Tuesday, April 17, 2012

Pebble smartwatch raises a record $3.6 million through Kickstarter [video]

Pebble smartwatch raises a record $3.6 million through Kickstarter [video]

. Kickstarter is filled with some brilliant, some not-so-brilliant and some very strange ideas, and if user interest is any indication, the Pebble ePaper smartwatch can likely be filed under brilliant. Allerta, the company behind the product, opened a Kickstarter page less than a week ago and has already become the most funded project of all time on the site, which allows users to make small and large donations toward projects they want to back. The company's initial goal was to raise $100,000, however in the past six days the project has accumulated a whopping $3.6 million in funding.

Boy Genius Report, Pebble smartwatch raises a record $3.6 million through Kickstarter [video]