Tag: crowdfunding
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Tomas Sala’s Indie Survival: Falconeer Creator’s New Strategy
In a games industry crowded with blockbuster premieres and viral hits, indie developers like Tomas Sala face a brutal question: how do you stand out when attention is as scarce as budget is tight? Sala, known for Falconeer and Bulwark, has spent years navigating a market that often rewards novelty rather than persistence. His answer,…
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When a Harvard axolotl project lost funding, a 6-year-old girl stepped in to save it
Harvard’s axolotl project faces a funding crisis In Cambridge, Massachusetts, researchers at Harvard have long studied the axolotl, a salamander famed for its astonishing ability to regrow limbs and other body parts. For years, the team has pursued questions about regeneration at the molecular level, hoping to translate those insights into medical breakthroughs for humans.…
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Aivela Ring Pro: The subscription-free AI coach and gesture control ring shaking up wearables
Introduction: A new contender in the smart ring arena The smart ring space has seen its share of iterations, but the Aivela Ring Pro is positioning itself as a standout challenger. Launched on Kickstarter in early September, the project has already surged past its funding goal, pulling in more than $500,000 from roughly 4,000 backers.…
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Aivela Ring Pro: Subscription-Free AI Coaching and Gesture Control
Aivela Ring Pro arrives as a subscription-free AI coaching revolution The Aivela Ring Pro is more than a sleek wearable. It represents a pivot in the smart ring market: a subscription-free path to AI-powered health insights paired with a novel gesture control system that could redefine how we interact with our devices on the go.…
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Rescuing the Archive: Scientists Race to Digitize 100,000 Hours of Groundbreaking Lectures
Countdown to Preservation: Why the Archive Matters Across the globe, a vast trove of lectures and discussions recorded from the 1970s onward sits on fragile magnetic tapes. These recordings, spanning mathematics, physics, philosophy, and the history of science, capture the evolution of ideas as they happened. With each passing year, the risk of decay and…
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Lecture Archive Preservation: Crowdfunding to Save 1970s Lectures
Preserving a Quiet Revolution in Science Thousands of hours of groundbreaking lectures, discussions, and conferences from the 1970s onward are at risk of disappearing as fragile analog tapes decay and technology evolves beyond the equipment to play them. A new effort, led by Nobel Prize-winning physicist Roger Penrose and anchored in Cambridge, aims to rescue…
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Badfluence: Inside World of Alidia NFT Collapse and Fallout
Overview Badfluence, a documentary collaboration between Svenska Dagbladet (SvD) and Podme, pulls back the curtain on the Swedish NFT project World of Alidia. Led by influencer Vanja Wikström and her partner Niklas Malmqvist, the venture was billed as a transformative digital-art movement but collapsed in just over a year. The film follows not only the…
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Badfluence and World of Alidia: Inside the Rise and Fall of a Swedish NFT Project
What the Badfluence series uncovers The documentary Badfluence, a joint production by Svenska Dagbladet (SvD) and Podme, turns the spotlight on World of Alidia, a Swedish NFT project launched with grand promises in 2022 and dissolved a little over a year later. Through interviews, annual reports, invoices, and internal documents, the project’s arc is laid…
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Badfluence: Inside the World of Alidia NFT Collapse
Overview: a Swedish NFT dream that burned fast The documentary Badfluence—produced by Svenska Dagbladet (SvD) and Podme—recounts the rise and abrupt downfall of the Swedish NFT project World of Alidia. Launched in summer 2022 by influencer Vanja Wikström and her partner Niklas Malmqvist, the venture promised a future built on digital art, exclusive access, and…
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Nemcaro Wellness Speaker Debuts at GOOD LIFE FAIR 2025: Sleep Tech
Event Overview The GOOD LIFE FAIR 2025, Asia’s leading sustainable lifestyle event, took place at Tokyo Big Sight from September 26 to 28. In a focused collaboration, wellness technology company Croix partnered with its salon Relaxest to bring nemcaro, a 360° surround sound and 100% natural aroma wellness speaker, to the show floor. With a…