THE BODY – A short film by Kenny Gee Location: Singapore, Singapore Writer-director Kenny Gee wanted to bring the crime genre to Singaporean film. If his amazingly creative pitch video is any indication of his filmmaking skills, he’ll have no trouble leaving his mark! Prosthesis… read more
The Young Turks Location: Los Angeles, California After recently leaving Current TV, Cenk Uygur and his team raised more than $400,000 to build their own studio with the crowd’s help for his their progressive political show, “The Young Turks.” As The Young Turks’ second Indiegogo… read more
James Franco Location: Palo Alto, California “Pineapple Express,” “Spiderman,” or even the parody of Kanye West’s “Bound 2” might come to mind when you hear about James Franco. However, this talented man has been wearing all types of hats by publishing his first book in… read more
Honda Location: Santa Monica, California There are currently 368 drive-in movie theaters in the United States and most of them have yet to make the expensive switch to digital projection. In order to help save as many of these American icons as possible, Honda started… read more
Milton’s Secret Location: Vancouver, Canada Best-selling author Eckhart Tolle teamed up with the producer of What Dreams May Come to adapt his book “Milton’s Secret” into a feature-length film. The story follows a stressed-out 11-year-old boy who has a transformational interaction with his grandfather. With… read more
PUSH: The first fitness tracking device that measures strength Location: Toronto, Ontario There are many activity trackers that you can buy, but none that will allow you to measure strength and prevent injuries as you lift weights. That was true until the team behind PUSH… read more
Ubuntu Edge Location: London, UK After raising $1 million in their first 4 hours, $5 million in less than two days and a total of $12.8 million over the course of its campaign, the Ubuntu Edge broke Indiegogo records left and right. “Ubuntu” — a… read more
Campaign for Local Power Location: Boulder, Colorado Two years ago, residents of Boulder, Colorado voted YES to explore creating a local, electrical utility based on renewable energy — and thus shift from their current, coal-heavy utility Xcel Energy. Their initiative was successful as they were… read more
Scanadu Location: Mountain View, California Scanadu Scout is a medical Tricorder that’s straight out of Star Trek and became the campaign with the third most money ever raised on Indiegogo. Developed by a team at the NASA Research Park, Scanadu pairs with smartphones to allow… read more
3D Babies Location: Sunnyvale, California The 3D printing business is booming and it was only a matter of time before 3D-printed fetuses for to-be parents would come to the US. This campaign was started to raise $15,000 to pioneer the industry and the team behind… read more