Let's be real: There were a lotta things that sucked about 2016.
But when you look back on 2016 in the years to come, what will be the overriding memory
you have? Great Kickstarter projects, of course. Pshhh. DUH.
From unimaginably popular "Fidget Cubes" to some impressive gadgetry and a tremendous
survival horror board game, a rundown of the year's hottest crowdfunding campaigns
is sure to bring a smile to your face. And, if you weren't a part of them, this
video may bring about some plans for the best way to spend any money you got for Christmas!
(Who am I kidding, that money is LONG gone…) Here are the best Kickstarter campaigns of
2016.
Vue Smart Glasses The problem with Google Glass wasn't that
the concept was bad, so much as that no-one wanted to walk through life looking like the
world's worst undercover agent in a bad espionage movie.
That's where Vue smart glasses come into play with the revolutionary decision to offer
some of the functionality of smart glasses, while looking… well, like a regular pair
of specs. Now why didn't we think of that? The glasses themselves are not as smart as
Google Glass, but the result is a lot less tech you have to fit in a pair of thin frames.
In fact, perhaps the biggest change is that there is no display — instead, you communicate
with the device through voice. Also unlike Google Glass, the glasses do not have earbuds.
Instead, the use bone conduction technology to send sound waves as vibrations through
your skull. That way, your ears are freed up for day-to-day activities and there is
no unsightly earbud in your ear while you are in a meeting.
Vue also has a little microphone, so you can ask the glasses to do things throughout the
day. For example, you can ask to listen to music, make a phone call, and so on.
Kingdom Death Board games are kind of a niche thing, aren't
they? So what better way to dilute your potential target audience than by combining one niche
with another: in this case the horror genre? In fact, the resulting horror board game turns
out to be one of the year's biggest Kickstarters — surpassing the $1 million funding mark
in just 19 minutes and currently trending toward $16 million.
In this massive cooperative board game, survivors fight for their lives against an "onslaught
of bizarre and fearsome creatures." Although if you're one of the 14,967 (and counting)
backers, you probably knew that already. Fidget Cube
Has there been a greater underdog Kickstarter success this year than Fidget Cube? An all-in-one
desk toy solution that allows fidget-afflicted users to click, roll, flip, glide, spin and
any number of other fiddly verbs to their heart's content, Fidget Cube racked up a
staggering $6,465,690 on Kickstarter from 154,926 eager users.
Fidget Cube co-creator Mark McLachlan, who works alongside brother Matthew, told Digital
Trends, "We came up with the idea for Fidget Cube about four years ago, when we realized
that we both have a hard time sitting still and staying focused while working on projects,
Other toys that are meant for fidgeting look out of place in a professional setting. We
wanted to design something that would look great in any circumstance."
Most amazing of all? They only asked for $15,000. To put that in perspective, that's a bit
like asking for a paper airplane kit for Christmas and getting a Gulfstream V.
Sisyphus Sand Table In ancient Greek mythology, the character
of Sisyphus, king of Ephyra, is punished for his deceitfulness by being condemned to roll
a boulder up a mountain for all eternity. Jump forward a couple of millennia and creator
Bruce Shapiro has used that story as his inspiration for one of the coolest Kickstarter projects
we've ever seen: a table with an ever-changing automated tabletop pattern created from sand.
"Sisyphus is a kinetic sculpture in which a two-motor robot moves a magnet to pull a
steel ball through a field of sand," Shapiro told Digital Trends. "It can also be thought
of as an instrument upon which paths are played. Like musical instruments, it is the combination
of both the instrument and composition played upon it which produces the art."
Levitating Nixie Clock You know that expression "time flies"?
Well, it seems that Scottish electronics whiz Tony "Lasermad" Adams wasn't content
to leave it as a metaphor. Instead, he went out and created a steampunk-inspired
levitating clock using nixie tubes and magnets. Now you can look like a mad Victorian scientist
and keep an eye on the time. What could be better than that?
