Tag: Kickstarter
The Smart Wallet Keeps Track Of Your Phone & Your Wallet
It seems the most common reason why people either lose their smartphones or their wallets is because they forget to take them with them when they leave a public area. When they go back to look for it, it is usually gone. It's not a very pleasant feeling. There have been countless apps that try to se ...
Experience 8-Bit Horror In The Last Door Indie PC Game
A couple of weeks ago, the developers of The Last Door contacted me on YouTube and asked if I would be interested in trying out their game. Despite its 8-bit graphics style, this indie PC game has all the ambiance and scares of a $60 big budget horror game. Developed by The Game Kitchen, the 1st cha ...
World’s Smallest Cell Phone Charger Is Smaller Than You Think
I remember having a Motorola bag phone back in the '90s. It came in a big, bulky black bag, and it had a cord like a rotary phone. Back then, people only used their mobile phones if there was an emergency, and I don't ever remember being worried that the battery would run out. These days all that ha ...
4th Grade Students Crowdfund A Solar-Powered Classroom On Kickstarter
Modern technology opens up so many new doors for teachers to be able to educate children in more fun and inspiring ways. Apple has sold more than 4.5 million iPads to schools in the United States since its launch in 2010. However, using technology in schools goes far beyond just replacing heavy text ...
Gigabot 3D Printer Allows Insane 24-Cubic Inch Objects To Be Printed
There is so much to say about the exciting evolution of 3D printers. It is said that within 3 years, every household in Japan is going to sport one, and the rest of the world is trying to keep up. 3D printers are going to change a lot in our society. Everything from medicine to how we order things o ...
Eye-Tracking Device Enables Handsfree Computer Interaction
The mouse has long been the primary device with which we interact with our computers - the mouse, and of course the keyboard itself. But with new technology comes new opportunities to further increase our interaction with the computer, and at the same time, make it a whole lot more relaxed. There ha ...
Kentucky Route Zero: A Magical Realist Adventure Game Worth Playing
Kentucky Route Zero is an indie Windows, Mac and Linux game developed by the duo known as Cardboard Computer (Jake Elliott and Tamas Kemenczy). As the developers describe it, Kentucky Route Zero is "a magical realist adventure game about a secret highway in the caves beneath Kentucky, and the myster ...
3D Cloning Now Possible With Low Cost Startup Scanner
With 3D printing technology becoming so popular lately, more and more "accessories" are also being innovated. We seem to love the fact that we can now create anything we want with a little bit of tinkering. 3D printing has become as easy as a click of a button, so what more is there to innovate? Wel ...
Biometric USB Stick: Ultimate Fingerprint Password Management Solution
Here we go again...This is another Kickstarter project that launched 2 days ago with a goal to raise $150,000. In just 2 days, they've surpassed their goal and have reached $163,928 at the time I'm writing this. What is the hubbub about this product? It's called myIDkey, and it's a biometric USB sti ...
World’s First 3D Printing Pen Makes 3D Sculptures As You Write Or Draw
This pen, which is the world's first 3D printing pen, is going to blow your mind. Apparently it's blown a lot of other people's minds too because they are trying to raise $30,000 on Kickstarter, and with 32 days left, they've already raised over $600,000 at the time I'm writing this. There is a good ...
Survive The Zombie Apocalypse With The Organ Trail: Director’s Cut
The Organ Trail: Director’s Cut is an indie game developed by The Men Who Wear Many Hats. The Organ Trail was initially released on their website for free. It was modeled after The Oregon Trail, an educational computer game released in the 1970s that taught schoolchildren about life on the Oregon Tr ...
Power Charger Fuels Your Smartphone Using Just A Hot Or Cold Source
How many smartphone emergency chargers have you read about by now? Quite a few I reckon. Well, it seems there are still a few ways you can reinvent the smartphone power charger. The "new" solar power chargers are in abundance right now. You can get them for your jacket, your backpack, you name it. W ...
This Is The World’s Largest Life-Size Self-Portrait Camera
You might think the technology in your smartphone camera is on the very edge of innovation. The fact is, when it comes to quality, it is still inferior to some of the analog technologies that were made available in the '70s. It might sound weird, but when it comes to quality, analog photography is s ...
Laser Cut Retro 8-Bit Space Invaders Chess Set Will Make You Drool
What do you get when you combine the 8-bit Space Invader geekiness we remember from the arcades in the 80s with a classic chess game? You get a dream come true for a lot of people. This Space invader game is a stunning masterpiece of design, and I can't imagine anyone not wanting one of these chess ...
Intellicase Turns Your Smartphone Into A Digital Key Fob
Now that we have pretty much everything incorporated into our smartphones, why not add the last bits and bolts as well, right? We know that NFC (Near Field Communication) will probably soon be incorporated into all phones. We also know that we are able to use our smartphones as a mouse, gesture cont ...