KickTraq

Dear Backers, We've finished shipping out the last handful of kits! It's been an incredible journey and a wonderful learning experience. Thank you so much for all of your support along the way. We really appreciate your patience and the incredible... (Read More)

Since its inception on April 28, 2009, Kickstarter–the powerhouse funding platform for creative projects of all stripes–has, by its own account, seen over $350 million pledged by more than 2.5 million people, funding a total of more than 30,000 creative projects. In 2012 by my tally, 378 Boston-area Kickstarter projects have reached their target funding goals. Quite likely more still have joined the ranks since my count. That’s the beauty of Kickstarter–boundless opportunity, openly decided upon by your peers. (Read More)

Shipping progress We've shipped all controller boards, all early backers and 156 additional Hexys so far. Huzzah!  Production Schedule We're producing around 150 kits a week right now with our cutters going full bore. At the rate we're going, we... (Read More)

Hey everyone! We've got great news. The electronics have finally arrived from China! We're assembling the custom units, and shipping these and the early backer units in full on Monday. Huzzah! The other units will follow as we're able to cut them.... (Read More)

The first boards have shipped from China as of yesterday, and should be arriving next week! Short and customs issues or board defects, with those, we can start the mass shipments to kickstarter folks. Looking forward to getting out all those kits!... (Read More)

Fire! Last week we our laser cutter caught on fire in the middle of cutting a Hexy kit. It was pretty bad: Er... what happened?The best we can guess is that someone at the hackerspace Artisans Asylum where we were operating the laser cutter shut off... (Read More)

Hey everyone! A lot's been happening, and we figured we'd give you an update as to what's going on with manufacturing, and when you guys can expect your rewards. So, we got the servos: And the feet: And lots of bagged screws: Lots of ultrasonics,... (Read More)

Sorry for the long wait on colors, It took much longer than expected to get all the colors of plastics. We were mislead by the local plastics supplier on lead times, and orders that previously took two days have taken 4 weeks. We have since found a... (Read More)

Hello everyone! We've been incredibly busy getting ready to produce the hundreds of Hexys ordered. Here's some of the stuff that's been keeping us busy:  Reward Surveys and Color Choices We've collected the information for people who are ordering... (Read More)

Wow, its been a fantastic past two weeks. The kickstarter exploded, funded in one day. We're meeting tons of people interested in helping the educational mission, and opportunities are popping up as fast as we can reply to them. Press is also... (Read More)