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Update #7: Bonus Kit + Shipping Update

Posted about 22 hours ago

Hey People, 

Just touching base to let you know that we have a super über mega blog post about receiving a Bonus Kit + a Shipping Update over at our blog here: http://ninjablocks.com/blog/2012/5/30/bonus-kit-shipping-update.html

Cheers, 

Maddy and the Ninja Blocks Team!

Update #6: Shipping Update

Posted on May 14

Hey everyone. First up, apologies from all here at Ninja Blocks for going dark over the last few weeks. This whole process has been a blur, time has just flown by, but we are back on top of it now. Without further ado, the question you are all asking...

When will I get my Ninja Block?

Soon! We said May and we are still aiming to ship most rewards in May and pre-orders in June. We've put together a mega update over on our shiny new website that hopefully sheds some light on what we've been up to. Check out the whole post for details

http://ninjablocks.com/blog/2012/5/14/mega-ninja-kickstarter-update.html

Speaking of the shiny new website, its got a forum that we will be watching. So please post any questions, suggestions, or crazy ideas there so we can all discuss.

We can't wait to start sending out Ninja Blocks en masse and seeing what you guys do with them. Shouldn't be too long now.

Cheers,

Team Ninja

p.s. sorry about cross posting everywhere if you got this more than once.

Update #4: Siri talking to Ninja Blocks + IR Blaster

Posted on February 29

Hey Guys & Gals, 

We thought we might share with you a quick demo of Siri talking to Ninja Blocks.

As always, feel free to share this with your friends ;-)

Cheers, 

Marcus

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      Irawan Tri Kusumo on February 29

      Awesome

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      Gavin Maxwell on March 25

      It's a non-trivial install to get SiriProxy working! When you showed it working from your car I assume you were VPN'd into your NW, or were you sitting out the front on Wifi? :)

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      Ninja Blocks on March 25

      @pocketscience. Yup thats the point. That's why we do all the hard work for you :)

      You do not need to be VPN'd in. You just need to change the DNS, which can be done with an iOS configuration profile we generate.

      Cheers,

      Marcus

Update #3: *Hardware* Design Files Open Sourced

Posted on February 28
Hi Guys,

At Ninja Blocks we have a strong commitment to Open Source Hardware, that’s why we’re really please to announce that our Ninja Blocks hardware files have been Open Sourced and made available!

You can get the Ninja Block Cape Eagle Cad design files & sensor board files from: http://github.com/ninjablocks/hardware

You can get the Google Sketchup designs for our 3D printed case here: http://github.com/ninjablocks/case

The Beagle Bone design files from (the Linux board we use): http://beagleboard.org/hardware/design

So what about Software? It's coming soon (We're not quite there yet)!

Huge Favour to ask: Could you guys please Tweet / Facebook / Google+ and otherwise get the word out about Ninja Blocks and link to http://kck.st/y49ssb .

We've currently got 420 backers, we're hoping that we can get to 1000 before the project ends so that we can lower the cost of our yet to be released sensor & actuator accessories!

As always if you have any questions or queries whatsoever, please don’t hesitate to contact me on ninjas@ninjablocks.com .

Cheers,

Marcus

Update #2: New Sexy Cases

Posted on February 27

Hey Guys, 

Here's a quick update on our new sexy Ninja Blocks case. Check it out in the video below!

As always if you have any questions or queries whatsoever, please don't hesitate to contact me on ninjas@ninjablocks.com .

Cheers, 

Marcus

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      Gavin Maxwell on February 28

      Looking good guys!

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      Scott Lamshed on February 28

      Nice one guys, love the fact taht you're hooked up with ehe Sydney Hackerspace! I hope our Makerspace can offer that to someone in the future!!!

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      Bassam Gemayel on February 28

      Nice colour!

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Early access to the Ninja Cloud web app as well as designs & schematics for the open source hardware. This is for people interested in playing with the software and wanting to see if the Ninja Block will do everything they want.

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Ninja Block Pro & button sensor. These are the first batch of Ninja Blocks which are currently in production and due in late March. If you want to dazzle your friends and family by having one of these first units then get in quick! Note: These are made with love & may contain custom enclosures. Free shipping in the US & AUS (add $15 for International orders).

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Ninja Block Pro & all 5 sensors (button sensor, motion sensor, light sensor, distance sensor, humidity sensor), a web-cam, microphone & wifi module. Free shipping in the US & AUS (add $15 for International orders).

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Includes 4 Ninja Block Pros, 4 sets of all 5 sensors, T-shirt, 2 x web-cam, 2 x microphone & 4 x wifi. You will get custom enclosures in colors of your choice: Blue, Green, Purple, Red, White, or Black. This will also include a 1 year premium account on Ninja Cloud with pre-release channels & much more! These will be the first Ninja Blocks to ship of the second batch. Free shipping in the US & AUS (add $15 for International orders).

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Hey, Kickstarter!

We're Maddy, Marcus and Mark from Ninja Blocks!
For the past few years we've been supporting and teaching Open Source Electronics.

We're trying to make it easier to build electronics that connect to your favourite web apps!

After some prodding, we've decided to continue full-time on Ninja ... but, we need YOUR help to get things happening!

Cheers,

Maddy, Marcus and Mark

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