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    3Doodler: The World's First 3D Printing Pen by WobbleWorks LLC.

    It's a pen that can draw in the air! 3Doodler is the 3D printing pen you can hold in your hand. Lift your imagination off the page!

    Successful!
    • 7,813% funded
    • $2,344,134 pledged
    • Funded
      Mar 25, 2013

    An Asylum Member Project by Pete Dilworth and Max Bogue. Earned over a million dollars in 48 hours.

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    Magnet Comic: A Custom Magnetic & Dry-Erase Comic Strip by Erik Heumiller

    A customizable comic strip that lets you create your own comics using magnetic characters and a dry-erase marker.

    Successful!
    • 1,028% funded
    • $66,835 pledged
    • Funded
      Dec 16, 2012

    An Asylum Member Project being made at the Asylum by Erik Heumiller. Erik is donating a lot of these to hospitals. Makers who care!

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    Tiggy The Tigerator 2.0 by Tiggy Team '10

    What's better than a 10ft tall, beer dispensing, music blasting, awe inspiring tiger? Nothing! Tiggy is THE reunions party animal!

    Successful!
    • 160% funded
    • $8,000 pledged
    • Funded
      Apr 30, 2013

    Tiggy 1.0 was 100% constructed at Artisan's Asylum. Sending best of luck for the new, improved (and more technologically sophisticated) Tiggy!

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    Stompy: The Giant, Rideable Walking Robot by Project Hexapod

    Meet Stompy: An open-source, 18ft wide, 4,000 pound, 6-legged hydraulic robot that you can ride.

    Successful!
    • 150% funded
    • $97,817 pledged
    • Funded
      Sep 02, 2012

    An Asylum Member Project being constructed in the Asylum. The team is led by Asylum Founder Gui Cavalcanti and engineers James Whong and Dan Cody. A 6-legged 2 ton walking ridable hexapod. What more is there to say? Other than to pledge allegiance to our new robot overlords.

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    ArmorClass10.com -Shirts for Gamers by Mark Cathro

    Fun shirts inspired by the love of old school Role Playing Games (RPG's). Don't dress like an NPC! www.ArmorClass10.com

    Successful!
    • 784% funded
    • $11,769 pledged
    • Funded
      Oct 21, 2012

    An Asylum Member Project being made in the Asylum by Mark Cathro. Coolest nerdcore chic t-shirts ever. These references run deep.

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    Hexy the Hexapod - Low-Cost Six-Legged Open Robot by ArcBotics

    Robotic Hexapod kit. Cute, cheap, easy and fun intro to advanced robots. Arduino-powered, and all Open Hardware/Software.

    Successful!
    • 1,294% funded
    • $168,267 pledged
    • Funded
      Jun 27, 2012

    An An Asylum Member Project being produced at the Asylum by Joe Schlesinger. A great intro project to the world of robotics. A fun learning activity for the whole family!

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    Kikori Open Source CNC Gantry Router by Judah Sher

    The kikori is an open source entry-level machine for small businesses. My main goal is to stimulate local manufacturing and design.

    Successful!
    • 107% funded
    • $21,514 pledged
    • Funded
      Jul 31, 2011

    An Asylum Member Project made by Judah Sher. Come by the Asylum to see his own model in action!

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    oneTesla: a DIY Singing Tesla Coil by oneTesla

    A DIY kit for a solid-state Tesla coil that plays music, shoots 2-foot-long sparks, and teaches you electronics.

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    • 845% funded
    • $169,155 pledged
    • Funded
      Jan 24, 2013

    A project currently being produced at the Asylum by oneTesla. Now that's what I call electronica music.

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    Let's Raise the Roof (Farm) ! by Higher Ground Farm

    Higher Ground Farm will be building Boston's first commercial rooftop farm in Spring 2013.

    Successful!
    • 119% funded
    • $23,981 pledged
    • Funded
      Mar 03, 2013

    We here at the Artisan's Asylum would love to have this kind of project on top of our own facility. Sadly, it is not allowed. We will just have to go hang out at this one instead!

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    Armor Class 10 - Shirts for Gamers LEVEL 2! by Mark Cathro

    More fun shirts inspired by the love of old school Role Playing Games (RPG's). Don't dress like an NPC! www.ArmorClass10.com

    Successful!
    • 496% funded
    • $2,483 pledged
    • Funded
      May 12, 2013

    Shirts for gamers are back! If you missed out the first time around, pledge now for your thematic t-shirts, printed in house at the Artisan's Asylum.

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    Brattle Theatre: Digital Projection & HVAC Renovation by Brattle Film Foundation

    We're upgrading! We need to add digital projection and a new HVAC system—to keep it cool and to bring you the best films around!

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    • 106% funded
    • $149,580 pledged
    • Funded
      Feb 28, 2013

    A local cultural institution needs support! Helping to keep independent art afloat in Cambridge & Somerville.

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    Self:Illuminated by Wayne Strattman

    High voltage, lighted, blown glass art exhibit at the nations oldest museum of the Industrial Revolution.

    Successful!
    • 112% funded
    • $10,168 pledged
    • Funded
      Jul 01, 2012

    Asylum Affiliate project by Wayne Strattman. Everybody loves glowing lights. End of story.