Paper Shooters, the firm behind a range of cardboard construct blasters, has launched a fundraising campaign to get its products into stores. The firm is currently seeking £75,000 in return for 25 per cent equity of the brand, ...
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Crowdfunding campaign kicks off to develop plush birds that control the Flappy Bird app game. Flappy Bird might have flown the coop earlier this year when the game's creator retired from the world of app-fame, but the game remains, with ...
Tags: Flappy Bird, Toys, Games
SeeSpace's InAir layered-graphics "augmented TV" system will soon roll out as a $99 (suggested retail) HDMI adapter that plugs in between any 2D or 3D TV and the set-top source device, like a cable box or Roku player. Related kickstarter ...
Tags: TV, Consumer Electronics, Electronics
Lammily doll surpassed its Kickstarter goal of $95,000 in one day. A 'realistic' doll depicting the dimensions of an average woman has raised enough money through Kickstarter to hit retail. Nickolay Lamm's Lammily doll launched on the ...
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In past years, the television was less fondly called the idiot box. Today the TV is more fondly being promoted as a potential informationalized box, signified by technology offered by a new device appearing on Kickstarter called InAiR. This ...
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First three kits in the GoldieBlox series to launch in the UK this July. GoldieBlox, the US toy company that found fortune through crowdfunding in 2013, has appointed Interplay as its exclusive UK distributor. The construction toy firm ...
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As sleep disorders and energy costs rise, Uopia launches a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter for a new kind of LED nightlight. What makes their nightlight different is that it feels and looks like a warm incandescent bulb while providing ...
(Phys.org) —The wearables smart specs marketplace is a trend yet to happen. On the one hand, proponents emphasize how cool it will be to stay connected via wearables without having to keep extracting and replacing a handheld device. ...
Tags: Icis, Laforge, Smart Glass, handheld device
The 2014 International CES? will spotlight the promise, power and future of technology through innovative startups and entrepreneurs. The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA)? today announced new areas and events at CES dedicated to the ...
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Smart Lids hope to expand to US market using crowdfunding Australian packaging firm Smart Lid Systems is hoping to expanded their heat sensitive takeaway coffee lids to the US, making the lids available directly to US households through ...
Tags: Smart Lid Systems, heat sensitive, takeaway coffee lids
Bendable figure named Jules to help children practice yoga at home A UK yoga teacher has taken her idea for a toy that helps children learn yoga to crowdfunding platform Kickstarter. Dawn Caller, from SunRise Yoga, has created Jules, a ...
Tags: Kickstarter, Dawn Caller, Jules, yoga, toy
Toronto-based Matterform showcased a 3D scanner at this year's CES with two attention-drawing features: It is easy to use for designers, hobbyists and consumers and it is priced below $600. The company promotes the scanner as requiring no ...
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"Our long term goal is to serve as a time capsule for future generations," says Salem Toy Museum The Salem Toy Museum in Massachusetts has taken to Kickstarter to help raise funds to relocate. The independently owned US museum preserves ...
Tags: Salem Toy Museum, Kickstarter, raise funds, relocate
Martin Nielsen, DVM, PhD, Dipl. EVPC, equine parasitologist, veterinarian, and assistant professor at the University of Kentucky (UK) Gluck Equine Research Center, has launched the first research crowdfunding project at UK and possibly the ...
Has made $80,000 of $5,000 goal with a week still to go A Rubber Band Machine Gun has well surpassed its crowdfunding goal on Kickstarter. The toy, created by Alex Shpetniy, needed to raise $5,000, but has managed $80,259 with nine ...