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The Acoustic Guitar Project — TV Pilot by David Adams
One guitar. One week. One song. Must be original. No edits allowed. We chose the first musician. Then each musician chooses who’s next.
Successful!- 102% funded
- $20,528 pledged
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Funded
Mar 09, 2013
An acoustic guitar that is passed from musician to musician, also funded by Awesome-NYC!
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Loud Bicycle: Car horn for your bike by Jonathan Lansey
Bicycle horns that sound just like car horns.
Successful!- 122% funded
- $52,837 pledged
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Funded
Jan 13, 2013
Jonathan Lansey is a Trustee of The Awesome Foundation Boston chapter.
If he has his way, your bike will have a car horn, oncoming traffic / spaced out drivers will take heed of your mighty warning honk, and cyclists everywhere will be safer for it.
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Festooning the Inflatable Beehive by Colette Aliman & Maria Molteni
You're invited to explore apiculture & architecture inside our skep-inspired structure where 10-15 human beeings may gather & share.
Successful!- 136% funded
- $3,417 pledged
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Funded
Nov 08, 2012
Maria Molteni, Awesome Foundation Boston February '11 fellow is all a buzz about her current festooning project. Check it out: it's unbeelievably awesome!
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Belle Isle to 8 Mile: An Insider's Guide to Detroit by Andy, Emily, and Rob Linn
A comprehensive, curated, printed guide to Detroit featuring 750 sites, attractions, and curiosities from the essential to the obscure.
Successful!- 245% funded
- $19,622 pledged
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Funded
Nov 13, 2012
This project got a grant from Awesome News Taskforce Detroit, and now they need some additional help!
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Public Lab DIY Spectrometry Kit by Jeffrey Yoo Warren
This DIY kit helps analyze materials and contaminants. We need your help to build a library of open-source spectral data.
Successful!- 1,105% funded
- $110,538 pledged
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Funded
Oct 05, 2012
Past Awesome Boston winner Public Laboratory is back at it again with this INCREDIBLY AWESOME spectrometer project!
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Come Out & Play San Francisco by Come Out & Play Festival
Fall 2012 exhibition and festival of super fun STREET GAMES that turn SOMA into a GIANT PLAYGROUND!
Successful!- 100% funded
- $7,547 pledged
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Funded
Sep 16, 2012
Awesome San Francisco (@awesomesfo) is funding this great outdoor games festival including Undercover Capture the Flag. Get in on the game!
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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
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Funded
Sep 02, 2012
Awesome Boston really encourages all of you to vote for this incredible project! Because who doesn't want a rideable, 6-legged robot friend?
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The Pay Phone Revival Project by Bridget Quinn
The Pay Phone Revival Project transforms abandoned pay phone booths into meaningful and interactive art installations in Austin TX.
Successful!- 105% funded
- $6,260 pledged
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Funded
Apr 01, 2012
Awesome Foundation Austin contributed to this project's success!
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SMART AIR KITES_FLOAT BEIJING by Deren Guler
FLOAT Beijing is a participatory design, mapping and open source data visualization project using air quality sensing kites.
Successful!- 182% funded
- $4,559 pledged
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Funded
Jul 19, 2012
Awesome Boston June 2012 fellows!
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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.
Successful!- 558% funded
- $34,646 pledged
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Funded
Jan 31, 2012
Could a nonprofit started by 2 past Awesome Foundation winners (Jeff Warren and Liz Barry) and scientists and organizers from around the country be anything less than awesome?
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Biochemies DNA Molecule Plush Dolls by Jun Axup
Cute molecule plush dolls that magnetically interact for science education and outreach.
Successful!- 421% funded
- $33,706 pledged
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Funded
Jan 06, 2012
Awesome Boston loved this project so much we decided to help Jun make a Kickstarter! Magnets, smiley faces, and DNA molecules--what's not to love?
