James Portnow, Seattle-based game designer and co-creator of Extra Credits, a web series on pro-social game design.
Raised over $125,000 from over 4,000 people.
James and Extra Credits were featured at SXSW, Gamasutra, and the homepage of Reddit.
Meghan Sebold, Brooklyn-based social entrepreneur and designer.
Raised $5,000 for a sustainable clothing line that uses the textiles and talent of Ghana, West Africa.
Her fashion line, AFIA was featured in EcoSalon, TreeHugger, Refinery29, and is now available in boutiques across NYC.
Aram Bajakian, NYC-based avant-garde guitar player.
Raised $4,000 from fans and strangers to fund his album.
Lou Reed heard Aram and chose him as his new guitarist while Aram's album is now released by John Zorn's Tzadik record label.
Darko Lungulov, Serbia-based award winning international filmmaker.
Raised $9,000 from movie buffs for feature film project Here and There.
Film won "Best New York Narrative" at Tribeca Film Festival, featured in Variety, L.A. Times, New York Times, and was a top-10 indie box office theatrical release.
When Last We Flew, NYC-based Off-Broadway theatrical production team.
Raised $7,000 from theatre fans for the premiere Off-Broadway run.
Show sold-out at NYC Fringe Festival, won a GLAAD Media Award, and was featured in New York Times, Bloomberg, and American Theatre Magazine.
Regan Wann, Kentucky-based small business owner.
Raised $5,000 to expand her tea shop business.
RocketHub campaign featured in the Wall Street Journal exposing her business to millions.
Laura Boyd, NYC-based portrait and landscape photographer.
Raised $6,000 architectural photography project on location in Paris.
Photos featured in Artsicle Photography Show in the heart of Chelsea, NYC via LaunchPad.
Joshua Reuben Lewis, NYC-based singer-songwriter.
Raised $7,500 to record his first album.
Showcased at The Gibson Showroom and made A&R connections at Sony, Warner Music Group, and EMI via LaunchPad.
Paul Davis, Berlin-based fashion designer.
Raised $8,000 from fans and strangers for a new fashion line.
Clothing line featured at Berlin Fashion Week.
Caira Conner, Tennessee based NYU Master of Science.
Raised $2,000 to study Brazilian land and infrastructure development.
Featured in Americas Quarterly, completed innovative research, and submitted successful academic thesis.
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Started by Paul Baker December 30th, 2011
This is an example of a typical TrainerMic race between me and some other TrainerMic users. As usual the races tend to start nice and slow and then reach levels of pain and suffering I dare not mention here near the end.
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With TrainerMic you can connect any bike trainer to any Windows PC or Laptop. TrainerMic will track speed, cadence, distance, power, and calories. You can create and follow challenging interval workouts, race against virtual riders, or connect your bike trainer with other bike trainers over the Internet for group workouts and races.
Ever tried working out on a bike trainer or stationary bike? How was it? Probably boring as heck! What about a computrainer? Looks cool, but costs a fortune! What if you could connect that bike to the internet and jump into a world of virtual racing and group rides for the low cost of $40.00? With TrainerMic you can do just that!
TrainerMic is an ingenious program that uses the microphone port of your PC or laptop plus a very simple and low cost sensor to connect your bike to your computer. The full list of features TrainerMic has is too numerous to mention here. I've already crammed every fitness analysis tool and workout tracking feature I can think of into this program.
However I'm looking for funds to take things to the next level and add a full 3D virtual cycling environment. My current TrainerMic user base is begging for this. With enough funds I can purchase a high end 3D gaming engine to integrate with the program and get started on building up a library of virtual environments to ride through whether it be a tropical beach side road, shaded forest trail, or the targath infested badlands of Omicron Persei 8. Any funds earned beyond my goal will be used for more virtual environments.