Crowdfunding articles

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  Turkey protestors #Occupy New York Times after $100,000 crowdfunding campaign

  By Amar Toor on June 7, 2013 07:39 am + 32 comments

  A full-page advertisement supporting Turkey's anti-government protestors has been published in Continue reading…

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  Double Fine follows 'Broken Age' Kickstarter success with strategy game 'Massive Chalice'

  By Andrew Webster on May 30, 2013 01:36 pm + 6 comments

  With Broken Age — formerly known as Double Fine Adventure — Double Fine had one of the first big Continue reading…

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  Aspirational asteroid miners promise 'space selfies' in $1 million Kickstarter campaign

  By Adi Robertson on May 29, 2013 01:07 pm + 14 comments

  Two months after unveiling an ambitious asteroid mining plan, billionaire-backed startup Planetary Continue reading…

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  Drive and fly seamlessly with this crazy remote control quadrocopter car

  By Aaron Souppouris on May 25, 2013 11:32 am + 49 comments

  A PhD student has created a remote control flying car, and he's looking to fund the project on Continue reading…

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  Zach Braff's 'Wish I Was Here' Kickstarter campaign beats its goal by over $1 million

  By Bryan Bishop on May 25, 2013 08:03 am + 57 comments

  Last month Zach Braff started a Kickstarter campaign to help fund a new film entitled Wish I Was Continue reading…

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  Could an app replicate the placebo effect?

  By Adrianne Jeffries on May 14, 2013 11:00 am + 81 comments

  Daniel Jacobs believes in the placebo effect, the well-documented but not well-understood phenomenon Continue reading…

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  Bradley Manning trial secrecy sparks crowdfunding drive for court stenographer

  By Jeff Blagdon on May 10, 2013 04:19 am + 34 comments

  The nonprofit Freedom of the Press Foundation is raising money to pay for a court stenographer to Continue reading…

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  Should famous people use Kickstarter? Kickstarter says 'yes'

  By Adi Robertson on May 9, 2013 06:07 pm + 31 comments

  After high-profile projects by Zach Braff, Amanda Palmer, the Veronica Mars creators, and other Continue reading…

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  Virtual robots in space: 'Rawbots' lets you build the Wall-E of your dreams

  By Andrew Webster on May 9, 2013 10:30 am + 13 comments

  From soccer-playing robots to mechanical creatures inspired by sea turtles, there are some amazing Continue reading…

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  Donald Trump backs a Kickstarter rip-off to save crowdfunding from the hipsters

  By Adi Robertson on May 8, 2013 02:18 pm + 102 comments

  Universally respected businessman and thoughtful political figure Donald Trump has found a surefire Continue reading…