I-5AXISMAKER ifaka isigayo, isithwebuli se-3D, iphrinta ye-3D, umsiki wamanzi nomsiki wocingo ebhokisini elilodwa ledeskithophu.
Ukushintsha umsebenzi wemishini kwenziwa ngokushintshana kwekhanda okulula, okwenza kube lula futhi kuguquguquke.
Uma kukhulunywa ngokubunjwa kwe-silicone, amathuba okuzijabulisa awanamkhawulo. Noma ngabe usebenzisa isikhunta se-Death Star esivele sikhona ukudala ivazi likakhonkolo noma udala isikhunta esisha ngokuphelele sesibonakaliso sesibhakela sasemkhathini, isikhunta se-silicone besilokhu singenye yezindlela ezijabulisa kakhulu — nezemfundo — zokwenza into enamacala amathathu . Phakathi kokunye…
Ngenkathi yethulwa okokuqala, bambalwa abantu ababengalindela ukuthi i-Coolest Cooler iphumelele njengoba bekulokhu… bekungaba yinto ehlaba umxhwele nje ukushaya uphawu lwama- $ 100,000 ngomkhiqizo onhloso yawo ukugcina iziphuzo zibanda epikinikini. Njengamanje sihleli ngenhla nje kwezinga loxhaso lwama- $ 10 million,…
Ngaphambilini, i-SolidSmack yabika nge-Sense 'Smart Sleeping System' eyethulwe ku-Kickstarter emasontweni ambalwa edlule. Isistimu yokulawula ukulala enenani elihle elingu-$99 ihlose 'ukuhlanganisa ukuqonda kwamaphethini akho okulala nedatha yemvelo yekamelo lakho lokulala, okuhlanganisa umsindo, ukukhanya, izinga lokushisa, umswakama kanye nezinhlayiya ezisemoyeni'. Esikhathini lapho...
Sihlala sikhuluma ngekusasa lokuklama, ikusasa lobuchwepheshe, ikusasa LOKWENZA. Ezweni lapho amachibi okubhukuda angenza khona izifunzo ezibukhoma zezinye zezindawo eziphambili zokuntywila ukuze kube nokuhlangenwe nakho okucwiliswa ngokuphelele, umhlaba lapho 'ama-Smart Homes' azokwazi ukulawulwa yimizwa kunalokho…
Lala. Abanye bethu ngeke nje bakuthole ngokwanele futhi bazosebenzisa imali eningi emikhiqizweni ukuze baqiniseke ukuthi uma siyithola kulezo zilinganiso ezibonakala zincane… .sizuza kakhulu kukho. Eminyakeni embalwa edlule, ubuthongo bebubhekwe njengenye yezinto…
Eshukunyiswe isifiso sokuthenga iwashi likanokusho elakhiwe kahle, kodwa elikhungathekiswe isimo samanje somkhakha wamawashi wokunethezeka ovinjiwe, umsunguli weLeonard & Church uJeff Leung waqala ukusungula inkampani entsha yokubuka ezokhipha abasebenza ngokungenasidingo kubandakanya nabathengisi bezitolo, abangenisa impahla kanye nabathengisi. Lokhu 'kuqeda ukuthengisela' imodeli yebhizinisi…
Vula amaphakethe noma isikhwama sedizayini yakho esiseduze noma umngani wakho wonjiniyela futhi nakanjani uzothola okungenani izinto ezimbalwa ezijwayelekile: incwadi yokudweba, ipeni, ithuluzi eliningi noma ummese, futhi uma unenhlanhla… okuyihlazo isithombe selayisense lokushayela ongaqhuba futhi wenze amakhophi aso ozosithumela ngasehhovisi. Ku…
Sihlala sikhuluma ngekusasa lokuklama, ikusasa lobuchwepheshe, ikusasa LOKWENZA. Ezweni lapho izingane ezineminyaka engu-15 zifaka amalungelo obunikazi kubuchwepheshe bephrinta ye-3D, izwe lapho iqiniso elingokoqobo lingavumela abasebenzisi ukuthi bahlole iqiniso labo lesikhathi sangempela ekubukeni komuntu wesithathu… siyithola kanjani 'into enkulu' elandelayo? I-Maker Galaxy iyi…
Bamba amaCheetos kanye nokudla okulula kwezithelo! Ingane evamile ilahla ukudla okulinganiselwa ku-55 lbs ngonyaka okuvela ekudleni kwasemini kwesikole…futhi siqinisekile ukuthi iningi lalokho ukudla okonakele (amasemishi aphihliziwe?) noma ukudla okunganikezwanga esimweni sakho esihle (ubani ufuna isobho likatamatisi elibandayo?). Akudingekile ukusho, ukudla okusha...
