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Funded! This project successfully raised its funding goal on June 18, 2012.

LED reward module

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July Rewards: Better Late than Never!

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Reward delay

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Rooftop Party!

Update #8 · Jun 29, 2012 · comment

In case you missed FIGMENT, we are reassembling the big board on our roof on Friday, July 6th. It’s another chance to play pong with your brain and hang out with other brain gamers, and you don’t even have to get on a ferry. (Unless you live on Staten Island. Or you really want to.)

We are at 137 W 14th St in Manhattan. More info here. RSVP recommended but not necessary. Tell us you’re a Kickstarter backer and a member of the team will high five you and up to two of your friends! Electronics nerds are welcome to arrive early (around 6pm) to watch us put together the board and find out how it all works.

Don’t forget that the board will also be out for Come Out & Play After Dark @Seaport, Friday, July 13th.

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Update #7 · Jun 18, 2012 · comment

Thanks to all your generous pledges, our project is funded! We literally couldn’t have done it without you.

Right now we are busy preparing the big board for its next outing at Come Out & Play After Dark at South Street Seaport on Friday, July 13. The After Dark part of the festival starts at 7pm and the board will look much more awesome at night when it’s not competing with that giant LED in the sky. The board should have a few more lights working and we might even be able to present a prototype of one of our multiplayer games, Murphy willing.

We will send out a survey to ask for your shipping addresses when we are ready to ship. Postcards, stickers, T-shirts and the 3D printed souvenir should be ready soon. Prototype circuit boards for the LED module reward will arrive this week and we will keep you updated on the progress of that project.

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  • Pledge $10 or more

    13 backers

    A personalized postcard of the Brain Pong installation from FIGMENT, signed by everyone involved in the project. Compatible with most refrigerators.

    Estimated delivery: Jul 2012
  • Pledge $20 or more

    11 backers

    Personalized postcard, 5 Hack Manhattan stickers and a small 3D printed souvenir in biodegradable PLA plastic (includes US shipping). Contains small parts, not suitable for children under 3.

    Estimated delivery: Jul 2012
  • Pledge $50 or more

    9 backers

    In addition to the lower level rewards, you get a special Brain Pong T-shirt! (includes US shipping). You’ll also be listed as a sponsor on our website, guaranteed to impress future employers who Google your name.

    Estimated delivery: Jul 2012
  • Pledge $75 or more

    8 backers Limited (92 of 100 left)

    In addition to postcard, stickers, 3D souvenir, and tee shirt, you’ll get a piece of Brain Pong history: a custom designed LED module containing the same 1.75 watt LED that we are using in the FIGMENT installation. It has 3 modes: always-on, fast blink, and slow blink. It's programmable, if you're into that sort of thing. Blind your foes! Attract potential mates! Compete with fireflies! Practice Morse code!

    Estimated delivery: Sep 2012
  • Pledge $200 or more

    2 backers Limited (8 of 10 left)

    In addition to postcard, stickers, 3D souvenir, tee shirt, and LED module, we will scan your head and 3D-print a scale-model plastic bust of you. Great conversation piece on your mantel, or you can wear it on a gold chain and launch your music career as MC Twoface. We’ll need you to be in NYC so we can put you into our head-scanning machine, though.

    Estimated delivery: Sep 2012
  • Pledge $500 or more

    1 backer

    In addition to the postcard, stickers, 3D souvenir, tee shirt, and LED module, get a free NeuroSky portable EEG headset with all the included software. Monitor your own brain activity in the privacy of your home! Train your Jedi mind tricks!

    Estimated delivery: Sep 2012
  • Pledge $750 or more

    0 backers Limited (10 of 10 left)

    In addition to postcard, stickers, 3D souvenir, tee shirt, and LED module, you will receive your own copy of our original mind controlled pong game, including an Arduino, the assembled LED LOLshield display, and a MindWave portable EEG headset (including free US shipping). We’ll help NYC metro residents with setup in person, otherwise we’ll do it over Skype.

    Estimated delivery: Sep 2012
  • Pledge $1,500 or more

    0 backers Limited (2 of 2 left)

    Choose your own adventure. In addition to postcard, stickers, 3D souvenir, tee shirt, and LED module, we’ll create a custom mind controlled game for you based on your idea. The game will use the MindWave, an Arduino, and a LoL Shield. If you already have an idea, feel free to ask if it’s feasible. Note that we believe in sharing: the code for the game will be made public.

    Estimated delivery: Oct 2012
  • Pledge $2,000 or more

    0 backers Limited (1 of 1 left)

    Cake and Brain Pong Party: We will bring the entire Giant Brain Pong installation to your event. And we’ll bake you a cake. For locations in the New York metro area only, unless you want to pay for transportation. Add $500 and at least one of us will appear in a clown costume. Add $1,000 and we guarantee that nobody will appear in a clown costume.

    Estimated delivery: Oct 2012

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