Rather unfortunately my unit arrived the day before I was due to go on holiday and since I’ve been back I’ve been preparing for a big 25th wedding anniversary party. Alas and alack, I did not have time to get Pancakebot up and running before the party but even as a giant sideboard ornament it garnered a lot of attention from guests.
There’s been quite a few of these on Kickstarter but The Easy Movie Camera Slider is the most attractively priced one I’ve seen to date. Like similar units it is mainly constructed from aluminum but this differs from other recent campaigns in that this slider is entirely manual.
There’s no doubt that the UK decision to leave the EU will have far-reaching consequences but is the Brexit likely to affect crowdfunding in any way at all? In short, yes, and for three main reasons.
This is one of the most awesome projects I’ve found on Kickstarter yet. Anyone growing up in Britain in the 70’s and 80’s will be familiar with Action Man, the can-do hero who was on every boy’s Christmas list. With his gripping hands and infamous “Eagle Eyes” he was the hero of all garden adventures rescuing Sindy from certain peril almost every day of the week. I realise this sounds sexist but I’m just telling it how it was.
This is a review of the first crowd funding campaign I was involved in. The product was the NudeAudio Super M bluetooth speaker and it was a hugely successful Kickstarter campaign. This is a review of the campaign and the final product that was delivered.