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This project successfully raised its funding goal on October 18, 2011.
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A personalized laser-cut and engraved bamboo plaque with your name on it.
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A solar power pack kit! See the specs in the main description. This is the real deal, at a special price, for 5 early supporters! (Add $15 for international shipping.)
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A Solar Hacker Edition of the kit, which has everything except the bamboo enclosure. Normally, a 5W panel and 6Ah battery alone would cost more than this, but you'll get the charge controller circuit plus booster circuit too! With 10W (2A @ 5V) of output, you'll have plenty of power to do cool stuff with!
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A solar power pack kit! See the specs in the main description. You'll get a kit from the first production run, and at a lower price than retail. (Add $15 for international shipping.)
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A solar power pack kit! Plus ONE of: extra 5W solar panel, spare 6Ah LiPo battery, or AC adapter. This second batch will ship after the first batch, in mid-to-late November.
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A Deluxe Edition solar power pack kit! Comes with additional 5W solar panel, a replacement battery, and an AC adapter for when the sun don't shine. (Add $10 for int'l shipping.)
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A Limited Edition solar power pack kit. The bamboo enclosure will have a special engraving with unique serial numbers (only 10 will be made). Additionally, the kit will come with a colored faceplate instead of the clear acrylic faceplate in the standard model. The LE kit will also come with an extra 5W solar panel, replacement battery, and AC adapter.
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A Limited Edition solar power pack kit, plus all the extras as described above for the $250 level. PLUS a Deluxe Edition kit (see $140 level) to give to your favorite person. PLUS, a prototype unit that will be shipped shortly after this Kickstarter campaign reaches its goal (even if it's before the end date). The prototype enclosure will be numbered, and have your name engraved on it (just in case, you know, you lose it at a bar...).
Project By
Connected as Ryo Chijiiwa (403 friends)
Ryo has a degree in Computer Science from the University of Chicago. In 2009, after spending several years working in Silicon Valley at companies like Yahoo! and Google, he left the corporate world to go live in the woods, where he eventually learned to live mostly off the grid. Shortly before starting BootstrapSolar, he spent 2 months in Japan as a disaster relief volunteer. In addition to being a programmer and mountain man, he is a Maker, Burner, and marksman.
