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As predicted, Carbon wristwatch solar panel smaller than originally indicated
In a backers only update this week, the team at Carbon released drawings showing some more details on their proposed solar panel design. As you may recall, the team’s solar powered wristwatch had a...
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Color changing pen raises doubts, Kickstarter actually steps in
The long anticipated Scribble Pen finally launched this week to immense if very short-lived success. The project became wildly popular back in June when they first announced their product to the tech...
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Ritot projection watch
Author’s note: Portions of the research for this project were provided by reader K. Thank you for your help. Every few weeks, we see another crowd funded campaign trying to revolutionize the way we...
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Unable to produce a better video, Scribble ditches Kickstarter entirely for...
After a bizarre decision to completely shut down their Kickstarter campaign rather than simply produce a better product video, the team behind the Scribble Pen went virtually radio silent for over a...
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Scribble Pen video more deceiving than originally thought
Minutes after the Scribble Pen campaign relaunched on CrowdTilt, the associated video went private and was then removed for over an hour before a replacement appeared without comment from the team....
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Scribble Pen shut down…again
Thanks for playing folks. I think this is the final nail in the coffin of the Scribble Campaign. It’s not very likely that they’ll find another crowdfunding platform that will accept them. Though it...
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Scribble Pen beta program persists despite double-shutdown
If you’ve been following this blog, you already know all about the Scribble Pen project which has been ejected from two different crowd funding platforms for providing misleading information about...
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Indiegogo conducts brief survey on trustworthiness
If you log into Indiegogo today, you might notice a small survey pop up in the bottom left corner of your browser window. With campaigns as troubled as Ritot, Smarty Ring, and TellSpec, one wonders if...
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Ampy and Juse
Since man first learned to harness and use the electron, there has been a constant struggle to find new and more efficient ways to generate electric power. The Greeks rubbed animal hides against...
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Ampy Move teardown and review
It’s been over a year since we’ve had a new Dropkicker review. This is partially due to a number of other projects that have taken precedence, but it’s also due to the relative lack of high-profile...
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