11 great crowdfunding campaigns to check out in November

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Crowdfunding is an excellent way for innovative products to see the light of day without the restrictions placed on in-house development at large companies.

It’s also a great place to check out video games from small studios, movies, and campaigns for social good.

With all those campaigns competing for your attention, finding ones based on your interests can be tricky. Let KnowTechie do all the hard work for you with our top picks for November 2023.

Check out these 11 awesome crowdfunding campaigns this month

So… with how many crowdfunding campaigns are out there, how do you choose what to back?

Well, I use a combination of checking out their campaign page, looking to see if any of the comments on their show dissatisfied backers, and companies I’ve already had successful pledge fulfillment.

I also stick to gadget areas I know a bit about, like photography, cooking, maker tools, and writing implements. That way, I can judge whether the campaign’s aspirations are within reach.

I’m also picking campaigns with some time left to run, as it’s no fun finding out about excellent gadgets after they’ve finished.

So, with all of that out of the way, here are some of the crowdfunding campaigns I’ve found worthy of attention in November:

Obsbot Tail Air

The latest 4K webcam from Obsbot is the Tail Air PTZ, and it comes with a bunch of features that creators and remote workers will love.

We’ve used multiple Obsbot devices over the years, from the Tiny 4K, Tiny, and Me, and enjoyed the image quality overall and the AI tracking functionality. This camera has all of that and more.

For a start, it has a larger sensor with larger pixels, which captures more light overall. Focusing is now accomplished by an infrared laser, so even low-light focusing is quick and accurate.

It’s got excellent AI tracking that can be tweaked for composition, gesture control, NDI for setting up a camera system over a network, and an internal battery for 2.5 hours of streaming without wires.

Fululy robotic cushion

Meditation, mindfulness, and other relaxation techniques rely on deep breathing, which regulates our nervous system. A different type of deep breathing happens when in close proximity to another person, but what if nobody is around?

Enter fulfuly, a robotic cushion with a quirky cloud shape that mimics deep breathing. Hug it, breathe with it, and let go of the tension you were feeling, it’s that simple.

Use it as a stress aid, after, during, and even before work so you’re always in the best frame of mind to be productive.

Donner Medo Portable Musical Instrument

What’s the worst part about music creation? It could be that when inspiration strikes, you’re often nowhere near an instrument to explore your idea.

With the Medo, your instrument is always at hand, with a portable, pocket-sized synthesizer that can record sounds, create loops, and help you make intricate arrangements.

Tap into your creativity wherever it strikes, and record your inspiration with gesture-based controls and RGB for immersive visual representations of your musical creations.

Eazeye

Eye strain and office jobs go hand-in-hand, but they don’t have to be that intertwined. Eazyeye swaps the harsh artificial LED backlight for natural light, making it less strain to look at.

Think of how much easier an eink tablet, like a Kindle, is to read books on. Now imagine that for the computer monitor that you do your daily work on. That’s the promise Eazeye claims to do and we’re excited.

Of course, the sun isn’t always out especially at this time of year. Eazeye has an LED backlight too, but with lower blue light intensity than traditional backlights.

Three 3D Scanner

With the rise of 3D printing and ever more realistic 3D graphics for games and render use comes a whole ecosystem of support devices.

3D scanners are part of the new peripherals, but most have glaring drawbacks, like needing a powerful (and expensive) computer to facilitate the scanning. Three changes this by integrating a CPU and GPU into the scanner.

That way, it can process the data from the DLP projector and Sony optical sensors in real-time and on-device so that you can get the scans on relatively low-powered devices like Chromebooks or smartphones.

It can scan things from the macro to the micro ranges, so whatever your project, you can get the 3D scanned objects you need.

Monogram Keyboard

Monogram started on Kickstarter, as Palette, a system of magnetically-connected control surfaces for creatives to use in editing programs. It’s perhaps fitting that they’re back crowdfunding for their latest device, the Monogram Keyboard.

This TKL format mechanical keyboard comes in a CNC-machined aluminum alloy case, and has a host of useful features for the creatives among us.

There’s a row of mini OLED displays above a row of function keys, that change automatically as you switch between programs so you always know where your shortcuts are. And a handy control dial for fine-control.

And because it wouldn’t be a Monogram without magnets, there’s a magnetic pogo pin connector that attaches a standalone keypad to either side of the keyboard.

iMicro Q3 Smartphone Microscope

Ever wondered what things lurk below micron level? You can’t see them with the naked eye, or even with a camera, but this miniature microscope attachment will let you see tiny objects.

Things like individual pollen grains, individual sub-pixels on OLED screens, and more, with up to 1,200x magnification and no distortion.

This innovative microscope attaches to your phone with nano-suction, just like how a gecko stays on the wall.

You can use it with any camera app with flashlight control, or the iSeeing app which lets you calibrate for pinpoint measurements.

Anker Solix F3800

Anker is better known for smaller battery packs, but the Solix F3800 dials things up wayyyy past 11. It’s got 3.84kWh of power for roughly a day of household use, but you can expand this to up to two weeks of charge.

Two weeks! Better yet, you can wire it into your home breaker box with the Home Power Panel, and feed every socket in your home during a blackout.

It’ll even charge from solar, the grid, or other electrical sources, so you can have a whole-house backup solution for never worrying about outages ever again.

T-Shirt TV

Wear your art, memes, or TikToks with this interactive T-shirt with a flexible 10-inch TV embedded into the front. It’s got up to four hours of battery life before it needs charging, and can display almost any digital files.

Use it for your NFTs (since they’re virtually worthless now), or turn it into ad-hoc advertising campaigns so your brand can shine while you walk around. Or plug in a power bank and shine all day.

Bigme AIO PC with E Ink Color Display

One of the most annoying things about staring at a computer screen all day is the headaches that some people get from the LED backlighting.

E-ink monitors use a front light to be more like reflected light from a piece of paper, and Bigme has both a monitor and an AIO PC currently up for crowdfunding.

Whichever way you go, you get a 25.3-inch kaleido three e-ink screen, with a 3K (3200×1800) resolution. The front light is adjustable in strength and color tone, to your preferences.

It’s eye-friendly, energy efficient, and great for programmers or anyone who stares at a mostly static screen all day.

The AIO PC is powered by a 12th-gen Intel Core i5, 16GB of RAM, and 1TB of storage, running on Windows 11. That’s a great little desktop, only the size of a monitor.

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