Tag: Kickstarter
eFOLDI fold up scooter now on Kickstarter. The future of personal transport?
The eFOLDI scooter is now looking for funding on Kickstarter We write a lot about personal transport. About hoverboards, about electric bikes and electric scooters to name but a few. There are some really great products out there, but many of them fail to make it into the mainstream for whatever…
5 great new tech innovations under £50 – including Tapp Fingerprint lock and Nonda ZUS smart car charger
Nonda Zus: intelligent car charger that will help you find your parked vehicle Here we look at some of the latest handy gadgets that have been attracting attention and investment from crowdfunding websites such as Kickstarter and Indiegogo. Chris Price reports The Tapp lock uses your…
Creator iOT kit goes live on Kickstarter
You can't move for announcements about the iOT (Internet of Things) these days with the number of devices connected to the net expected to reach an astonishing 25 billion by the end of 2015, according to Cisco. But this product from Imagination Technologies - the third biggest semi-conductor IP company in the world - caught our…
Beautiful maple keyboard reaches $300K on Kickstarter – smashes target
Understandably we don't tend to get too excited by keyboards here at Tech Digest. But here's one that looks quite exciting - and certainly more beautiful than most (I think it's reminiscent of a butterfly somehow). Manufactured by Keyboardaudio, it's called the Model 01 and has already smashed through its Kickstarter fundraising target (target was…
Is CHIP the new Pi? $9 computer raises $600,000 and counting on Kickstarter
The $35 Rasberry Pi was truly revolutionary when it first came out. But is there now a new kid on the build-your-own PC block called CHIP. Although it's easy to get excited by Kickstarter campaigns - many of which seem to be little more than publicity campaigns for companies that have ample funding from elsewhere -…
3D 2.0’s launches Kickstarter for ‘Photoshop’ of the 3D printing world
3D 2.0 Inc. has announced a Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign for a new 3D printing product called Retouch3D. Basically it's a hand-held heated tool the size of an electric toothbrush with variable heat settings and interchangeable tips designed specifically for finishing 3D prints. It will allow makers to clean-up 3D prints with the assistance of temperatures…
JIVR e-bike secures Kickstarter funding, will ship in September
Hi-tech e-bike JIVR will now ship in September after reaching its funding target after just two weeks. The first foldable, chainless electric bike was due to hit its target by April 10, but reached the £70,000 landmark well ahead of schedule. Marcin Piatkowski, the Polish-born creator of the JIVR bike, commented: “I have been overwhelmed and…
Potato salad Kickstarter raises more than $50,000
We normally see the likes of crowdfunding service Kickstarter used to fund the production of films, novels, apps and so on. But one enterprising American has taken to Kickstarter to raise funds to make ... a potato salad. And what clearly started as a joke appears to have taken on a life of its own.…
Kickstarter changes its crowdfunding rules
The crowdfunding website Kickstarter has relaxed its rules, making it easier for projects to be accepted. Kickstarter, which launched in 2009, has become the most well-known and successful crowdfunding platform in the world – attracting more than $1bn worth of…
If it ain't broke…: Can Kickstarter's Snuglet really improve MacBook MagSafe 2?
There's a lot of things I love about my Retina MacBook, which is pretty much my most prized possession. An obvious one is its high resolution screen, another its-slim design aluminium build. But one oft-overlooked MacBook marvel that goes right…