Izingane kulezi zinsuku… Ekhuthazwa isidingo sokwenzela umkhulu wakhe inkomishi obenenkinga yokubambelela ezitsheni zokuphuza ngenxa yezimpawu ze-Parkinson's Disease, uLily oneminyaka engu-11 ubudala Ozalelwe eChicago udale umklamo wenkomishi oyingqayizivele osuvele udlule umgomo wawo. I-Kickstarter esikhathini esingaphansi kweviki. I-Kangaroo Cup enemilenze emithathu ibi…
Kakade inkosi yokuqoqwa kwemali yabantu abaningi, uKickstarter umemezele namuhla ukuthi bazosheshisa inqubo yokuvunywa kwemizamo yokwenza kube lula kubantu ukuthi benze imikhankaso yabo yethulwe kanye nemibono yabo emhlabeni. Kumenyezelwe kokuthunyelwe kubhulogi namhlanje ekuseni kusuka kumphathi we-Kickstarter u-Yancey Strickler, isici esisha 'Sokuqalisa Manje'…
Sihlala sikhuluma ngekusasa lokuklama, ikusasa lobuchwepheshe, ikusasa LOKWENZA. Ezweni lapho ukudala khona okokugqoka okokwenziwa okudingwayo nezicathulo kuyinsakavukela entsha, umhlaba lapho i-manicure ejwayelekile izokwazi ukufaka izinzwa ezishumekwe ngaphakathi, siyithola kanjani 'into enkulu' elandelayo? UMenziGalaxy uyi…
Uma kukhulunywa ngokwakhiwa kwemikhiqizo emisha yabaculi, kushiyele kubasiki bezimboni abangabaculi uqobo lwabo ukuxazulula ezinye zezinkinga ezithukuthelisa kakhulu zokuhamba nezinto zomculo. Lokhu kunjalo ngoPortland, umklami wezimboni wase-Oregon, uPatrick Triato, umculi / isiginci seqembu lamaBhele. Kanye nomunye umklami wezimboni wasePortland…
Njengoba ihlobo liza masinyane ekhoneni (ngoJuni 21 ukuba libe ngqo), kuzoba isikhathi sokususa uthuli kulelo bhayisikili, ushaye umoya kulawo mathayi, bese ulungiselela elinye ihlobo lokugibela ama-epic. Uma ubulokhu ushaya ibhayisikili lakho ekhoneni elingahleliwe phakathi nezinyanga zasebusika futhi awunakho…
Kakade umsunguli wephrojekthi eyodwa exhaswe ngempumelelo kakhulu ngezimali ezake zaba khona ku-Kickstarter—i-Elevation Dock—Portland, umklami wezimboni ozinze e-Oregon u-Casey Hopkins uphokophele ukudala indawo yokusebenza engenamthungo nakakhulu ngomkhankaso wakhe omusha we-Elevation Stand Kickstarter. Njengoba sekusele izinsuku ezingama-38 emkhankasweni wakhe, i-Elevation Stand isivele iphindwe ngaphezu kokuphindwe kathathu ingu-$25,000…
Ngesonto eledlule i-SolidSmack ibike ukuthi ekugubheni i-NYCxDesign eyenzeka kule nyanga eNew York City, i-MoMA Design Store izobe ithengisa iqoqo lemiklamo yemikhiqizo ye-Kickstarter exhaswe ngempumelelo ephakathi “kwezinto ezihlaba umxhwele, ezintsha neziqanjiwe esilokhu sizithola muva nje” , ngokoMqondisi Wezokuthengisa we-MoMA u-Emmanuel Platt. Sadlula...
