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Tech
A controller with a 2.79-inch screen and its own operating system, from a maker on its ninth Kickstarter since 2017. Two of the previous eight carry Kickstarter’s own “fulfilment complete” marker. And…
Tech
A 78-gram power bank for trail runners, from the first maker on this site whose previous Kickstarter carries the platform’s own fulfilment complete marker. That campaign…
Backpacks
A foldable Tyvek tote from a Hong Kong studio that has been running Kickstarter campaigns since 2015. Nineteen of them, most of them small. This one…
Everyday Carry
A keychain-sized titanium folding knife from a Hong Kong maker on its fourth Kickstarter campaign. The reason to look at it is not this campaign: it…
Home
A pellet smoker built to run indoors: real wood smoke in a kitchen, filtered rather than vented. It also air-fries and grills. It raised US$347,536 in…
Design
A notebook whose pages are made from pulverised stone rather than wood pulp — waterproof, tear-resistant, and unusual enough that the idea alone sells it. The…
Everyday Carry
A 5,000 mAh power bank smaller than a credit card, from a company that has run nine Kickstarter campaigns and funded every one of them, several by…
Tech
A four-bay network storage box that raised US$6.68 million on Kickstarter. Somebody outside the company put the machine on a desk, ran a benchmark, and published…
Everyday Carry
A wallet made of Tyvek, the synthetic paper used for express envelopes and building wrap — printed with artwork and folded down to roughly the footprint…
Everyday Carry
A credit-card-shaped tracker that sits in a wallet and reports its position through Apple’s Find My network. Two Kickstarter campaigns, both funded many times over, and…
