Posts Tagged ‘kickstarter.com’
Business
Buyer Beware: Crypteks’ USB Kickstarter Campaign Highlights the Perils of Crowd Funding
ickstarter is a great combination of the right service coming along at exactly the right moment. Crowd funding has been around for quite some time, but with the ever-increasing footprint the Internet and our connected mobile de...
Apple
Nifty MiniDrive: Hot Swappable Macbook Air Flash Storage
My Macbook Air’s hard drive capacity, or to be more technical SSD capacity is sorely limited. Limited to a paltry 128GB of storage, it means I’m always chasing my tail, deleting photos, movies, and other needless i...
Accessories
Spark: an iPhone Controllable Light Bulb Socket (video)
WiFi connected light bulbs at one point we’re neither here nor there. Now, in the last few months we’ve seen two WiFi connected light bulbs emerge: the LIFX and the HUE from one of the world’s biggest consume...
Clothing
KeySquare Replaces the Ugly Carabiner Keychain
Traipsing around with a carabiner attached to your pant’s belt loop is a fashion faux pas. Sure, it was acceptable in high school, but it’s time to grow up and find a more suitable, more stylish utilitarian key cha...
Offbeat
Ostrich Pillow Now on Sale (video)
Some of the world’s most productive people are nappers. Heck, even some of the US Presidents have been known for performing the daily ritual. And odds are if your work allows it, or you’re self employed, you’...
LED
LIFX Lightbulb: an iPhone Controllable LED Colored Light Bulb with Automation (video)
Not too long ago, the only way you could control your home’s lighting, blinds, music and more, was to invest in an exceptionally expensive system from the likes of Creston. However, in the last few years we’ve seen...
Autos
Boosted Boards: the World’s Lightest Electric Vehicle is a Skateboard (video)
There is no disputing the similarities between the Z-Board – which enjoyed Kickstarter fame earlier this year – and the just announced Boosted Boards. However, Boosted Boards’ design is far more innocuous, and...
Cell Phones
Impossible Instant Lab Converts iPhone Photos to Polaroids on the Fly
Printing your iPhone pics has long meant connecting to an Airprint compatible printer, or a router that boasts the capabilities. Heck, we’ve never even printed anything directly from the iPhone so we can’t attest t...
Accessories
STEELIE Magnetic Smartphone Car Stand (video)
We’ve long sought an iPhone car mount that is subtle, simple, and actually works. Unfortunately, nothing has quite met our high standards. That is until today. The STEELIE is simple magnetic ring that attaches to the ba...
Cell Phones
Paparazzo Light Adds 300 Lumens to the iPhone’s Flash
Anyone that owns an iPhone 4s knows that the camera, while exceptionally solid for a smartphone shooter, doesn’t perform admirably well in low light scenarios. If it did, we’d probably see photographers walking aro...
Cell Phones
The ChargeCard is an iPhone Cord for Your Wallet
If you own an iPhone then you know that there is never a time when you don’t need that pesky Apple cable. Needless to say, especially with iCloud in play, it’s just a question of grabbing a quick charge, and for th...
Cases
FLASHr iPhone Case Glows When Your Phone Blows Up
If you didn’t know the iPhone can intermittently flash its LED light when a call or incoming text is received. It’s an option designed for those that are of the hard of hearing, but it can also be used by anyone tha...
