign has crossed a quarter of a… Read More

May 7, 2013 @ 9:17 pm By JD Alois  |  

 Fundly and Teach For America are recognizing America’s teachers with the launch of their “Here’s To Teachers” campaign in celebration of National Teacher Appreciation Week, which begins today. This week, communities across the country take time to honor educators who have made a real difference in our… Read More

May 7, 2013 @ 4:17 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

Take a versatile wi-fi hotspot, build it to withstand everything the outdoors could toss at it and give it enough backup power to withstand a minor blackout. You’d be holding a BRCK. The BRCK works much the way your cell phone does, by intelligently and… Read More