The base itself plugs into a wall socket, with a battery backup that will keep the
clock floating should a power outage occur. The floating nixie tubes are powered wirelessly
courtesy of copper induction coils, while the time can be set either using buttons on
the base, or with the aid of a smartphone app.
"Once it's set up, it's designed to run 24 hours per day for months or years at
a time," Adams says. "It's not like the floating Bluetooth speakers that have
been on the market for a while, which need charging up every few hours. Once this clock
is properly floating it'll keep doing so as long as it's powered."
Desktop Water Cutter When you think about a machine capable of
slicing through everything from stone to stainless steel, what do you expect it to use as a cutting
implement? If you answered lasers, diamonds, or laser-shooting
diamonds, prepare to be surprised: Wazer's new desktop cutter uses nothing more threatening
than high-pressure water, combined with sand-like abrasive particles — and it works well.
"Right now, there are a lot of great desktop tools, but they're limited in terms of what
they can cut," Wazer co-founder Nisan Lerea told Digital Trends. "The most widely used
parallel to what we're offering would be a desktop laser cutter, which works similarly
— only using lasers instead of water. The problem with a desktop laser cutter is that
it can only cut through soft materials, such as wood and plastic. We've created a tool
that can cut through virtually any material: steel, titanium, aluminum, stone, ceramic
tiles, glass, a whole variety." LICKI Brush
One of the great things about Kickstarter and crowdfunding in general is that entrepreneurs
get to throw crazy ideas out to the public and see who bites, without a middleman to
shoot them down before they reach an audience. One of these projects, which may never have
seen the light of day in a previous age, is LICKI: a tongue-like, silicone-brush which
lets users bond with their feline friends by "licking" them. It sounds, frankly,
insane — but the company claims that owners will quickly "ease into the soothing and
mutually beneficial licking behavior of cats." Apparently 2,022 backers were convinced.
Universe in a Sphere Some Kickstarter projects offer practical
solutions to problems we face in our own lives, like faster ways to lace shoes, for example.
Others are just there to give us something amazing to gawp at. This second category is
where the "The Universe in a Sphere" sits. A glass sphere, containing 380,000 perfectly
lasered dots representing a 3D reproduction of much of the observable universe, this is
breathtaking stuff. The campaign is still running, but already it's cleared its funding
target thanks to contributions from over 2,500 backers.
"At first I felt a little overwhelmed by the huge success of the campaign," creator
Clemens Steffin told Digital Trends. "It would be quite stressful — were it not for
the lovely comments, heartwarming messages and uplifting words from backers all over
the world."
Maslow CNC 3D printing is all well and good, but there
are plenty of other fabrication tools that exist in the 'maker' space — many of
which are becoming more and more affordable by the day. One such product category are CNC
cutting machines, which make cutting wood faster, easier and more accurate thanks to
the use of computers to control the cutting process. That's where new Kickstarter campaign
Maslow comes into play. "Maslow is a machine which lets you design
things on the computer and then it cut them out of a 4×8-foot sheet of plywood," co-creator
Bar Smith told Digital Trends. "Think '3D printer for things made from plywood.'"
CNC machines aren't new, but at just $350 per kit, this costs a fraction of the $20,000
– $300,000 price tag comparable factory kits come with.
SPUD Collapsible Monitor If you are someone who spends lots of time
on the go for work or play, chances are you, at some point or another, find yourself missing
the size of your TV or desktop monitor when you are on the road. Enter SPUD, the world's
first collapsible high-resolution monitor. SPUD (short for spontaneous pop-up display)
is designed for individuals who constantly find themselves traveling for work, or with
a need to set up larger mobile screens without lugging around full-sized computer monitors.
The new Kickstarter project was initially looking to get around $33,000 in funding but
has already seen that blown past with 44 days still remaining in the campaign.
Provided it has the resolution and color accuracy claimed, this should be a dream come true
for photographers and creatives who want more than a tablet or laptop screen when they're
on the go.
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