Taking off your gloves on a ski lift to deal with a smartphone or some other device in your pocket is a recipe for spending the rest of the day… Read More
Crowdfunding is designed to help people who are low on cash bring their ideas to life and finance big ticket items they couldn’t otherwise afford. It’s a valuable resource for… Read More
It can be pretty scary biking or running this time of year and fearing that you haven’t done enough to make yourself visible to the cars you’re competing with for space… Read More
Q: What do robots, polar bears, lobsters, tigers, a giant monster abomination, and vocabulary have in common? A: The new card game Stiches, now in its final days on Kickstarter.… Read More
At the 19th annual University of Washington Business Plan Competition in May, JikoPower had the hottest idea in the room and took home the $25,000 grand prize. Now the Seattle… Read More
The guys who brought you “Exploding Kittens” have set their sights on a new target: Babies. Elan Lee, the former chief design officer of Xbox Entertainment Studios, and The Oatmeal… Read More
From the living room of his apartment in Seattle’s Queen Anne neighborhood, artist and musician Shawn McClure has a pretty killer view of the city’s skyline. Even if he couldn’t… Read More
Amazon is adding “Featured on Product Hunt” badges to selected products on its Amazon Launchpad startup e-commerce portal as part of a newly announced partnership with the San Francisco-based product discovery company. The partnership… Read More
Amazon announced a partnership with Kickstarter Wednesday to sell more than 300 crowdfunded products on a dedicated Amazon.com page. Kickstarter Collection is a new addition to Amazon Launchpad, a portal… Read More
The Coolest Cooler Kickstarter is a long and winding saga with millions of dollars and thousands of backers along for the ride. When the all-in-one cooler, blender, charger, speaker and more finally arrived… Read More
Jeff Reifman has written a lot in recent years about Amazon, offering his opinion on what the company has done to Seattle with its explosive growth. Now he’s bringing that viewpoint down… Read More
REDMOND, Wash. – Three years ago, Planetary Resources raised more than $1.5 million on Kickstarter to build a space telescope that would let users snap selfies from orbit. Today, the company… Read More
Wearing the same shirt for multiple days would normally be an invitation to attract fewer friends. But a new Seattle clothing line called Ably promises that its technology makes its clothing… Read More
Be mindful of what you click on today in search of too-good-to-be-true deals or out-of-this-world technology news. While not everyone is laughing at what happened with Gmail, the biggest holiday of… Read More
Not all innovation has to push the technological envelope. Sometimes a well-meaning individual with a good idea and an eye for detail just makes something simple that we want to put… Read More
In a busy world full of distractions and distracting devices, one product could turn out to be the difference between life and death. Sense A Life is the creation of two Florida… Read More
Meld, the Seattle-based maker of smart knobs for the stove, was acquired last September, but declined to name the buyer at that time. However, based on a message to its former Kickstarter backers… Read More
A group of friends originally from Bellevue, Wash., many of whom also attended the University of Washington together, are approaching their $10,000 goal on Kickstarter to fund a board game. In just about a… Read More
Tired of getting your Amazon packages stolen from the front porch? A Seattle-area entrepreneur may have a simple solution — one that may send the crooks running away, fast. Mike Grabham,… Read More
If you’re not hot on beverage cooler Kickstarter campaigns right now, because of what’s happened with Coolest Cooler, the folks at Kulr hope you’ll chill for a second and give… Read More
The ongoing saga of the Coolest Cooler, a Kickstarter project that received enormous press and record-breaking funding but saw significant delivery delays, is a master class in understanding the difference between crowdsourced… Read More
OLYMPIA, Wash. — A bill to exempt crowdfunding efforts from the state sales tax and business-and-occupation tax is working its way through the Washington House. The House Finance Committee held a hearing… Read More
Remember invisible ink? You could write a secret message with the stuff, watch your words disappear, then make them magically reappear by holding the message over a heat source. The… Read More
Christmas may have come and gone, but this Kickstarter intends to give the gift of learning all year long with this monthly subscription box service for makers. It’s called Thimble, and… Read More
Why did this take so long? Finally, someone has invented a mobile coffee brewer that doubles as a travel mug. Featured on Kickstarter, Baltimore-based MoJoe is a mobile brewing operation… Read More
Perhaps there is no better day than today, with epic rainstorms taking over the Pacific Northwest, than to talk about this new self-drying jacket on Kickstarter. Created by Falyon Wearable… Read More
This solar-powered plane kit looks like it could be fun way to teach kids more about renewable energy. ToyLabs has started a Kickstarter for the Volta Flyer, a science kit… Read More
Ugh. Flossing. It is probably the last step before bed that is the easiest to skip or forget. However, flossing is incredibly important for your overall health. This Kickstarter with a gadget… Read More
In yet another nod to ’90s today, one of the greatest shows for bored and stoned slackers everywhere was a little program that featured a guy named Joel and his… Read More
Not every urbanite has room for a garden, but this Kickstarter wants to give apartment dwellers or homeowners the option of starting their own fresh produce supply — inside. Developed by… Read More
