Taking On the Gulf Oil Spill With Kites and Cameras
An M.I.T. fellow is putting together camera kits with balloons and kites to document the damage in the gulf.
View ArticleDiaspora, the Open Facebook Alternative, Releases Its Code
Diaspora, an open alternative to Facebook that is being funded by online donations, announced Thursday that it was making its code available to developers.
View ArticleAn iPod Watch Project Explodes Online
A project to turn an iPod Nano into a wristwatch has attracted over $540,000 in funding online through Kickstarter.
View ArticleBuilding a Weather App That Sees the (Near) Future
Two friends are betting that they can build an application that can accurately predict if it will rain 30 minutes to an hour in the future. They use weather maps to try to predict how a storm will behave.
View ArticleKickstarter: Embracing The Mothers Of Invention
Kickstarter is a site where creative people solicit start-up money for various projects. And people actually pledge money to help the projects in return for, maybe, a T-shirt or a CD.
View ArticleDaily Report: Coming of Age for a Site to Finance Start-Ups
Kickstarter, a site where ordinary people finance creative projects, sprouted in the New York living room of its founders three years ago. It is now transforming the way people build businesses. An...
View ArticlePebble Smartwatch Tops Out at $10 Million on Kickstarter
The Pebble smartwatch, a project on Kickstarter to build wristwatch that can interact with a smartphone, has raised a significant amount of money through the crowd-funding platform after being turned...
View ArticleCrowdtilt, a Group Funding Service, Raises Funds of Its Own
Crowdtilt, a crowdfunding start-up, lets friends band together to pool their money for purposes like vacation rentals, party buses and even weddings. Just months old, the service has persuaded an...
View ArticleXOXO Aims to Be an Alternative to South by Southwest
A new festival that aims to bring together interesting and innovative thinkers and entrepreneurs from the start-up world and tech industry is born on Kickstarter -- and quickly attracts more than 500...
View ArticleMoney, Mentoring and a Claim on the Payoff
Plenty of entrepreneurial students graduate with so much debt that they leave their dreams behind for a corporate paycheck. Now, a former Google executive has a way for young entrepreneurs to get money...
View ArticleOuya Game Console Ends Kickstarter Campaign With $8.5 Million
Ouya, which ran a Kickstarter campaign aiming to build an Android-based gaming console for under $100, raised nearly 10 times its original goal. But the company has plenty of hurdles ahead of it as it...
View ArticleDaily Report: The Perils of Successful Crowdfunding
Crowdfunding sites like Kickstarter are letting designers and other creative people connect with audiences who want to finance their dreams, reports Jenna Wortham on Tuesday in The New York Times. But...
View ArticleNew York Start-Ups Become Officemates in Hurricane Sandy Aftermath
As the city struggles to come back online in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, New York start-ups and companies get creative about going back to work.
View ArticleC.E.S. 2013: After Delays, Pebble Wristwatch Will Ship Jan. 23
After several delays and setbacks, the makers of the Pebble wristwatch, a device that can wirelessly link to a smartphone and that raised more than $10 million on Kickstarter, say they are finally...
View ArticleGrand St., an Online Boutique for Electronics, Raises $1.3 Million
Grand St., a new e-commerce site named after the quirky Williamsburg street where it was founded, is hoping to become the online marketplace for the rising new category of eclectic personal electronics.
View ArticlePebble Raises $15 Million as Wave of Smart Watches Arrives
Pebble, the popular smartwatch that raised more than $10 million on Kickstarter, is looking to venture capital to help it transition from a side project to a more traditional company.
View ArticleA Game That Deals in Personal Data
Now a group of Web developers in Austria has introduced Data Dealer, a game that aims to make the business of consumer profiling more transparent.
View ArticleNot Ready for a Smartwatch? Try Bluetooth Earmuffs
Accessories like earmuffs and handbags with Bluetooth connections and speakers could pave the way for average consumers to adjust to wearable technology.
View ArticleThe Wide Open Era in 3-D Printing
Pirate3D is a small but ambitious maker of three-dimensional printers that attracted notice last spring when it raised a large amount of money on Kickstarter. A look at the company and its plans shows...
View ArticleDiaspora, the Open Facebook Alternative, Releases Its Code
Diaspora, an open alternative to Facebook that is being funded by online donations, announced Thursday that it was making its code available to developers.
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