Njalo umuntu ozoba ngaphambi kwezikhathi, i-MoMA (Museum of Modern Art) Design Store izobe ithengisa iqoqo lamaphrojekthi e-Kickstarter akhethiwe njengengxenye yeqoqo lemicimbi ezayo ye-NYC x Design eqala kule nyanga. Uma ube nobunzima ekutholeni iphrojekthi eqalwe ngempumelelo ngemuva kokwethulwa futhi uzoba…
Sihlala sikhuluma ngekusasa lokuklama, ikusasa lobuchwepheshe, ikusasa LOKWENZA. Ezweni lapho abafundi bezikole eziphakeme bengaphrinta i-3D futhi baguqule ukufakwa kokudla, izwe lapho osomkhathi bengathatha amasongo baye esikhaleni esivelisa iphunga elibheke emhlabeni, siyithola kanjani into 'enkulu' elandelayo? UMenziGalaxy uyi…
Uma kwenzeka ungayibonanga, i-Silicon Valley isisevikini lesithathu ku-HBO futhi ikufanele ngempela ukubukwa…uma kuphela ngenxa yokuthi i-Office Space isohlwini lokungenani lwama-movie akho aphezulu ayishumi. Uma i-HBO kungeyona into yakho nokho (qaphela ukuthi isiqephu sokuqala simahhala ku-YouTube)–futhi usafuna…
Kubukeka sengathi abantu abasemphakathini wokwakhiwa komkhiqizo abakunakanga ngempela iKickstarter kuze kube yilapho uScott Wilson neqembu lakhe labadwebi abanekhono eMNML beqoqe cishe u- $ 1 million ngamakhithi abo weTikTok + LunaTik Multi-Touch Watch Kits. Amakhithi — obekuyizelibhande nebhande lesandla ukuguqula i-iPod Nano abe iwashi lasesidijithali — angenise…
Umakhi wephrojekthi yeMini Museum uHans Fex uphuma njengohlobo lomfana ongafuna ukukhuluma naye emcimbini: ubambekile ohlangothini lwe-eccentric, wazi okuthile noma okubili ngomlando, futhi uchithe iminyaka yakhe yobusha neyabantu abadala esungula imnyuziyamu ongayiphatha ephaketheni lakho. Kulungile,…
Njengoba noma yimuphi umenzi wehhovisi ofanele usawoti wakhe azokutshela khona, ukuqala izinto ku-arc parabolic kumuntu osebenza naye ongacabangi kungenye yezindlela zokuxhumana ezinkulu kakhulu futhi ezanelisa kakhulu (kucatshangwa ukuthi izinto ezishiwoyo ngamabhere we-gummy, marshmallows, kanye ne-spitball ngezikhathi ezithile ). Ama-E & M Labs ahlinzeka ngendlela entsha yokwengeza impi yakho yehhovisi…
Kuleli sonto sikhuluma nesitolo noJon Troutman noJames Krause – AKA abafana ngemuva komklamo we-Indiegogo sensation, iCanary! ICanary iyithuluzi lokuqapha ikhaya elinamasosheni amaningi elihlose ukufaka esikhundleni sezinhlelo ezikhona zokuphepha ekhaya. Sizokhuluma noJon noJames mayelana nokungena nokuphuma kokukhiqiza umkhiqizo wasekhaya ohlakaniphile, kungani…
Inyanga ngayinye, amathani wamapayipi omlilo avela ezinkulungwaneni zeminyango yezomlilo emhlabeni wonke agcina ngokugcwaliswa komhlaba. I-Oakland, California-based startup Oxgut (igama elimnandi i-BTW, eligqugquzelwe yilokho okwenziwe ngomlilo) kuhlose ukwenza kabusha umzila okungenani ambalwa walabo ngenethiwekhi yabo yabaqambi kanye nabasebenza ngezingcweti lapho amapayipi…
Ngenkathi umqondo wokuphrinta ama-eyewear ozimele we-3D awusona isisekelo, inkampani entsha iProtos ihlose ukusebenzisa ukuphrinta kwe-3D njengendlela yokukhiqiza kokugcina esikalini semakethe enkulu. Kulabo abanamakhala amancane, ubuso obubanzi, noma yini enganakwa emiklamweni ye-'stock 'yamehlo, lokhu kungaba yiWarby Parker elandelayo ye…
