Paul Edward Nowak

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Greenville, MI

Paul Nowak is an author, award-winning board game designer, and father of 5 children. His books include "The Inconvenient Adventures of Uncle Chestnut" and "The Way of the Christian Samurai."

HAND Stylus by Steve King

A finely crafted, pen-like stylus featuring the world's smallest (4mm) retracting, rotating, replaceable tip.
- Product Design
- Alameda, CA
- 651% funded $162,841 pledged
- 4,096 backers
Funded!
Pebble: E-Paper Watch for iPhone and Android by Pebble Technology

Pebble is a customizable watch. Download new watchfaces, use sports and fitness apps, get notifications from your phone.
- Product Design
- Palo Alto, CA
- 10,266% funded $10,266,845 pledged
- 68,929 backers
- Funded May 18, 2012
Funded!
Glory To Rome << Black Box Edition >> Rome Demands BEAUTY! by Ed Carter / Jeremiah Lee

Rome demands BEAUTY! Deluxe edition of best selling strategy game, re-imagined with breathtaking elegance and top quality production.
- Board & Card Games
- Cambridge, MA
- 348% funded $73,102 pledged
- 1,612 backers
- Funded Aug 22, 2011
Funded!
Project ShapeOko: a $300 complete cnc machine. by Edward Ford

ShapeOko is a dead simple Open-Source desktop CNC machine with an estimate build price of about $300. Get into CNC without going broke!
- Open Hardware
- Dixon, IL
- 738% funded $11,078 pledged
- 125 backers
- Funded Jul 26, 2011
Funded!
IRONBUDS - modular, durable earbuds! by Thomas Young

Lets work together and make better earbuds! IRONBUDS are modular, durable and offer audiophile-quality sound!
- Open Hardware
- Durham, NH
- 539% funded $61,431 pledged
- 1,078 backers
- Funded Aug 26, 2011
The Remarkable Effect by The Remarkable Effect

A webseries highlighting remarkable people and bringing the concepts of Seth Godin's books and blog to life for kids.
- Webseries
- New York, NY
Funding Unsuccessful (07/01/2011)
Funded!
domekit.cc — domes for all by EFFALO

open-source, parametric software tools and self-adjusting connector systems for making geodesic structures of human-scale proportion.
- Technology
- Brooklyn, NY
- 107% funded $5,366 pledged
- 80 backers
- Funded Jul 01, 2011
Funded!
inBOOK: Hand-made Cases for Kindle and Nook by John Cullen

THE COUNT DOWN IS ON! IF YOU ARE SEEING THIS MESSAGE WE NEED YOUR PLEDGE NOW!! THANK YOU!! THANK YOU!! THANK YOU!! THANK YOU!!
- Product Design
- Dallas, TX
- 101% funded $10,166 pledged
- 88 backers
- Funded Jun 27, 2011
Funded!
Card Game- Raiding Parties by Nick Pace

Raiding Parties is a card game that takes place in the Golden Age.
- Board & Card Games
- Chandler, AZ
- 104% funded $15,715 pledged
- 117 backers
- Funded Jul 18, 2011

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HAND Stylus by Steve King

Pebble: E-Paper Watch for iPhone and Android by Pebble Technology

Glory To Rome << Black Box Edition >> Rome Demands BEAUTY! by Ed Carter / Jeremiah Lee

Project ShapeOko: a $300 complete cnc machine. by Edward Ford

IRONBUDS - modular, durable earbuds! by Thomas Young

The Remarkable Effect by The Remarkable Effect

domekit.cc — domes for all by EFFALO

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