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Buccaneer concludes kickstarter campaign – 1438% funded

June 29, 2013 · 2 minutes · 2 photos

We first wrote about Buccaneer on the very day that their Kickstarter launched, noting that they just might be creating the most consumer-friendly 3D printer yet. About one hour ago their campaign ended having raised a total of $1,438,765, putting them in…

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Meet RAPIRO, the hackable robot kit for Raspberry Pi

June 21, 2013 · 3 minutes · 12 photos

Shota Ishiwatari reached out to us to announce his new Kickstarter project, RAPIRO, and it’s something you definitely want to keep an eye on (or back the project) if you’re into hackable robotics. RAPIRO is a Robot kit project that comes with…

WigWag is like IFTTT for Home Automation

WigWag is like IFTTT for Home Automation

June 19, 2013 · 3 minutes · 7 photos

WigWag, launched 2 hours ago on Kickstarter (31% funded with $15,915 raised out of $50,000), looks like a promising new approach to sensors in the home, offering up an “IFTTT”-like interface for wiring things together (i.e. a simple to use web interface…

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Who Will Win the Smart Lock Race, August or Lockitron?

By Marc Barros · May 31, 2013 · 8 minutes · 6 photos

If you missed it, the race is now on to be the “smart lock” of choice. Originally pioneered by Lockitron and their amazing story of crowd funding over $2 million dollars, Yves Behar is raising the bar with the introduction of August.…

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Comparing Hardware Hacker Prototyping Boards

May 23, 2013 · 2 minutes · 4 photos

UDOO, a sort-of dual Arduino + Raspberry PI hardware hacker prototyping board and extremely successful Kickstarter campaign that we interviewed recently, just released a handy comparison chart of similar products. Unless you backed their project as we did, you might not see…

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Sweet Bike Hack: Monkey Light Pro (Kickstarter)

May 23, 2013 · 3 minutes · 8 photos

Another day, another awesome bike hack. Monkey Light Pro launched on Kickstarter earlier today and if Helios Bars is an urban hipster’s smart bike utility for increasing safety, Monkey Light Pro is the ultimate bike hack for the Burning Man crowd —…