Thursday, May 24, 2012

Kickstarter

Kickstarter

Kickstarter is a form of crowdsourcing.  Kickstarter is where if people want to start an idea, but they need money.  They can borrow money from other people who will fund his/her project.  In return, depending on how much the person funded his idea the person will get a reward in return.

Romo: The Smartphone Robot
Pledge $192.  Reward: One limited edition Romo smartphone robot-- lasered engraved, numbered from 001-100 and will arrive in time for Christmas! Included in the package is our “I heart Robots” t-shirt and a thank you letter signed by the makers, Peter and Phu.  This is a robot which can be controlled with a smart phone for many regular day needs.  For exmaple, you can use it to get yourself a soda by controlling it with your ipod, or smartphone.

Laser AppTag:
Pledge $120. Reward:
Office Commando! There's 4 of you and it's time for a 4 player frag fest in the office or back yard. You get 4 AppTag LaserBlasters for a great price of $30 each. Outside of USA add $20
This is a laser gun which uses ur ipod, or iphone to use the gun.  The ipod or iphone is docked on the gun and you get the app and play using the ipod to shoot people for fun.

Zombie Playgroud:
Pledge: $200 Reward:
Get early access to the ZPG closed ALPHA! PLUS, your team will never lose track of you in the dark with your nifty in-game glow in the dark "Kickstarter" T-shirt! You will also get all of the previous rewards.
Zombie Playbround is a video game which is 3rd person video game that where school children kill zombies.  It is mainly for entertaiment for children.


Tuesday, May 8, 2012

An example of crowdsourcing is Pinterest.  Pinterest is a pin-board in which people can put theme-based pictures, logos, and other pictures about hobbies, interests, events, and more.  Then, people can take pictures from other peoples' boards and create their own pin-board to share their board.  Also, if people think they can add to someones pin-board they can if it fits and makes sense depending on the ideas,hobbies, and interests on the person's pin-board.  Therefore people can get new ideas, recipes for food, and create new inventions from the ideas you get. This is a good example of crowdsourcing.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinterest
http://thedailydigi.com/pinterest-101-a-tutorial