Story provided by Entrepreneur – Last year, the Coolest Cooler became the most successful Kickstarter crowdfunded campaign, raising more than $13 million, surpassing other impressive products such as an innovative smart watch and a massively popular video game console. The wild success of the campaign did not go unnoticed by media, bloggers and tech junkies … Continue reading
Story provided by Highsnobiety – Toronto-based brand Vanhawks introduces its new Valour bike, the world’s first connected bike. Featuring performance tracking, security sensors and interactive feedback, the Valour radically changes the way you ride a bike. Using LED indicators, the bike comes with turn-by-turn navigation, allowing you to keep your eyes on the road and … Continue reading
Story provided by The Verge – The Oculus Rift virtual reality headset raised $2.4 million on Kickstarter, no strings attached. Those donors weren’t looking for a payout; they wanted to support something they believed in, and maybe get a pair of virtual reality goggles to play with. But when Facebook bought Oculus a year and … Continue reading
Imagine the future starting here and now, right underneath your feet with just a modest impulse initiated by you. You decide: When something extraordinary can be expected. Where you want to experience something unique. How you conquer space and time. Freedom takes shape through efficient engineering impeccably integrated into a timeless design. Both groundbreaking and sustainable, a new era of urban … Continue reading
Three of the six founders of Black Startup: Bola Adewumi, Nathan Bennett Fleming, Elgin W. Tucker. (Photo: Courtesy of BlackStartup) With Spike Lee reaching his $1.25 million goal on Kickstarter, the power of a crowd-funding site couldn’t be more inspiring. On sites like Kickstarter and Indiegogo, anyone with an idea or a cause can raise money to … Continue reading
Evan Jackson Leong found out about Jeremy Lin through some random research. An Asian Harvard Student on the school’s basketball team certainly stood out. That scenario stood out so much that Leong and his team decided to attempt to document Lin’s life. After several rejections, Leong and his team continued to pursue Lin in hopes … Continue reading