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Nura headphones are about to be overfunded on Kickstarter to the tune of 1613%. That makes it easily Australia’s biggest success story on the crowd funding platform. The project has raked in a staggering $1.6 Million in funding from an original $100,000 goal, thanks to 7,119 backers. So what’s...
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After successfully crowd-funding the development of the original Lightpack, the project from Woodenshark is back and Lightpack 2 is now once again on Kickstarter. Despite having 35 days to go, they’ve already smashed their $198,000 goal, with 1,172 backers providing $254,698 so far. This time around Lightpack has evolved into a...
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There’s always plenty of new and exciting ways to make your home smarter, leveraging new technology to make things faster, smarter and better. A couple of talented Aussie inventors Chris and Joe have leveraged their experience in industrial and manufacturing engineering, information systems and digital media to produce a brand...
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Over the years we’ve seen plenty of 3D printers come and go through Kickstarter. The latest is PancakeBot, a 3D printer that does one, thing, prints pancakes. In development since 2013, the PancakeBot has gone through a few iterations, with the early models built from lego. After partnering with...
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The story of Moore’s Cloud Light project is a troubled one. The ambitious goal of $750,000 on Kickstarter was always going to be tough and not surprisingly the project fell short. The 1,950 backers helped raise just $275,000. Creator Mark Pesce says he’s learnt a lot through the process...
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Crowd funding website Kickstarter have announced they are bringing the service Australia and New Zealand. This is great news for ambitious creative types down under, that need new ways of funding innovative projects. While Aussie’s have been able to fund projects from the US site, their origin means we’re...
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Anyone who has backed a Kickstarter project will know the long wait and often delays that occur in production. One such project is ASTRO. The time-lapse camera controller unit was successfully funded in August of 2012 and backers are still waiting. When you see their latest update video, you...
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Google Glass is potentially scary piece of technology for some, usually not the person wearing it, but the general public that encounters Glass wearers. The fear of being recorded is such a problem that Todd Blatt has created a KickStarter for a Google Glass lens cap. Yep, a lens...
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LIFX, the smart phone controlled LED light from Kickstarter has unfortunately been delayed again. In the latest update from the LIFX team, they have confirmed they have returned from another visit to the manufacturing plant in Shenzhen, China with bad news. The revised date for the initial 500 is...
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LIFX have just put out the call to developers in their latest update. In project update #18, the team at LIFX Labs are after developers to start writing apps for their new multi-coloured, smart globes. If you’re a programmer then pay attention. One of the best things about LIFX...
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One of the most popular Kickstarter projects LIFX is still in development, time for an update. As a backer email updates are becoming much more frequent which is great on one hand, but terrible on another. It’s great to get progress updates, but it also reminds you that thing...
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In the latest update about Light by Moore’s Cloud, the team are admitting defeat. The ambitious $750,000 target hasn’t be reached. The 1,950 backers helped raise almost $275,000, only just over a third of the required funding. Since launching the project, Moore’s Cloud raised nearly $5,000 every day of...
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The linux computer wrapped in box of multi-coloured LEDs is now known as LIGHT by Moore’s Cloud. The project’s Kickstarter went live tonight and you can now Back the Project to get your very own. The team are looking for $700,000 in funding to kick off production. You have...
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One of the dark sides of Kickstarter is the risk you take in investing in businesses that are still being built. This means everything from mass production to distribution logistics has to be organised all while building a business and delivering a project on time and in budget. In...
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Smart lighting is quickly becoming a hot new technology category and the latest addition is LightCloud. With a lot of conversation on twitter over the past few days, it’s time see what all the fuss is about. LightCloud is an Australian invention, lead by Founder & CEO Mark Pesce,...
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The Kickstarter project for photographers called Astro, is a time-lapse / motion control to allow cameras to easily take time-lapses or panoramas. Today the creator Oscar Ramirez posted an update on the project explaining there has been some changes. Overwhelmed by the success of the project (now more than...
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Twine is one of the most successful Kickstarter projects of all time, originally asking for $35,000 they managed to raise more than half a million dollars from almost 4,000 backers. For those unfamiliar with Twine, it’s a small connected device designed to be “The simplest way to connect stuff...
Nura headphones are about to be overfunded on Kickstarter to the tune of 1613%. That makes it easily Australia’s biggest success story on the crowd funding platform. The project has raked in a staggering $1.6 Million in funding from an original $100,000 goal, thanks to 7,119 backers. So what’s...
After successfully crowd-funding the development of the original Lightpack, the project from Woodenshark is back and Lightpack 2 is now once again on Kickstarter. Despite having 35 days to go, they’ve already smashed their $198,000 goal, with 1,172 backers providing $254,698 so far. This time around Lightpack has evolved into a...
