Articles about Kickstarter – Page 6 of 7

Meet Taco: A productivity app that helps developers stay in the zone

As Troy Davis continued to build out his hosted log management business PaperTrail, he began to go a little crazy.… Read More

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GeekWire Radio: The inside story of Poppy, the 3D video device for the iPhone

How did a couple of veteran software guys get immersed in the world of hardware? And what’s the deal with… Read More

Eyez: One of Kickstarter’s biggest busts is trying to come back from the dead

One of Kickstarter’s biggest pieces of vaporware may be closer to reality — despite so far failing to deliver on… Read More

Poppy raises 300% of Kickstarter goal, will turn your iPhone into a 3D camera

Here comes a white Poppy. Poppy, the oddly-shaped 3D photo and video viewing device that uses an iPhone to create… Read More

View-Master 2.0: Seattle entrepreneurs create Poppy to turn iPhones into 3D viewers

Remember, the classic View-Master device? Well, two Seattle area entrepreneurs — Urbanspoon co-founder Ethan Lowry and Snapvine founder Joe Heitzeberg… Read More

Asteroid-mining company raises $1M for world’s first crowdfunded space telescope

It’s official: The world’s first crowdfunded, public use space telescope will be sent into space within two years. Planetary Resources,… Read More

Meet TuTu: This super cute stuffed animal toy comes to life through an iPhone app

When I was growing up, the height of technological innovation in toys was the Furby. That fuzzy monster-thing had it… Read More

Asteroid-mining company launches $1M Kickstarter campaign for world’s first crowdfunded space telescope

When Planetary Resources first announced its plans to mine near-earth asteroids last year, the response was impressive. More than 3,500 people applied for… Read More

Life in Code: Why this entrepreneur is telling the stories of women in tech

Seattle entrepreneur Paul Watts was tired of just thinking and talking about the lack of women in the tech world,… Read More

How this online portfolio service pivoted to donate money to designers in need

In 2011, husband-and-wife duo Keith and Jana Harper — both Seattleites — developed Well Crafted, a customizable online portfolio where designers… Read More

StudentRND members launch Kickstarter for radiation detector, raise $13K in one week

Some Kickstarter campaigns fail to get off the ground and never reach funding goals. A project created by two members… Read More

Gas Powered Games cancels Kickstarter for ‘Wildman’

Gas Powered Games unplugged its Kickstarter campaign for ‘WIldman‘ this afternoon with four days left and more than $500,000 to raise. We’ve… Read More

Gas Powered CEO Chris Taylor pessimistic about Kickstarter outcome

Last week, we reported on the odd story of how Gas Powered Games CEO Chris Taylor had to let go… Read More

Gas Powered CEO lays off employees, then nearly breaks down when asking for more money on Kickstarter

Chris Taylor, CEO of Redmond-based Gas Powered Games, starts this video on Kickstarter off like this: “This is the wackiest… Read More

Geek of the Week: Heidi Yu, startup entrepreneur and ‘chic geek’ accessory designer

Heidi Yu grew up in Chengdu, China, and has been in the Seattle region for seven years. A graduate of… Read More

This Kickstarter campaign is a puzzle fan’s dream — and a puzzle unto itself

Puzzazz, the Redmond-based puzzle technology startup, is turning its creative energy loose on Kickstarter with a new campaign to fund… Read More

America’s unmet tech challenge: the public radio pledge drive

This is my favorite time of the year. Because it’s the only time when there are no public broadcasting pledge… Read More

Newsmakers 2012: Game vet Jordan Weisman shows the power of crowdfunding

2012 will be remembered as the year that crowdfunding came into its own — letting creators of all sorts tap… Read More

Jordan Weisman: ‘Warning: Startups may be dangerous to your health (and ego)’

Jordan Weisman is a veteran game designer who made headlines this year for an epic Kickstarter campaign, raising $1.8 million… Read More

Meet the GoldieBlox: An engineering toy just for girls

Well, this is interesting timing. I’m currently at the Harvey Nash CIO event in downtown Seattle where panelists are discussing… Read More

Sword of Fargoal 2 wants to add to retro dungeon-crawling with Kickstarter

Jeff McCord is a well-known name within the retro gaming crowd. Over 25 years ago, he created one of the most… Read More

Game designer Monte Cook raises over $345k for tabletop game Numenera

Seattle-based game designer Monte Cook is a familiar name to many fans of traditional roleplaying games, having worked on titles such… Read More

Meet the Tinker Tablet: Old-fashioned wooden puzzle teaches kids tech (without Wi-Fi or CPUs)

Are you a parent who wants to introduce your young kids to technology, but still feel a bit uncomfortable handing… Read More

This new map tells you where the hottest Kickstarter projects are happening

Kickstarter is an amazing fundraising platform, one that has launched dozens of cool film, technology and games projects. But what… Read More

Uber Entertainment closer to ‘Planetary Annihilation’ with $900,000 Kickstarter effort

Do you sit around all day, wishing you could engage in some post-apocalyptic planet-destroying action, pitting your strategy against other… Read More

Penny Arcade raises $528k on Kickstarter — no home page ads for a year

Chalk up another big milestone for the crowdfunding phenomenon. Penny Arcade raised more than $528,000 from its fans in a… Read More

LadyCoders reach Kickstarter goal for ‘Women in Tech’ series

Why aren’t there more women in tech? And what can we do to get and keep them there? These are… Read More

This simple touchscreen device might be grandpa’s next computer — or ours

Do your parents or grandparents really need a full-blown computer? One startup thinks the answer might be no. Seattle-based Pure… Read More

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Q&A: This father-and-son duo is building an iPhone case with a built-in keyboard

The iPhone is (arguably) the most beautiful piece of consumer technology introduced in the past few years, but it doesn’t… Read More

Hidden Path looks to develop Defense Grid 2 with help from Kickstarter

If you were a fan of Defense Grid, then here’s your chance to get into the development of its sequel, Defense… Read More