Welcome back to This Week in Kickstarterland. Sorry for those who love the Shitstarters but this week is nothing but great project.

Pixelplane – Finally, an awesome multitile pixel animation controller. This should be a must for all office walls.
ManBuffer – Bestest video ever. An armrest to keep your beer cold and your neighbours far away.
Core – Sound so amazing you won’t even need music. A little over the top gesticulation but a good looking product on paper.
Kuna – I really want to hate this wifi camera for stating they are the first for anything, but I can’t … it’s a clever tool.
Project Brabham – Not my thing but someone will get it. An “open source” racing team.
NanoPlug – This probably isn’t the best audience for selling an old person product. THey claim to be the smallest hearing aid ever including a nano battery that lasts a week and requires tweezers to insert/remove.
Ecoh – It’s from Australia so it must be good … even if the whole project is outsourced to India.
Amiko – If there are hot women selling it, I am in! If Ivee can’t do it these guys sure can’t. Note their timeline mentions Kickstarter not Indiegogo!
Lock Sphere – A painfully slow video that never actually gets to the point makes this a hard to understand product. Backers will not come flocking.
Tank Utility – Quirky Refuel for big tanks. It’s not clear how you configure the Wifi but it really should contain the Electric Imp.
IMUduino – Really little Arduino + Bluetooth + 10-degree motion and position sensor. This statement is concerning: “We get 10 to 15 feet (3m to 15m) of reception off of this 3V board.”
Cablestop – Some rather heavy Australian paper/cable weights made in Europe.
Lunicycle – I can just see university grounds littered with these guys in a year or two.
Keecker – $2,000-5,000 for a hybrid home theatre / telepresence system. It’s cute but the price is insane.
Flares – Bright, magnetic, rechargable, waterproof, 360 degree visible bike lights.
Intrepid – Old style large format (4×5) super affordable camera.
Tray Bien – When you are a drunk waiter, your glasses will be harder to spill.
Gem Genie – Awesome solution for a classic first world problem.
Easy Touch – Just like Makey Makey only … the same.

As always, it’s limited only by your frigging imagination!

Welcome back to This Week in Kickstarterland. I am really pleased with this week’s collection. Some great projects and some embarrassing Shitstarters – the perfect combination.

Bluesmart – Seriously clever carry-on luggage.
Bionic Bird – Awesome motorised bird and I really like the videos.
Poligon – Gorgeous make-at-home sculptures
Busking table – I know some of you are closet magicians.
ZestDesk – Portable standing desk done right. But so darn expensive.
Refold – Even a cardboard standing desk is expensive!
Trivae – Foldable multipurpose trivet
WeU – Wearable LED panels.
Writeboard – Wifi connected whiteboard. A good start but not quite there yet. Embedded advertising is not a good selling point.
Arkabox – Another game console Pi with built in joystick controller. Really cute but I am not sure $200 is the right price.
Eva NSFW – A louse-shaped handsfree vibrator for women who are disappointed with sex. With quotes like “I think I would wear it all the time.” and “Making the world a happier place, one vagina at a time,” how could I not present it here.
Hybrid Play – A cute, if probably ineffective, concept of combining smartphone games with real world objects.
Dragonfly Futurefon – I can’t imagine who would want one of these dual screen Android beasts … but lots of people do.

And of course this week’s Shitstarters startingn with a fantasy of Russian engineering.

Bleen – Awesome fantasy video, no product, never will be. My favourite is the bio of the CEO. “Bogdan is a CEO at Bleen Inc. He is on the first-name basis with project management and while coordinating efforts directs them to the only right way.”
Raglite – I would have thought a lighting company would know how to light a video.
Odoo Themes – WTF is this doing on Indiegogo? And why is it doing so well?
Drivebot – Fitbit for your car. A lesson in how to do things worse than all your competitors.

As always, it’s limited only by your frigging imagination!

Welcome back to another instalment of This Week in Kickstarterland. I was tied up with conferences this week so the newsletter is a bit late. The market is heavily saturated with home automation hubs, security systems and phone chargers. And graphine seems to be a thing now.

ChatPetz – Talking connected interactive toys.
bottleLoft – Hang your beers inside your fridge. Awesome.
foaster – Charge your smart phones in your kitchen. Maybe for 3 year olds?
Wiper Wave – Surely they have a middle finger version too.
Ding Dong – So cheap I reckon it won’t arrive. But good on em for trying and giving it such a ludicrous name.
Division Furtive – Not that interesting until I noticed it uses light to program it.
uPas – Not a stupid idea but how did they raise so much with such a terrible campaign?
SAM – littleBits with Bluetooth instead of magnetic clips. Too expensive.
BLEasy – It’s Bluetooth and Makery, beyond that I don’t care.
Rico – Reuse your old smartphone. Awesome timing just after iPhone 6 launch.
TinyScreen – But can we imp it?
Notion – Another hub and spoke home sensor system. Uses 3G for backup when your Wifi goes out. Nice.
Pi-Top – Like Kano but you build a laptop instead of a desktop.
Card-Fi – The poor sad people who believe this will replace business cards are in for an expensive shock.
Future Home – Yet another home automation system. At least this one uses Enocean. They build a Chaos Mode easter egg into their app. That’s cool.
CamPoint – Security service without security. It doesn’t make sense to me.
Kibbi – Ditto. But using your security system as a wireless speaker is a bit much.
Link-U – A web cam with good redundancy options and an over the top campaign video.

