Let's face it – we're all tired of funding Web apps that are simply platforms to sell you ads. Dragon, a manufacturing services firm with offices in Boston and in Shenzhen, China, hopes to change all that with its new crowdfunding site, specifically focused on hardware.
The projects range from hard-core building blocks for embedded designers, to lovely consumer geekware. And since several are at or near full funding, you can treat this slideshow as a shopping trip rather than an investment opportunity.
Rest Devices' Mimo Connected Onesie
Mimo's connected onesie will either reassure or freak out new parents: sensors inside the machine-washable cotton onesies will monitor respiration, skin temperature, even body posture and activity level.
Each onesie communicates to a "Turtle" via Bluetooth, and then to a "Lilypad" router, and then to the Mimo app. The app provides trend data, an audio feed, and alerts. $100 gets you three onesies, a Turtle, and a Lilypad.
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