Tag: Kickstarter
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Old School Tin Can Phone Works with Your Computer
A tin can connects to your computer via USB to add a dash of childhood to your conversations.
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Mobile Greenhouse Runs on Waste Vegetable Oil, Teaches Kids Sustainable Practices (Interview)
A box-truck that has been converted into a mobile greenhouse is traveling across the country teaching kids about sustainable agriculture.
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Cool Parametric Clocks: Made Digitally & Crowd-Funded (Video)
The designers of these attractive clocks are turning to Kickstarter to fund an app that will allow anyone to customize their own parametric clock.
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Expired Patent Inspires Crowd-Funded, "Modular, Makeable, Recyclable" Lamp
To revive an expired patent, this team of young designers turned to crowd-sourced funding to make it a reality.
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Waste Biomass Charcoal is Solution to Toxic Fertilizers, Says Kickstarter Project (Interview)
Jason Aramburu is trying to revolutionize how we garden by expanding the production of "Black Revolution" biochar, a soil-less growing medium made from farm waste.
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Chip In to Help Fund a Portable, Solar-Powered Device to Provide Safe Drinking Water
The portable HYQUATOR device could provide safe drinking water by killing pathogens, powered by the sun.
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Help a Small Jam Producer Get a Commercial Kitchen
INNA Jam, a small organic jam producer in the Bay Area, is trying to raise funding for a commercial kitchen for themselves and other artisan food makers. Here's how you can help.
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Help Kickstart the First Compact Contactless Bicycle Dynamo
A revolution in bike lights is happening, and you can help get it started with just a few dollars!
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I AM. Yoga Mat Bag Weaves Function, Style and Social Change
I love any yoga accessory that positively integrates the law of karma.
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From Gnocchi to Toffee Pudding: 8 Gluten-Free Recipes from the Blackbird Bakery Cookbook
Who says wheat-free can't mean indulgent? Best-selling cookbook author Karen Morgan offers up irresistible (and also vegetarian) main courses, snacks, and desserts.
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Help Kickstart the "LowLine" an Underground Park in NYC
The Lower East Side of Manhattan could soon have an underground park, and the visionaries behind the idea are raising funds for a mock-up.
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Walk Turkey's Beautiful 'Honey Road' This Summer for a Sweet Taste of Local Culture
An innovative eco-tourism project in northeast Turkey will take travelers along ancient nomadic routes to taste artisanal organic honey, meet local beekeepers, and enjoy spectacular scenery along the way.
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Folding Electric Bike Design Sets The Bar On Functional And Beautiful
Is it possible to fall in love at first sight...with a bike? I think so. Conscious Commuter has come up with a bike that brings together the compactness of a folding bike, the extra oomph provided by an electric bike, and a
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Uninhabited Island Bought on Craigslist to Become a Haven for Artists (Video)
One of the greatest places to be inspired for art is smack in the middle of nature, with no other evidence of human habitation. Rob Gorski found a listing for the 91-acre island on Craigslist last year and bought the untamed
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The Most Eco-Friendly iPhone Speaker Made from Bamboo, Uses Zero Electricity
I think this just might be the greenest speaker for iPhones that we've come across yet. It's a piece of bamboo. And that's it. Just a piece of bamboo...but it works wonderfully. The bamboo speaker is essentially a 1-foot length
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Two Chances - Kickstart The Women's Bike Revolution
You've heard it before, right? Safety and convenience are among the top reasons women don't take a larger piece of the bicycling pie. Thus far, nobody's found a foolproof way to ensure that cycling is safe, (though we'll say it's
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Saving Abandoned Buildings With a Hyperlinked Novel, a Wiki-Guide and Homemade Tapioca Glue
Usually, when we talk about saving old buildings from demolition and redesigning them as green buildings, we talk about the architect who did the work, the city that commissioned it, or the family that
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An 8 Ounce Kettle Makes Boiling Water a Cinch and Takes the Gasoline Out of Camping
The weather's getting warmer and camping season is upon us. So as you break out the tent and the sleeping bag, there's a new design coming to market that's worth a look. It's the Backcountry Boiler™, an ultralight (8
