NINJA SPHERE: Next Generation Control of Your Environment

A project in Sydney, Australia by Ninja Blocks
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Next generation control of your environment with accurate in-home location data and a gesture control interface.
Backers: 1772
Average Pledge Per Backer: $397

Funded: $702,937 of $115,000
Dates: Nov 12th -> Jan 11th (60 days)
Project By: Ninja Blocks
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Latest News

Ninja Blocks prepares to begin shipping, announces major Ubuntu IoT deal

January 23rd - via: startupsmart.com.au
Ninja Blocks has begun shipping the Ninja Sphere and announced it has signed up as a key partner for Canonical’s Ubuntu Core embedded device operating system, as it opens its first office in the US. (Read More)

10 hot mobile-connected Kickstarter inventions

August 11th - via: phonearena.com
Kickstarter is a thriving ground for innovative products in need of funding. There are many brilliant minds out there, and the competition is huge. That's why so many products crash and burn, while those that are truly interesting - or attractively presented, at the least - usually succeed. (Read More)

Ninja Blocks Starts Pre-Orders For The Ninja Sphere Smart Home Hub

August 1st - via: techcrunch.com
Ninja Blocks, the Australian startup that created Ninja Blocks to create physical triggers for IFTTT style recipes that can detect motion, temperature and humidity, a window and door sensor and more, successfully followed those up with the Ninja Sphere, a connected home smart hub which raised over $700,000 AUD back in January on Kickstarter. Now, the company is set to ship the Ninja Sphere, and is opening up pre-orders for the second production batch. (Read More)

With 60 minutes to go, can we get to $600,000?

January 11th - via: kickstarter.com
This is it, the final hour of the campaign and we are less that $12,000 away from the audio stretch goal. So, if you want bluetooth and streaming audio support built-into the Spheramid, now is the time to be tweeting, emailing, skywriting and... (Read More)

Final Days

January 8th - via: kickstarter.com
We have been amazed and overwhelmed by the reception that the Kickstarter community have had towards the Ninja Sphere. As it stands we are now only 3 days out from the finish line and have reached an amazing $500K ... Thank you! As we enter our... (Read More)

Ninja Sphere UX Backer Invitation

January 3rd - via: kickstarter.com
This post is for backers only. Please visit Kickstarter.com and log in to read. (Read More)

Ninja Blocks @ CES 2014

December 31st - via: kickstarter.com
Ninja Blocks is proud to announce that we’ll be at CES 2014 at the Texas Instruments booth. We’d love to meet up with any backers, potential backers, hecklers, competitors, partners and friends while we’re in town. So please enter your details... (Read More)

Groovy new $600k stretch goal announced!

December 30th - via: kickstarter.com
We’re excited to announce our next stretch goal for $600,000 : Wireless Audio. We think letting your Ninja Sphere entertain you with music, and notify you with voice will make it that much more useful. First of all, to keep with the minimalist... (Read More)

New, more reliable gestures!

December 27th - via: kickstarter.com
We're really excited to announce that we're supporting new gestures in your Ninja Sphere. Instead of a CCD camera using IR and computer vision, we have implemented a technology that is able to measure the distortion of an electric field by your... (Read More)

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December 16th - via: mashable.com
We browsed techie Kickstarter projects and picked our favorites that begin delivery in 2014. (Read More)

Announcing support with Ubi

December 12th - via: kickstarter.com
We're very excited to announce voice control integration with Ubi planned for Ninja Sphere. They've just started shipping, and we knocked up some quick integration with our unit that arrived this week. Together with the Ninja Sphere and Ubi you can:... (Read More)

Ninja Sphere Lets You Control Almost Everything in Your House [VIDEO]

December 8th - via: mashable.com
A gadget called Ninja Sphere lets users keep tabs on everything in their home. (Read More)

New Stretch Goal, and More!

December 4th - via: kickstarter.com
Swap your T-Shirt for a BLE tag We've added a new stretch goal at $350,000: swap your T-Shirt for a BLE tag. We think this is an awesome option and we want to offer it to all our backers. $350k gives us the volume price decrease we need for it to... (Read More)

Electrical Design Progress

November 29th - via: kickstarter.com
Just wanted to let you know we've progressed with our design with cocreators, and we now have a 16x16 LED matrix in the Spheramid (previously we had shown an 8x8).  This is the first goal we had to kick, and we're excited to show it off. We'll have... (Read More)

1,000 Spheramids Ordered! Limited June shipping available.

November 26th - via: kickstarter.com
Hi All, We've passed an amazing 1,000 Spheramids ordered by backers, and we're going to limit the June batch to 2,000 to ensure we're able to ship this first batch on time. The next round of shipping will be in August. Make sure to let your friends... (Read More)

Aussie start-up Ninja Blocks blitzes Kickstarter for second time

November 18th - via: brw.com.au
Ninja Blocks has blitzed crowdfunding platform Kickstarter for a second time, thanks to Kickstarter’s newly-launched Australian platform. (Read More)

NINJA SPHERE: Next Generation Control of Your Environment

November 16th - via: crowddistrict.com
Ninja Sphere: Next Generation Control of Your Environment on Kickstarter out of Australia is another addition to making your home smarter by a crowdfunding project. After projects like Lockitron and Lifx, we love that project managers are innovating the household. Devices like our tablets and smart phones have become so intelligent, they have left behind things like our house and car. (Read More)

We've done it!

November 14th - via: kickstarter.com
And it wouldn't have been possible without all of you! We didn't dream we'd have the amazing response we've had so far, so thank you all. We've still got a long campaign ahead, and we have some pretty exciting stuff planned. I invite you to continue... (Read More)

Kickstarter Launches in Australia, New Zealand with Over 1700 Projects

November 13th - via: crowdfundinsider.com
Kickstarter, the leading rewards based crowdfunding platform, has officially launched their site in both New Zealand and Australia. The expansion was announced this past August and is part of an ongoing strategic move to extend their brand and application across the globe. (Read More)

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