Labo abasebenzisa igundane le-3D bafunga ukuthi uma ususebenzise eyodwa, akusekho ukubuyela emuva ekusebenziseni i-CAD ngaphandle kweyodwa. Kunzima ukuphikisa ukuthi kungashintsha ngokuphawulekayo lonke ulwazi lwakho lokumodela futhi kusheshise inqubo yakho kayishumi lapho isetshenziswe ngempumelelo. Umenzi wegundane le-3D I-Connexion inikeza igundane le-3D lokungena ngo- $ 3,…
UPhilippe Starck wake washo ngokusobala ukuthi akumele kube nezimoto emgwaqeni — izithuthuthu kuphela. Ngenkathi abanye omama bebhola bebhola bengavumelani, umbono wakhe uvumelekile: ukungcola okuncane, isikhala esithe xaxa, futhi ngingalokotha ngikusho — i-badassery eyengeziwe. Ngayo yonke intuthuko yakamuva yamawindi e-augmented reality asuselwe kwizimoto zomqondo eminyakeni embalwa edlule, bekuyi…
Njengoba inani lamaphrinta e-3D athengwa iviki ngalinye likhula kakhulu, abanikazi abasha abaningi abaziqhenyayo bephrinta ye-3D nabo bafunda ukulinganiselwa kwedivayisi yabo entsha. Kungenzeka ukuthi, impelasonto yonke kungenzeka ichithwe ukulinganisa iphrinta yakho noma ulinde lokho kuphrinta kokuhlola kokuqala. Kodwa kuthiwani ngeminye imikhawulo ye…
Ngenkathi i-Kickstarter yethulwa okokuqala, kwakuyindawo yokugembula yamagaraji, onjiniyela bemidlalo ye-indie, kanye 'nabasebenza' ngezikhathi ezithile ababefuna ukuvivinya imakethe yokubuyisa imali. Muva nje, ipulatifomu yenze indlela yayo eya kumaphrojekthi wezentengiselwano athe ngenkathi ephumelela, asebenzisa ipulatifomu esekwe ku-indie futhi aholele abanye emgodini…
Uma ngilwa nesamentshisi se-ham neshizi emanzini angama-intshi ama-3, anginaki omunye umuntu ongizungezile. Sekuvele kukhona amadivayisi okukhipha abantu abanjengami echibini (ama-tazers alimaza) kepha azanele (funda: noma iyiphi) idivayisi esebenzisa ubuchwepheshe besimanje ukusindisa…
Kulabo abanezinja 'eziphethe kahle', ukuphatha i-leash ngaso sonke isikhathi ukuze bathobele imithetho ye-leash kungaba… kahle, kubacasule ngokweqile. Phakathi kohambo oluya epaki, ukuhamba ngezinyawo ezindleleni, noma ngisho nasenkabeni yedolobha, ukuthola nokuthwala i-leash kungaba yinto enzima. Abasunguli bakaRollo uTony Lord noSid Fohrman bakubonile lokhu kunganakwa…
Kulolu chungechunge olusha lwe-brand spankin' sizobe sixoxisana nabantu abangabodwana be-kickass abaklelise imigomo yabo ngempumelelo ukuze baqalise amaphrojekthi abo e-Kickstarter. Kulolu shicilelo lokuqala lochungechunge, sizokhuluma noPatrick Triato, i-Design Lead e-Portland, e-Oregon-based Carbon Audio. ICarbon Audio yethule i-Zooka Soundbar yayo ku-Kickstarter futhi sebebeke umkhiqizo wabo…
Yini edingekayo ukuze uqalise iphrojekthi ephumelelayo ye-crowdfunded? Sixoxe no-Jamie Siminoff (naye ongumsunguli wesayithi entsha yokuxhasa abantu abaningi i-Christie Street) mayelana nephrojekthi yakhe yakamuva, i-Doorbot nokuthi iyiphi inqubo adlule kuyo ukuze ethule umkhankaso wakhe.
