The website Kickstarter is a website where people can share their product ideas and others can pledge money to fund their manufacturing. After the product is fully funded, people can get things in return, depending on how much they spent. This site is a great example of crowdsourcing, and benefits the buyers and the sellers. There are many good ideas here, but I have found a few that stand out. If I had $500 to spend on Kickstarter, I would spend it on these items.
The first one is HAND stylus. This product is a stylus that you can use on your iPad, iPhone, or any touch screen device. This would be great for me since sometimes my touch screen devices can be difficult to handle. Many people I know struggle with typing and drawing on their phones and iPads, so this product would be good for them because of the control and precision. I also like how they have many varieties of colors and is small and easy to use. Overall, I think this is a good idea and I would pledge $180 for it.
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/hand/hand-stylus?ref=live
The second product I would fund is quik-keyz. Quik-keyz are iPhone covers that have small bumps where the keyboard is. This product is helpful to type, since touch screens are hard to type on. A lot of people I know say they don't like typing on touch screens because it is hard to tell where certain letters are, so this would really help with using the keyboard. If I were to fund this idea, I would pay $80, to get three; one for me and the other two would go to my friends who have the problem with typing.
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1934392683/qwik-keyztm-keyboard-touchguide-for-the-iphone?ref=card
The next product is Remee. Remee is a mask that allows you to lucid dream. A lucid dream is a dream that you can basically control. The mask can detect when you are in the REM stage of sleep(when you are dreaming) and sends off light to make yourself aware you are sleeping. This causes lucid dreaming. I think this is an amazing idea that would be really fun to try out! I would pay them $220 because it comes with one normal dream mask and one customized mask. The custom mask has settings you can change, like how long it takes before it starts giving off light.
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/bitbangerlabs/remee-the-rem-enhancing-lucid-dreaming-mask?ref=live
The final thing I would fund is Scanbox. This is a simple invention, but seems to work effectively. The Scanbox allows an iPhone to be a scanner, by taking a photo of whatever is needed. The only difference is that it makes to perfect dimensions every time, so it looks just like it was scanned. It is portable, easy, and I think it would be very useful. I would pay $15 for this.
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/limemouse/scanbox-turn-your-smartphone-into-a-portable-scann?ref=popular
