Kickstarter

Crowdfunding has led to a number of high profile consumer product launches in recent years. At the same time, it’s lead to more disappointments stemming from delays and unfulfilled promises. The issue, which is especially acute for the most successful fundraisers, is that it’s incredibly difficult...

Podcast We chat to Google-style storage startup man about how to, er, crowdfund

Remember Keyboard Cat ? Of course you do. It’s pretty much the Citizen Kane of the YouTube generation. The meme’s creator*, Brad O’Farrel, has managed to raise $200k+ on Kickstarter for Story War , a card game that sits somewhere between Cards Against Humanity and Dungeons & Dragons. In Story War,...

If you are an avid gamer who loves every aspect of the game, including the soundtrack, chances are you would have heard of composer Jeremy Soule, who is the person behind the Skyrim and Guild Wars tunes. Jeremy has decided to turn to Kickstarter in order to help him fund some classical symphony...

It’s not easy being a crowdfunding tiddler in a pond where sharks like Kickstarter and Indiegogo are known to swim. Which doubtless explains why a group of homegrown U.K. crowdfunding sites have banded together to launch a self-regulating trade body — called the UK Crowdfunding Association (UKCFA).

It’s impossible to talk about hardware without talking about software, ecosystems, and Kickstarter. Or at least that’s what you’d think after the “Made for life: The new hardware revolution” panel at the F.ounders 2013 conference. Wired’s Bill Wasik was joined by OUYA’s Julie Uhrman, Quirky’s Ben...

In high school I had a friend whose parents promised her a new car on the day of graduation if she got straight As. My parents, in contrast, warned me that if didn’t get good grades, they wouldn’t pay for college. One is the carrot, the other the stick. Would my friend have gotten straight As...

The annual film, technology and music bacchanalia that is SXSW has rolled around once again, and while some major companies have announced bits and pieces of new technology, this year's offerings have been lackluster on the photography front. Amidst the cluster of new apps, vaguely hinted-at...

When OUYA launched the enormously successful Kickstarter campaign for its Android-based gaming console, CEO Julie Uhrman said she had “no idea” whether it would succeed. “I was scared shitless,” she said. Uhrman, who gave a keynote interview this afternoon at South by Southwest Interactive,...

German tech company 4tiitoo wants you to meet the NUIA eyeCharm, which transforms your Microsoft Kinect from a motion sensor to an eye motion sensor. The distinction means the difference between waving your arms to control your computer and simply moving your eyes. The project recently appeared for...