Showing posts with label Kickstarter. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Kickstarter. Show all posts

Monday, January 23, 2017

GoTube is the most compact electric scooter in the world

The company presented the eponymous GoTube compact electric scooter, which claims to be the most “portable” in the world, reported NSmartphone. It actually is quite small and looks like a combination of scooter and skateboard half.
GoTube compact electric scooter - portable device in the world
GoTube compact electric scooter weighs about 5.8 kg. and will develop a 16 km / h. Its aim is to help more easily and quickly navigate the city. So there are thick wheels with small shock absorbers for more comfort. The handlebars can be folded and brought himself Corps GoTube, with which he became quite compact.
The scooter has a 36V battery which can be charged for 2 hours. When fully charged, can provide run for about 11 kilometers. This makes it suitable for short distances in the urban course in appropriate infrastructure or bike lanes. If the distance traveled by the consumer, is shorter may use GoTube and charge your smartphone via USB port.
The company already has collected more than $ 120,000 funding from Kickstarter. It plans to sell GoTube for $ 299 and will offer a version GoTube Pro, which is slightly more expensive but will lift higher speed.
Source: Mashable


Title: GoTube is the most compact electric scooter in the world
Updated: 2017-01-21
Author: Dan Green

Saturday, December 10, 2016

MOSKITO – Analog clock with a cycle computer and chronographs

The group of Swiss designers today posted on the popular Kickstarter site his first and very original project called MOSKITO. In one small product developers have tried to combine effectively wrist quartz watch with a classic analog clock with a cycle computer, as well as a set of functions that are inherent to modern smart watch.
In addition to the basic functions to display the time and date, at the touch of a button, the clock can be translated in bike computer mode. C, the hour hand continues to display the current time, and the little hand is responsible for the date in the normal mode, shows the average rate of activation of this mode, the second-hand starts to display the speed in real time, minute hand, meanwhile, indicates the distance traveled in miles or kilometers. Another MOSKITO mode, which can also be activated by pressing a button – a chronograph. In this mode, the clock exactly shows the general time of arrival.
MOSKITO - Analog clock with a cycle computer and chronographs
In addition to the above-mentioned modes, analog clock with a cycle computer MOSKITO also endowed with some smart functions. By combining the clock with your smartphone (Android, iOS) via the built-in Bluetooth module, the clock can be displayed on an analog dial information about missed calls, messages (SMS, email, facebook, WhatsApp), and transferred to your phone, all data bicycle computer using special software. Work hours from the built-in lithium-ion battery, a full charge that will last for 6-24 months of continuous operation.
MOSKITO available in two design variants of the Classic MOSKITO ( the polished case with a white dial) and MOSKITO the Fly (the black polished case with black dial), which differ only color scheme. To create your own unique design, developers are asked to choose between aluminum and steel case with a diameter of 44 mm (water resistant up to 2 meters), mineral or sapphire glass, as well as between the four options straps.
MOSKITO - Analog clock with a cycle computer and chronographs
To start production in MOSKITO developers need to collect 150,000 Swiss francs has already collected more than five thousand. The minimum cost of the pre-order version of the design on MOSKITO Fly (black aluminum case, mineral glass, nylon strap) around 535 francs of delivery, except for hours included USB-charging cable and a universal Cycle carriers MOSKITO Mount.