We love a good crowd funded project here at OxGadgets, and lately, the makers of ‘hello’ wrote to us, telling us about their project. What is hello? It is something that hopes to rival Skype, but in the process, offer you a lot more. Everything from having your own custom numbers to integration … Read more
Kickstarter is our favourite place to go when we want to find exciting things, and once again we bring to you a new and unique product, that combines sports and technology. What is it? A basketball that coaches you as play. The concept is simple. The game of basketball is all about getting it … Read more
In fact, so well is it doing, that when I checked about 4 hours ago, when this had just started, it had about 3 backers, while now, it has over 170, and has raised more than 33% of its required goal. What is it? It is yet another smartwatch, but what makes it different … Read more
Ubuntu Edge Project aims to provide convergence to personal computing : smartphone and desktop PC in one state-of-the-art device. The Ubuntu Edge will dual-boot both the Ubuntu phone OS and Android, and convert into a fully integrated Ubuntu desktop PC. It aims to provide a key-less experience on a smartphone where every functionality is accessible by … Read more
At OxGadgets, we’re always on the lookout for local companies that come up with great and innovative products. Here we feature the Magic Thermodynamic Box company, with there renewable energy products, the Big Magic Box. In short, this is a system that provides heating for your houses as well as hot water, by using as … Read more
Everywhere around you, a craze for smartphones is prevailing. Smartphones are replacing clocks, watches, calendars, scrap books and many other objects of daily use at a very rapid pace. App developers are trying to bridge this transition from old fashioned objects to the 5 inch screen that you carry around in your pocket all … Read more
By Ross As a life long dog owner there is no worse sight than an obese dog, but with people working longer hours and our foods becoming increasingly full of fats and sugars it is becoming all too common. This latest Kickstarter aims to help with this problem. The FitBark is a small water resistant … Read more
By Jonathan Following our theme of backing some of the more “homegrown” Kickstarter campaigns (see here), we now would like to bring your attention to another UK-based and gadget-related campaign: The iBeacon. The iBeacon aims to solve one of life’s most frustrating occurrences: missed calls. We’ve all been there: you hear something that sounds vaguely … Read more
By Jonathan We at OxGadgets like to feature Kickstarter campaigns from time to time that we feel are of particular interest to our readers or which are based locally to us here in the UK. We were therefore particularly pleased when we saw a new campaign appear that not only combines our love of gadgets … Read more
By Sami Mughal One of our latest featured Kickstarter is Clip and Clamp, an innovative new product that holds your mobile phones, cameras and even tablets with the most basic of devices, a clip, and gives you a flexible arm to hold your device in any way possible. http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/101070593/clip-n-clamp-multipurpose-holder-perfect-for-smart Interesting is the fact that the … Read more