Spark Electron: Cellular dev kit with a simple data plan

A project in San Francisco, CA by Spark IO
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The Electron is an Arduino-like cellular development kit with a SIM card and affordable data plan from the creators of the Spark Core.
Backers: 5564
Average Pledge Per Backer: $104

Funded: $578,478 of $30,000
Dates: Feb 25th -> Apr 1st (36 days)
Project By: Spark IO
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Latest News

24 Hours to Go + Using SMS with the Electron and Twilio

March 31st - via: kickstarter.com
Hi Everybody! Whoa, has it really been 34 days since launch? It has flown by thanks to all of you wonderful people! We're pretty excited so get ready for an exclamation mark heavy update.... 24 Hours Left, One Last Stretch Goal?There may be only 24... (Read More)

Going Global: Network Details and Global Expansion

March 24th - via: kickstarter.com
Hello Backers! We’ve got just short of a week left in the campaign and here’s where we stand so far thanks to all of you wonderful folks: 4,476 backers  $450,706 raised  Two free months of data for everybody Today we’ve got some big news that... (Read More)

The Complete Solar Kit - a Brand New Powerful Reward

March 19th - via: kickstarter.com
Hi Everybody! It’s hard to believe, but we’re about to wrap up an entire month of Kickstarting and head into the home stretch of the Electron campaign. We can’t thank you enough for your support so far! It’s been amazing campaign already, but... (Read More)

A Spark Electron + Pebble Time Project... Win Prizes With Your Own Ideas!

March 19th - via: kickstarter.com
Hello Everyone! It’s hard to believe, but in three short weeks over 4,000 of you have pledged your support to help us make the Electron a reality. Our goal with this campaign was to make cellular-connected hardware development simple, accessible,... (Read More)

Stretch Goal #1 Achieved! Plus, Webhooks: A New Feature for Web Interaction

March 4th - via: kickstarter.com
Happy Monday everyone!  Thanks to all of you glorious backers, Stretch Goal #1 has been hit!  This means that every Electron backed through our Kickstarter campaign will come with 1 free month of our 1MB data plan (20,000 messages)! We want to... (Read More)

Announcing Stretch Goals: Free Months of Data

February 26th - via: kickstarter.com
Hello again, you fabulous backers!  For those of you who are new to Kickstarter, it’s common for projects to have stretch goals: rewards to backers for exceeding the original goal of the campaign. In this case, what could we offer that would be... (Read More)

Well gee whiz.

February 26th - via: kickstarter.com
To all our backers and supporters,You are amazing-wonderful people. We recently passed the 24-hour mark with over $142K raised, and all of us on the Spark Team are just starting to recover enough to climb back into our IKEA Torkel swivel chairs. We... (Read More)

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