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The Anywhere Organ by Matthew Borgatti
The Anywhere Organ is an interactive musical sculpture made of salvaged pipe organ parts. It can turn any space into a sonic cathedral.
Successful!- 100% funded
- $3,001 pledged
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Funded
Nov 14, 2011
Awesome Foundation NY funded a prototype of this last year, and now it's ready for the big time. Help the Anywhere Organ gain a few more octaves!
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3 Day Egyptian Maker Space - Expanding the Maker Movement by Bilal Ghalib
A movement is changing the way we learn and work. Bring a Maker Space to Cairo, help support DIY culture and entrepreneurship!
Successful!- 116% funded
- $8,169 pledged
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Funded
Sep 30, 2011
SF trustee Mitch is working on a temporary maker space in Cairo.
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Swings: Bolivia by JeffWaldman
Install public swings all across Bolivia. Why? Happiness. Swings tug at our most basic emotions and produce simple, unadulterated joy.
Successful!- 233% funded
- $11,200 pledged
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Funded
Jul 15, 2011
Awesome Foundation LA funded this project's efforts in LA, but now it is now continuing onto Bolivia!
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The Adventure Access Guide: How to Walk Across America by Evan Burchard
We are creating the Adventure Access Trail, a new walking trail from Boston to San Francisco. http://adventureaccess.org
Successful!- 105% funded
- $7,383 pledged
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Funded
Jun 30, 2011
Two Awesome Foundation trustees, Evan (Boston) and Jade (Food), are creating a guide for walking across America.
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GAMEFUL, a Secret HQ for Worldchanging Game Developers by Jane McGonigal
Good games make us better and change the world. We’re the people making and playing those games. We need a Secret HQ.
Successful!- 3,248% funded
- $64,965 pledged
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Funded
Sep 29, 2010
Awesome Boston gave a grant to Jane McGonigal's Gameful project, THROUGH Kickstarter!
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Grassroots mapping the Gulf oil spill with balloons and kites by Jeffrey Yoo Warren
We're hitting the beaches and hitching boat rides to make aerial images of the gulf oil spill's effects using cameras attached to balloons and kites.
Successful!- 165% funded
- $8,285 pledged
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Funded
Jun 21, 2010
After receiving a grant from Awesome Boston, the Grassroots Mapping team got even more funding on Kickstarter to start an important effort to document the effects of the oil spill using aerial imagery.
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The Big Hammock by Hansy Better
The idea is to design, build and install a big hammock in the Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway.
Successful!- 121% funded
- $5,462 pledged
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Funded
Aug 13, 2010
The first ever Awesome Foundation grant, awarded in Boston.
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Scarf-a-Day: A scarf everyday in january by Meredith Scheff
Making a scarf-a-day, everyday, in January. Using all materials, from soft-and-fuzzy to electronic to edible.
Successful!- 153% funded
- $1,538 pledged
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Funded
Jan 07, 2011
Funded by AF-SF.
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A History of the Sky by Ken Murphy
A dynamic time-lapse visualization of the sky for an entire year
Successful!- 119% funded
- $3,578 pledged
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Funded
Jun 18, 2010
Funded by AF-SF.
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The Hip-Hop Word Count: A Searchable Rap Almanac by Tahir Hemphill
The Hip-Hop Word Count is a searchable ethnographic database built from the lyrics of over 40,000 Hip-Hop songs from 1979 to present day.
Successful!- 112% funded
- $8,441 pledged
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Funded
Feb 13, 2011
Funded by Awesome Foundation New York.
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Double the size of the Columbus Idea Foundry! by Columbus Idea Foundry
Help the Idea Foundry expand our space! With your help, we can throw a party, double our size and become a sustainable business. Win!
Successful!- 166% funded
- $9,150 pledged
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Funded
Aug 15, 2011
Founding member of Awesome Foundation Dave Fisher is working with the Columbus Idea Foundry expansion campaign. The Foundry provides both literal and figurative tools to the creative community of Greater Columbus in the form of workshops, trade education and community space.
