With Naomi Klein and recruiting a project manager assistant
Dear Backers,
Christmas is approaching and we are not forgetting you :) We may contact some of you soon to deliver you christmas surprises / rewards :)
I just wanted to share with you a recent article in the Huffington Post that featured Protei right after Naomi Klein's TED Talk "Addicted to Risk", a great honour for us to follow such a brilliant person. Klein comments on the BP oil spill and our addiction to risk and suggests ways to invent our future, this is a talk worth seeing.
Huffington Post link | Naomi Klein : "Addicted to Risk" on TED.com.
Protei has been all over the world recently and Kasia Molga, a Protei core team member, was just in Brasil following the terrible oil spill off the coast of Rio. Protei was present at the CulturaDigital.br and Kasia reported the event also coined the "Chevron Oil Spill" as largely un-reported and underestimated by Chevron and Brasil's policy makers. It is very important for Protei to create strong ties with the Brazilian coastal residents in order to help them improve their "immune system", may Protei be part of their arsenal in the future. Chevron has been recently suspended its drilling rights as an accumulation of allegations in the area, especially after what happened in Ecuadorian part of the Amazon forest.
Few weeks after the recent oil spill in New Zeland, we keep seeing oil spills happening before our eyes only encouraging us to work harder to deliver Protei as soon as possible.
The Protei community keeps on growing, and we are now in need of an administrative assistant to Protei Coordinator Cesar Harada. The applications are open for one more week and we are looking for someone that will help develop Protei as a Non-Profit, Profit, Academic and informal Hacker project. It will be a full-time job based in London but with opportunities to travel abroad to coordinate Protei's global Research & Development community. The Job offer is on Protei's website, also downloadable as a PDF ready for print, on Linkedin, Gumtree, craigslist, Arduino, Adafruit, *IHub_, and more. Please share and makes us stronger.
Again, thanks for your support and the whole Protei team joins me to wish you wonderful winter celebrations with family and friends. Warm wishes from the Protei team!
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Feb 27, 2011 -
Apr 12, 2011
- First created · 14 backed
- Cesar Harada 3291 friends
- Website: protei.org
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15 backers
Insider updates of Protei ahead of public releases on the Kickstarter blog.
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57 backers
Your name on protei.org as "backer".
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98 backers
Your name on protei.org as "backer" + a link to your website.
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52 backers
We send you a black and white instruction manual to build your own Protei.
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25 backers
We send you a color instruction manual to build your own Protei.
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31 backers
We send you a color instruction manual signed by the Protei team + Large manufacturing technical prints
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15 backers
Protei blue hoodie for man and woman. With Protei drawings and logo.
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1 backer
We send you the raw materials to build your own remotely controlled 1m (3.2ft) long, articulated, inflatable Protei. The design and functionalities would be similar to the one of Protei002 (http://goo.gl/dWG7p). You will need good DIY skills and your own power tools to build Protei from the raw materials.
Pledge $400 or more
2 backers
We send you a remotely controlled 1m (3.2ft) long, articulated, inflatable Protei in KIT to assemble yourself. The design and functionalities would be similar to the one of Protei002 (http://goo.gl/dWG7p).
Pledge $900 or more
2 backers
We send you a fully assembled remotely controlled 1m (3.2ft) long, articulated, inflatable Protei that is ready to sail! Batteries included :) + We add you as "editor" on Protei.org + you get a yourname@protei.org.
Pledge $2,000 or more
2 backers
You get to be in the first group of beta-sailors to control the first full-scale Protei from the web interface + We send you a remotely controlled 1m (3.2ft) long, articulated, inflatable Protei in KIT.
Pledge $3,500 or more
0 backers
If you are in the Netherlands, we invite you to sail the first full-scale Protei Prototype from the shore with a remote control + We send you a remotely controlled 1m (3.2ft) long, articulated, inflatable Protei in KIT.
Pledge $6,000 or more
1 backer
We add your logo (small) on the first full scale Protei hull that may receive significant media coverage + We send you a remotely controlled 1m (3.2ft) long, articulated, inflatable Protei in KIT.
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0 backers
We add your logo (large) on the first full scale Protei + your sponsor description on Protei.org + fully assembled and ready to sail 1m Protei
Comments
Creator Phil Pham on February 14, 2012
Hi. I realize that it's been busy for your team. I just wanted an update on the project and also the rewards. Thanks.