February 3rd, 2013

Backed Or Whacked: Life, Liberty And The Pursuit Of Laziness

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Editor’s note: Ross Rubin is principal analyst at Reticle Research and blogs at Techspressive. Each column will look at crowdfunded products that have either met or missed their funding goals.

Beyond making their way in the dark, modern humans have many basic needs — maintaining well-being, feeling secure, and enforcing as much control over their domain as possible while exerting as… → Read More

January 15th, 2013

Amiigo Fitness Tracker Bracelet Gets VC Investment, Kicks Off Indiegogo Campaign

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Amiigo, a fitness tracker bracelet, shoe clip plus app that can tell what type of exercise you’re doing thanks to its combination of hardware sensors and gesture-based software algorithms, has kicked off its crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo. Amiigo had originally planned to start the campaign back in October but delayed the launch to raise a VC funding round and develop the tech further. → Read More