KEECKER<\/a> earlier this month, he told me of his hopes\u00a0to usher in the post-TV era that the Internet has already facilitated in the past 10 years.\u00a0The hyper-media state in which we live means that additional\u00a0screens are poised to arrive in the home, but KEECKER imagines a different future, in which your screen can move from room to room, beckoned via a smartphone application and guided via a 360\u00b0 audio & visual awareness, and flexible via its 90\u00b0 adjustable FullHD Projector (which projects with clarity indoors & outdoors with sizes up to 40 meters).<\/p>\n%CODEKICKEECK%<\/p>\n
KEECKER’s\u00a0applications extend beyond televisions\u00a0into other areas:\u00a0home security, videoconferencing, parental supervision,\u00a0smart lighting & more.<\/p>\n
What I find most interesting about the Kickstarter campaign itself – beyond the product, which, I must admit, is quite tempting, even at a $4000 retail price tag – is that KEECKER may very well be the most expensive product crowdfunded to date. In total,\u00a0it will take a little over 100 backers and less than 50 actual product pre-orders to complete the campaign.\u00a0KickStarter isn’t just for watches and bracelets and other connected devices, which have ranged between $99 – $399 for the most part in the past – KEECKER shows that a small group of people with a vision ( and a decent understanding of hardware & software) can propel themselves onto the main stage in a matter of days.<\/p>\n
Many thought that crowdfunding would disrupt the VC space; however, we’ve seen how crowdfunded campaigns get funded. The reality is that crowdfunding will disrupt distribution. KickStarter is the new BestBuy, and KEECKER is the latest high-end device to prove its value.<\/p>\n
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