Infographic: Crowdfunding’s oddest start-up ideas
In December 2017 the world’s smallest phone, the 13-gram Zanco Tiny T1, was announced after its creators raised more than £180,000 on Kickstarter. In DG #29 we celebrated this great leap forward by looking at some of the less newsworthy crowdfunding projects to have surfaced recently…
MOKASE
“Mokase is the first
multi-utility phone cover that brews espresso coffee whenever and wherever you want!”
€4,229 pledged of €75,000 goal before campaign suspended
illumiSAFE
“Why not secure a firearm in a discreet, safe-grade bedside lamp?”
$50,454 pledged of $50,000 goal
Solotugg!
“Tug-of-war dog toy that
allows your dog to play alone! Simply insert the handle between any suitable door and door jam. Then, close the door,
Now the tugging begins!”
$267 pledged
of $5,000 goal
Flip-Hat
“Just as there is a hat for every occasion, there is an invention for every necessity! Construction on the first Flip-Hat [a hat with a built-in flipbook] prototype began two years ago… but they were difficult to make”
$23,000 pledged
of $17,500 goal
Jawzrsize –
Fitness 4 Your Face
“To be put in your
mouth to chew
on repetitively for
muscle training…
Get a distinctive masculine jawline and increase metabolism.”
$16,145 pledged of $10,000 goal
Titanium Straightedge for Artists | Builders | Designers
“A truly minimalistic
product, each Straightedge
is precision machined to
make each side as straight as can be… Also extremely efficient as a ruler.”
$1,357 pledged
of $3,500 goal
Barry & Joe – The Animated Series
“[Quantum Leap parody] Barack Obama and Joe Biden find themselves leaping throughout their own lifetime. Forever hoping that their next jump in time will take them to a future that’s not scary and fucked up.”
$107,904 pledged of $100,000 goal
Toasteroid – First App Controlled Smart Image Toaster
“A good ‘toast’ should be short, sweet and meaningful… Type in any text you want in the app to customize your toast [by burning the image into it]! Remember the last time you were THIS excited for a breakfast? Probably never.”
$187,849 pledged of $150,000 goal
Liberation 4.0
“Video installation: Two drones, each with a bird cage attached, perform a courtship dance in the air over Rio… The birds caught inside them* will grasp freedom solely as an ostensibly tangible ideal.
*No birds will be flown through the air.”
€2,933 pledged of €2,800 goal
Illustrations: Christian Tate
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