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A surprising telephone call from Vybe

Not 12 hours after I published an article discussing the Vybe campaign on Crowdtilt, I was surprised to receive a phone call from one of the project creators.

CREATOR RESPONSE

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Vybe abuses crowd funding to become middle men and charge backers twice what they’d pay elsewhere

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CREATOR RESPONSE

Link to Crowdtilt campaign

Oh boy! Another wrist-mounted gadget!  What’s this one do?

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Angel project update demonstrates heart rate monitoring

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The Angel health monitor team released a video demonstrating a prototype this week, but we’re not exactly impressed.

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TellSpec food analyzer

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Link to Indiegogo campaign.

So what’s in that Twinkie? Sure, there’s the familiar fat and sugar, but what about the thiamine mononitrate? riboflavin? anything else?  Most people choose to rely on the food labels mandated by the FDA to find out what’s in their food, but the folks at TellSpec claim that they have a better solution.

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Split – Tunes in your buds

SplitSplit is a completely standalone music player in just a couple of earbuds.  All of their claims are feasible on paper, but an aggressive schedule and no evidence that their form-factor prototype works as advertised raises doubts.

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Everything is For Everyone

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