David

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San Francisco, CA

I'm working on OpenROV, an open source underwater robot. I write about my adventures for the MAKE blog.

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Launch Sinfonietta-Paris Project by Michael Boone

Help support the launch of this new international chamber orchestra for young professional orchestral artists and soloists in Paris.
- Classical Music
- Paris, France
- 103% funded $6,725 pledged
- 61 backers
- Funded Apr 21, 2012
CozyLap by Marc Roth

Not everyone wants to cover their iPad, Kindle, MacBook Air etc... So I've invented a cozy way to hold on to your device safely.
- Product Design
- San Francisco, CA
Funding Unsuccessful (03/30/2012)
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Longshot Issue #2 by mat honan

Longshot Magazine is a raucous experiment in harnessing new tools to erase media’s old limits. We create a print magazine in 48 hours.
- Journalism
- New York, NY
- 226% funded $17,007 pledged
- 473 backers
- Funded Jul 24, 2011
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Protei, Open Hardware Oil Spill Cleaning Sailing Robot by Cesar Harada

Oil spilled moves downwind : we are sailing upwind to capture it. Protei is an ocean cleaning and research open hardware drone.
- Open Hardware
- New Orleans, LA
- 122% funded $33,795 pledged
- 331 backers
- Funded Apr 12, 2011
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The Shape of Design by Frank Chimero

The Shape of Design is a short, accessible book about the creative process & the intersection of storytelling, craft & improvisation.
- Design
- Portland, OR
- 415% funded $112,159 pledged
- 2,109 backers
- Funded Mar 02, 2011
The Iranian Avocado Quest by Jason Rezaian

Did you know that less than 1% of Iran's population has ever tasted an avocado? We're going to change all that with Iran's first working avocado farm.
- Journalism
- Tehran, Iran
Funding Unsuccessful (11/13/2010)
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BioCurious: A Hackerspace for Biotech. The Community Lab for Citizen Science by Joseph J, Eri G, and Tito J

A hackerspace is a place for collaboration, learning, and community support. The model has been wildly successful for IT and hardware, lets try BIO!
- Technology
- Mountain View, CA
- 117% funded $35,319 pledged
- 239 backers
- Funded Sep 23, 2010
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The Oldest Living Things in the World by rachel sussman

I'm researching, working with biologists, and traveling all over the world to find & photograph continuously living organisms 2,000 years old or older
- Photography
- Brooklyn, NY
- 118% funded $11,893 pledged
- 205 backers
- Funded Jun 20, 2010
Funded!
Robin writes a book (and you get a copy) by Robin Sloan

I'm writing a detective story set halfway between San Francisco and the internet. And the more people who reserve a copy, the better each one will be!
- Fiction
- San Francisco, CA
- 398% funded $13,942 pledged
- 570 backers
- Funded Nov 01, 2009

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Launch Sinfonietta-Paris Project by Michael Boone

CozyLap by Marc Roth

Longshot Issue #2 by mat honan

Protei, Open Hardware Oil Spill Cleaning Sailing Robot by Cesar Harada

The Shape of Design by Frank Chimero

The Iranian Avocado Quest by Jason Rezaian

BioCurious: A Hackerspace for Biotech. The Community Lab for Citizen Science by Joseph J, Eri G, and Tito J

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Robin writes a book (and you get a copy) by Robin Sloan

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