Pronto – Charge your battery fast and then run out the door. Whatever.
Juse – Solar nano case. I can see the supply of graphene batteries and solar cells being an issue. Plus who wants to leave their phone out in the sun to heat up.
Zap&Go – A graphine supercap charger. Seems to be all the rage. I wonder what the TSA will think of this?

What would this newsletter be without some Shitstarters?

ClearFind – It’s military grade so it must be real. This project has more than a year of development scheduled to go. I suggest more like 10 years.
Cardtroller – Cute product but I don’t know what to say about this campaign video.
Barvender – This looks more like “Give us money to buy more beer”.
Securistairs – Because airbags for your stairs are a solution to what problem?
Tempest – The sexiest and smartest smart band that will never make it to market.

As always, it’s limited only by your frigging imagination!

Welcome back to another instalment of This Week in Kickstarterland. It was a very quiet week. A couple of good projects and no (yes, you heard me, no) Shitstarters!

Plexidrone – I am still not ready to spend that kind of money on a quadcopter … but I like this one.
Ricewise – This rice cooker really needs an Imp inside.
IoTuino – Wifi shield for your Duino. I couldn’t bear to watch the video so I am only guessing it is interesting.
e5 Relay – Transports the on-off status of one power outlet to another. My first impression was that it was a silly idea but it is growing on me.
iCup – Sorry, I just couldn’t resist when it reached its goal of $10k of funding.
The Handie (NSFW) – “The worlds first all-in-one finishing tool for men!” What more can I add?

As always, it’s limited only by your frigging imagination!

Welcome back to another instalment of This Week in Kickstarterland. I have a great collection of shitty projects and a few less than embarrassing ones. Let’s go from good to bad and see who can make it to the end!

BelayCords – Sometimes good design is enough.
Vssl – Outdoor and zombie survival. For the rest of us, it makes a great pipe bomb.
Mogics – Simple LED lights with battery. I like that they are waterproof and can sink or float.
Aquasprouts – Desktop aquaponics kit for those with very big desktops.
Pillow Mini – I need one of these at the office. The guy in the video is me.
Hexx – I always love food products. Will this deliver better food than my BBQ?
ArduIMU – Nice but it seems like a solution looking for a problem.
Verve2 – Another sensor pod but presented as a product rather than a PCB.
Haven – Make your door hold up to a battering ram, so long as it is raised up above the floor.
Pavlok – No more cupcakes! If it works for dogs, maybe it will work for humans. The before and after videos are priceless.
Olive – Would a bracelet that tells you that you are stressed … stress you out?
Radmo – Best video all week. Turn your car CD player into a phone holder.
Axiom – Open source cinema camera. Cheesy but cute video. First time I have seen a video recommend NOT to back it.
Fuelbox – It took them three years to design a power switch with a battery charger. Wow. Well funded bros.
Eros Gym (NSFW) – Hide your bondage dungeon in a gymnasium. Of course, why didn’t I think of that!?

Shitstarter of the week. These are the project I would never back, either because they are shit products or hopeless campaigns. They are proof that to have good you must have a balance of evil.

Smart Medical Dispenser – If you are going to raise $800k you are going to need a better video.
Oneirics – Where do I start? The list is too long.
Air Umbrella – Cool idea, but wouldn’t it be much easier to take an umbrella that costs and weighs 90% less?
Showcome Magic – For a SF based company, they don’t like English much. Look for the photo of a jumping kid. It’s priceless.
Newbeem Smart Outlet – The ugliest Wifi controlled plugtop I have seen. Something about this product stinks. It looks like a very old product (the video uses an iPhone 4, the retail packaging in Update #6 is worn out)
Sound Prizm – Hardly the first of its kind. These cost a few cents. Poor guys are going to lose their pants.
Maximus – Why have so many people backed this project? I can’t work out what it is. It looks like an app for tracking goals. Really?
One Stik – Cute combo of USB charger and memory stick. But “To be honest … Whatever funds we raise here will go towards paying off some of those credit lines earlier …” You may not get a product but we will pay off our debt.
Taker – Taker takes a great product and ruins the chance of me giving them any money.

As always, it’s limited only by your frigging imagination!