Orcasound - Listen for whales
A project in Seattle, WA by Scott Veirs000days
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A new app for hearing ocean sounds, both live and recorded. Listen for whales, report dangerous noises, & help decode their language.
Backers: 224
Average Pledge Per Backer: $98
Funded: $21,886 of $15,000
Dates: Apr 22nd -> May 26th (34 days)
Project By: Scott Veirs
Backers: 224
Average Pledge Per Backer: $98
Funded: $21,886 of $15,000
Dates: Apr 22nd -> May 26th (34 days)
Project By: Scott Veirs
$21,886
current pledge level
Last Updated: May 26 @ 03:01 -0400 GMT
145%
of goal
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Latest News
13 hours left to hit $25k stretch goal: 200+ backers just passed $21k! 
May 25th - via: kickstarter.com
In the final afternoon and evening, we would like to thank you all for pledging well beyond our initial goal. Your momentum is inspiring and it looks like there's a chance the campaign may reach our $25k stretch goal! Our final request to you... (Read More)
Final 36 hours: be proud ocean stewards, for you power progress when the U.S/NOAA cannot
May 24th - via: kickstarter.com
On the penultimate day of our campaign, I'd like to take a moment to again thank you all for your support. I'm so proud of you -- nearly 200 backers -- for funding science and marine conservation in an era when U.S. funding for such efforts has... (Read More)
Final week! Share our stretch goals & new rewards (T shirt!)
May 21st - via: kickstarter.com
As we enter the home stretch of this campaign, we want to thank you all again for helping us reach our initial goal last Thursday. In June we’ll build a new Orcasound app that will make it easy for you to listen for whales! We also want to ask for... (Read More)
100%! Thank you!! (And imagine what we could accomplish, together...)
May 18th - via: kickstarter.com
Thank you, dear backers! Your steady and growing support leaves us truly humbled. We've made our goal and will be building the new Orcasound app for you all to enjoy. But maybe more importantly, you've ensured that ocean sounds -- both live and... (Read More)
Just passed 75%! Let's grow our listening community.
May 11th - via: kickstarter.com
Here's a huge thanks to our new backers, as well as many of you old hands who recently raised your pledge amount! We've past the 3/4 mark and have 2 weeks to meet our goal. Today, I want to ask you to reach out to organizations involved in marine... (Read More)
Nearly 2 thirds there! Who will be the 100th backer?
May 8th - via: kickstarter.com
Thank you all so much for getting us *very* close to 66% of the way to our goal. Please spread the word to anyone in your networks who might like to join you as a backer. Perhaps your friend or colleague will be #100?! We're working on some new... (Read More)
More UI ideas: What do you want to see while you listen?
May 7th - via: kickstarter.com
Ty and Liam have both been generating lots of ideas for the user interface (UI) and logos. We hope to finalize the log in the next few days, but we're ready now to show you some of our favorite UI concepts. Let us know in the comments which ones... (Read More)
1/2 funded & user interface drafted!
May 3rd - via: kickstarter.com
We are so grateful that you all got us to 50% in our first week! To thank you and emphasize that we really want our early backers to influence the course of this project, today we're unveiling the first draft of the Orcasound App user interface:... (Read More)
New logo! Would you like it as an app icon?
April 27th - via: kickstarter.com
Thanks to Ty's original sketch, my 14-year-old son Liam's digital design work, and Ty's masterful integration with our best photos of orcas, our Kickstarter has a new look! Last night Ty updated the main image associated with our campaign (which is... (Read More)
1/3 funded + new profile w/team bios
April 25th - via: kickstarter.com
Hello you proud initial backers! Thanks so much for helping us get 1/3 of our way to our goal in just a few days! We appreciated your enthusiasm for science and the environment while we rallied and marched over the Earth Day weekend. Ty and I have... (Read More)
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