Press!
The New York Times City Room blog ran an excellent piece on our project. With 6 days to go, we still need to raise more than $1,000 to meet our goal, so please send the article to friends who might be interested. The piece was reprinted on page A15 of yesterday’s paper in case you like your news on dead trees. The reporter spent most of the afternoon Saturday interviewing FIGMENT visitors, then came back on Sunday after we got the big board working.
We were also featured on the GMD Studios Kickstarter Spotlight, run by a design studio in Florida, and they backed us with a $100 pledge, and Mashable Video did a piece on us.
If you are in the New York area, stop by our weekly Tech Tuesday open house tonight at 7pm. You can play a game of brain pong, check out our 3D printer and mill, do some soldering and visit the bees. Weather permitting, we may set up the big LED board on the roof so you can play the full version of the game. Our hackerspace is located in Manhattan on 137 West 14th St between 6th Ave and 7th Ave.
FIGMENT players used 9×14 pixels of the display. Unfortunately we didn’t get the relays running in time. Our goal for Maker Faire in September is to have all the 192 pixels working, integrate electromechanical relays, and have a second game running. We will either do two-player pong or a tug-of-war game where two players compete against each other to see who can concentrate hardest.
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Pledge $10 or more
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A personalized postcard of the Brain Pong installation from FIGMENT, signed by everyone involved in the project. Compatible with most refrigerators.
Estimated delivery: Jul 2012Pledge $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 2012Pledge $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 2012Pledge $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 2012Pledge $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 2012Pledge $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 2012Pledge $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 2012Pledge $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 2012Pledge $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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