A program unique in the Arab world to teach schoolchildren about water conservation and environmental stewardship is off the ground. An Olympic hopeful, who taught himself how to sprint on a rundown high school track using YouTube videos, snatched up aid to train ahead of the 2020 Tokyo Games. A teacher at a nonprofit yoga […]
Tag: Crowdfund
Sensorwake will crowdfund a nighttime scent diffuser in April
Sensorwake burst onto the scene with a smell-based alarm clock that operated on the belief that scents were better than sounds. Now, the company is attempting to make a further in-road into our bedrooms with its next product, the Oria night-time diffuser. The idea being that folks will sleep easier if all they can smell […]
GoFundMe shuts down bid to crowdfund Charles Manson’s funeral
Published time: 23 Nov, 2017 21:41 Crowdfunding platform GoFundMe has removed a page seeking to raise funds to cover the funeral expenses of the late Charles Manson. Manson, who had been serving nine consecutive life sentences for mass murder, died in hospital earlier this week of natural causes. The page was set up by someone […]
Honeywell will crowdfund a DIY home security system
In the tech world, Honeywell is a long-established (century-old!) brand known for its appliances and devices, which are just now getting hooked up to Google Home. But its next venture is usually a move made by less-resourced companies and startups. Soon, Honeywell will launch an Indiegogo campaign and ask folks to crowdfund its new product, […]
LeEco is trying to crowdfund an electric scooter
Troubled would-be Chinese tech empire LeEco is looking to launch another product, but it needs you to crowdfund it first. A Kickstarter for their electric powered standup scooter will go live on August 28th, if you’re willing to take the risk. The foldable, lean-to-steer “Scooterboard,” as it’s known, will have a maximum speed of 15 […]
The Man Behind A Crowdfund For A Homeless Man Who Helped Manchester Bomb Victims Says He Can’t Find Him
MEN / Oli Scarff / AFP / Getty Chris Parker, who helped victims of the Manchester bombing, and tributes left in St Anne’s Square A man who set up a crowdfunding page that raised £50,000 in a week to help a homeless man who came to people’s aid shortly after the Manchester terror attack has […]
Internet Gremlin Chuck Johnson's Website Becomes Inaccessible During Neo-Nazi Crowdfund Campaign
Image: Screenshot from Wesearchr After becoming the first person banned for life from Twitter, Chuck Johnson has largely receded from public view. Rumors (either planted or encouraged by Johnson himself) occasionally crop up that he’s taken on the role of a shadowy string-puller connected to the Trump administration, but his only visible venture besides the […]
People Are Trolling This Fashion Designer Who Allegedly Tried To Crowdfund His Hospital Bill
This is Dan Single – the 36-year-old co-founder of Australian fashion label Ksubi. Instagram: @houseof Ksubi started in 1999, and in 2006 had pieces shown in fashion designer Jeremy Scott’s New York Fashion Week Parade. In 2009, Single and fellow Ksubi co-founder George Gorrow were estimated to be worth a combined $ 21 million. The […]