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On the other hand, people with not-great ideas don't get funded, so they find out early on that they might need to tweak things to get the public to spend their hard-earned dollars. It's probably not a pleasant thing when a project doesn't get funded, but it's better to find out than to end up with a garage full of product you can't sell.
Here are a few things that I thought were interesting. Not necessarily that I love all of them, or that I'm funding them - just that I was amused enough to mention them.
The Hey Joe Coffee Mug brews coffee right in the mug, so if you've got access to water and you've got coffee (they also sell pods that fit the mug, or you can use grounds, which would be a tad more messy) you can brew hot coffee anywhere. I can see how this would be useful in an office, where you could brew a cup of your own favorite coffee any time, or for folks on-the-go.
I've been using an Anova Sous Vide
One feature that I'm particularly interested in is the programmed settings, where you you can choose a meat, a doneness, and a weight or thickness, and the app will calculate the proper temperature and cooking time. I think you can also create your own settings within the app, so if you create your own fantastic recipe, you can save it and make it again.
The Anova Sous Vide has exceeded its funding goals, but you can still fund and get stuff.
The blogger behind The Girl in the Little Red Kitchen has launched a kickstarter campaign to fund an online bake shop. I'm intrigued by this idea - could it launch a commercial enterprise? A brick-and-mortar bakery? Even if you don't want to fund it, go gawk at the cookies. They look pretty good!
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What do you think of these? Have YOU found anything interesting on Kickstarter?