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- BoardX: The Open Source Miniature Motherboard [Redemption] by Kevin Green
  
  BoardX is a collection of electronic circuit boards that stack on top of one another to share resources and communicate
  - Washington, DC
  Successful!
  - 262% funded
  - $13,114 pledged
  - Funded
    Jan 11, 2012
- Leebre.org - Liberate fiction with free, social publishing by Michael Bethencourt
  
  Let authors automatically format their book, support causes, and get noticed. Foster a library of Creative Commons books.
  - Madison, WI
  Successful!
  - 114% funded
  - $3,431 pledged
  - Funded
    Jan 31, 2012
- Backyard Brains: Operation Publication by Backyard Brains
  
  We created open-source tools to record neurons. Now we wish to publish experiments that help teachers and amateurs use our kits.
  - Ann Arbor, MI
  Successful!
  - 109% funded
  - $1,484 pledged
  - Funded
    Jan 11, 2012
- Timelapse+ : powerful features, brilliant timelapse by Elijah Parker
  
  Timelapse+ : Powerful, flexible, extendable, yet easy-to-use intervalometer for timelapse photography and more
  - Minneapolis, MN
  Successful!
  - 828% funded
  - $165,730 pledged
  - Funded
    Feb 19, 2012
- Balloon Mapping Kits by mathew lippincott
  
  Make your own aerial photos and maps with our flight kit and MapKnitter browser app. Add a camera to our reusable 5.5' balloon & kit.
  - Portland, OR
  Successful!
  - 558% funded
  - $34,646 pledged
  - Funded
    Jan 31, 2012
- Magnetapult - The Magnetic Catapult by John Fehr
  
  Modern super magnets replace the ancient torsion engine in a desktop catapult to get an awesome cubicle warfare machine!
  - Neche, ND
  Successful!
  - 170% funded
  - $8,513 pledged
  - Funded
    Feb 06, 2012
- An Arduino Form-factor MIDI Music Synthesizer by Keith Williams
  
  AvecSynth is an Arduino form-factor MIDI synthesizer that can be for embedded projects OR as a stand-alone MIDI music synthesizer.
  - Lafayette, IN
  Successful!
  - 338% funded
  - $5,080 pledged
  - Funded
    Jan 15, 2012
- Computing: a Documentary of the Human Experience by Grady Booch
  
  A transmedia project engaging audiences of all ages in the story of the technology that has changed humanity.
  - Mountain View, CA
  Successful!
  - 121% funded
  - $30,329 pledged
  - Funded
    Jan 03, 2012
- booklyn.org 2.0 by The Booklyn Artists Alliance
  
  You want BOOK ARTS? Booklyn is putting it all online.
  - Brooklyn, NY
  Successful!
  - 122% funded
  - $14,666 pledged
  - Funded
    Jan 16, 2012
- Portals by Jayne Vidheecharoen
  
  Portals are an experimental pair of physical boxes that allow two people to interact in a virtual but real world.
  - Los Angeles, CA
  Successful!
  - 190% funded
  - $2,853 pledged
  - Funded
    Dec 25, 2011
- Twine : Listen to your world, talk to the Internet by Supermechanical
  
  A wireless square with sensors and a simple web app to set rules, Twine tells you what your things are doing by email, text or Twitter.
  - Cambridge, MA
  Successful!
  - 1,590% funded
  - $556,541 pledged
  - Funded
    Jan 03, 2012
- Printrbot: Your First 3D Printer by Brook Drumm
  
  A desktop 3D printer you can build in a couple hours. Print plastic parts you design or download - even parts for another printer.
  - Lincoln, CA
  Successful!
  - 3,323% funded
  - $830,827 pledged
  - Funded
    Dec 17, 2011
- ClockOS: Billet Aluminum or Steampunk versions by ClockOS Team
  
  A modern LED Clock that is beautiful to own, and beautiful to give. Easily change colors to match your decor.
  - Indianapolis, IN
  Successful!
  - 197% funded
  - $49,365 pledged
  - Funded
    Dec 15, 2011
- Dark Sky - Weather Prediction, Reinvented by Adam Grossman & Jack Turner
  
  Down-to-the-minute weather prediction for your exact location. Accompanied by stunning high-resolution radar animations.
  - Troy, NY
  Successful!
  - 112% funded
  - $39,376 pledged
  - Funded
    Nov 30, 2011
- Global Village Construction Set by Marcin Jakubowski
  
  Sharing the world's first low-cost, DIY, open-source Tractor, Compressed Earth Brick Press, Power Cube, and Soil Pulverizer.
  - Maysville, MO
  Successful!
  - 158% funded
  - $63,573 pledged
  - Funded
    Nov 19, 2011