STRAWBEES - dream BIG, build BIGGER!

A project in Gothenburg, Sweden by CREATABLES
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Strawbees, a fantastic prototyping toy for makers of all ages. Build huge mechanical objects from standard straws and cardboard!
Backers: 1743
Average Pledge Per Backer: $53

Funded: $91,660 of $20,000
Dates: Jan 21st -> Feb 20th (30 days)
Project By: CREATABLES
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Latest News

You Can Finally Build a Robot Army Using Cheap Plastic Drinking Straws

January 20th - via: toyland.gizmodo.com
Early last year a Kickstarter project for a product called Strawbees that turned ordinary drinking straws into a giant building toy rocketed past its modest funding goal. And in the same way that Mindstorms brings ordinary Lego to life, the Quirkbot wants to bring those Strawbees to life, letting kids build robots and other animated toys using a few additional electronic components--and of course those plastic drinking straws. (Read More)

24 hours to go and a quadcopter demo!

February 19th - via: kickstarter.com
We only have 24 hours left of the Kickstarter campaign so we just thought we'd mention the 100K stretch goal. If we reach that goal the extra 20K from the previous stretch goal goes straight back into your kits as we push the limits of the packaging... (Read More)

Quadruple success!

February 17th - via: kickstarter.com
Thank you all so much!  We are overwhelmed and very happy for the massive support our project has received and are working full steam with production preparations. We have also made some simple tutorial tests on different platforms to evaluate... (Read More)

Trial production one completed successfully!

February 6th - via: kickstarter.com
Our first trial production run with a small prototype tool worked very well. This is promising and keeps us on schedule even though this week has been otherwise chaotic. Erik's apartment was visited by burglars, and besides money and things they... (Read More)

Good news everyone!

February 3rd - via: kickstarter.com
We have finally added our stretch goals, and as it happens we have already passed one of them and we are getting very close to the next! All kits from $25 and above will get a kickstarter exclusive sticker sheet with logos and tag lines so you can... (Read More)

Crazy day, and some new pledge levels!

January 28th - via: kickstarter.com
Thank you so much everyone!  This has been such a crazy and fantastic day. We started out filming new instructions and built some really amazing things at the office and some of this content will come up this week, can't wait to get your reactions.... (Read More)

Strawbees on Mashable!

January 25th - via: kickstarter.com
Sorry for spamming you, but the wonderful people at Mashable have written a very nice piece on Strawbees. Check out the article here: http://mashable.com/2014/01/25/strawbees-kickstarter/ This is so amazing and unbelievable. We would be so happy if... (Read More)

Goal reached, WOHOO!

January 25th - via: kickstarter.com
We are super happy that we have reached our goal, wow! We had no idea how our little invention would be received and are really amazed at how fast this went. We have started to plan some really interesting stretch goals so stay updated! Once again, a... (Read More)

Build an Engineering Masterpiece With Leftover Soda Straws

January 25th - via: mashable.com
A new Kickstarter project shows children how to make complex geometrical structures out of straws. (Read More)

Yeehaa!! Thanks everyone!

January 21st - via: kickstarter.com
Superstoked that our little toy has come half way already, so we celebrated with a pre-launch Semla http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semla ! Enjoying the sweet taste of semi success!  (Read More)

Wohoo!

January 21st - via: kickstarter.com
We are super happy about Dale Dougherty mentioning us after this weekends fantastic Maker Faire in Oslo! I love Make Magazine so it's an honor for us to get the maker of the year award from him. I was chocked and my spontaneous reaction was that it... (Read More)

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