Human Folly about “crowdfunding”

Omega2 5 IoT computer with Wi Fi powered by Linux (kickstarter.com):
The Omega2 SBC #hardware got #crowdfunding for US$300k, 20× its US$15k goal. Supposedly US$5 in November. Wi-Fi, what looks like a custom BusyBox-based Linux distro. Configured with #nodejs, it seems. 580MHz (ARM?) CPU, 64MB RAM, 16MB flash, USB2, 15 GPIO.
on 02016-08-12
Impoverished Gaza turns crowd funding meet (aljazeera.com):
students in #Gaza raising funds to study abroad or buy glasses via #crowdfunding
on 02016-02-09
(campaign.joeyh.name):
JoeyH is #crowdfunding his #git-annex work on #Kickstarter.
on 02015-08-05