Kickstarter

Sense, the sleep-watching orb, is waking up investors

Posted in Business on 25th Aug, 2014
by Alex Muller

Sense has caught fire on Kickstarter, as almost 20,000 backers have made donations or pre-ordered the globe, adding another $2.4 million to the cash raised.

Sleep sensor breaks through $1m on Kickstarter

Posted in Medicine on 31st Jul, 2014
by Alex Muller

A 22-year-old British entrepreneur's new sleep-tracking kit has cracked $1.2m (08,000) in its first week on Kickstarter's crowdfunding platform.

Star Trek-Like Molecular Food Scanner SCiO Tops $2 Million On Kickstarter

Posted in Hardware on 4th Jun, 2014
by Alex Muller

A pocket-sized spectrometer that tells you the chemical makeup of things, including nutritional info like calories, carbs, sugars, and more.

Tiny KickSat Sprite satellites hitch ride into orbit

Posted in Science on 19th May, 2014
by Alex Muller

Exploring space has long been the sole diversion of governments, big business and academics.

Kickstarter passes $1B in pledges 5 years in

Posted in Online on 4th Mar, 2014
by Alex Muller

Kickstarter is even more popular than you thought: The crowdfunding startup raised 500 million alone in the last 12 months.