Women who have difficulty getting pregnant frequently track their basal temperature -- the lowest body temperature of the day -- as an indication of when they are most fertile. (The lowest temp of the cycle is supposedly Go time.) One of the difficulties of getting an accurate reading is that your basal temperature is reached when you're asleep. YONO has started a … [Read more...]
FTC Takes On Non-Delivering Crowdfunder
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has gone after its first non-delivering crowdfunder, fining board game "maker" Eric Chevalier for raising $122,000 on Kickstarter and not producing anything. Chevalier promised a game called The Doom That Came to Atlantic City, but spent the money on personal expenses. He provided neither a game nor refunds, despite updates that had claimed … [Read more...]
That Sony E-Ink Watch Was A Crowdfunded Project
Remember that experiment wearable from Sony that we wrote about a few days ago? Techcrunch has found that the watch was available a few months ago on a Japanese crowdfunding site from a group of Sony employees calling themselves Fashion Entertainments. The underlying story, you'll recall (if you clicked through on the original story) was that Sony is trying to encourage its … [Read more...]
ShotTracker, a Basketball Wearable, Ships
Almost exactly a year ago, we wrote about a crowdfunded project called ShotTracker, which tracks your shot attempts, misses and makes. Earlier this week, the company announced that it's shipping product. ShotTracker has three pieces: a sensor on the net, a small sensor on your wrist (which fits into a wristband or compression sleeve), and an app. The wrist sensor watches … [Read more...]
Wearable Tech Crowdfunding Infographic: Shipping is Hard
The folks at Crowdfunding Productions have put together an infographic that illustrates the amount of money that wearable tech companies have raised on Indiegogo and Kickstarter -- and the success rate of funding attempts. It turns out that Kickstarter campaigns are more successful: they raise more money, have more completed campaigns, and deliver more product. It's possible … [Read more...]