Ehlose ukuxazulula inqwaba yezinkinga ezikhungethe amaphrojekthi e-Kickstarter, Usomabhizinisi u-Jamie Siminoff wethule isiza esisha soxhaso lwesixuku i-Christie Street ngenhloso yokuhlinzeka “ngenkundla enikeza abasunguli ukusekelwa ababekudinga ukuze baphumelele.” Ingabe inqubo ehlungwe kakhudlwana yokwethula iphrojekthi izokhuthaza abaqambi abaningi ukuthi baqalise, noma izo...
Izindaba ezimnandi kubangani bethu be-workshop / igumbi lokulala / igalaji e-UK! I-Kickstarter yethule ngokusemthethweni ikhasi labo lase-UK Kickstarter futhi nayo, izizathu zokuguqula leyo mibono evulekile ibe ngamathuba wegolide.
Noma ngabe ushaja ingqondo yakho ngekhofi noma ushaja kabusha i-iPhone yakho, ufuna ukukwenza ngesitayela, ufuna ukukwenza kalula futhi vele uthi, ufuna ukusho, ngikubone ku-Solidsmack futhi ngayithenga ku-Kickstarter. Kuleli sonto sikulethela amaphrojekthi akho amabili abalulekile ekushajeni...
Amahemuhemu athi iKickstarter izobe isihambela amazwe onke ngasekupheleni kuka-2012. Lokhu kuyamangaza, njengoba ngihlala ezindaweni ezibandayo zaseCanada, futhi ngazi nabanye abantu abambalwa ababekiwe yimithetho. I-Indiegogo yinhle kubenzi nabadali okungebona base-US ngomqondo omuhle nezimali ezinganele…
Ngangena e-Vancouver Hackerspace ngolunye usuku ukuze ngihlanganyele, Lapho, kukho konke okumibalabala, ubuhle bokuphrinta be-tabletop, kwakuyiphrinta entsha ye-3D nendoda emomothekayo okuthiwa u-Brad (owaziwa nangokuthi u-Sublime) enikeza idemo encane ku-Tantillus 3D Printer yakhe. Kungumshini omncane opakisha isibhakela. Imininingwane yayimangalisa kulabo...
Wake wafuna ukusebenzisana ngempela nemodeli yakho ye-3D? Ubucwebe ubuso bayo njengobumba? Izwa impendulo yokugoba i-rubber do-hicky yakho? Kuthiwani ngokuba nephrinta ebukeka kahle, eyi-aluminium 3D engaphansi kuka-$1000? Noma, kuthiwani ngohlelo lokwakhiwa kwezindleko eziphansi ngaphandle kwesidingo se-hardware ekhethekile? Kungase...
Uma ungumsebenzisi we-iPad ocwiliswa emisebeni ye-retina yobuchwepheshe bakamuva bethebhulethi, uvula ikhava engenawo amandla, evumela kuphela ukubuka ngo-10 degrees endaweni eyisicaba futhi akunamatheli nakuzibuthe zakho' ifakwe ku-abs yakho. Lokho sekuzoshintsha ngendlela enkulu. I…
Uyazi ukuthi yini emangalisayo nge-Crowdfunding? Awugcini nje ngokuthenga okuthile - usiza ukuthi kwenzeke. Ukube ngibone noma iyiphi yalezi zinhlelo kubhulogi noma esitolo bengizothi “Neat-o… Ngiyajabula ukuthi kukhona okwenzile lokhu.” Futhi uyazi, ngingase ngiyithenge. Manje ngiyawabona la maphrojekthi futhi ngiyazi...