kickstarter stories

Instacube is a feature-packed photo frame fueled by Instagram

Raymond Wong
Thursday, August 23, 2012 - 9:50am
 
Like so many gadgets, digital picture frames feel like they're not as good as they could be. They were cool (in theory), but ultimately hampered by low resolution displays, high price tags, and oh, tablets came out. Instacube is not another generic digi frame. It streams Instagram pics in real-time, has an actual "like" button, and is too cute to resist.

One engineer's quest for the perfect pen

Kevin Hall
Wednesday, July 25, 2012 - 11:14am
 
There isn't really a perfect pen out there. Some prefer the control of a ballpoint; a few may like the give of a felt-tip; others still may opt for a pen that can write in space. For 22-year-old engineer Ian Schon, none of the options on the table were for him. So what is an enterprising young tinkerer to do? Why, design his own pen, of course!

Gorgeous Faraday e-bike embraces its electric side

Kevin Hall
Thursday, July 19, 2012 - 1:04pm
 
Sure, you can slap a battery-driven motor on the gears of a bicycle and call it an e-bike, but that's ignoring all of the other great stuff you can cram in there once you go electric. The Faraday Porteur, designed by Adam Vollmer and currently rising on Kickstarter, is one e-bike that's not afraid to let its electric side shine.

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