GREAT TECH YOU CAN'T WANNA LET GO
At any given moment there are approximately a zillion different crowdfunding campaigns happening on the Web. Take a stroll through Kickstarter or Indiegogo and you’ll find no shortage of weird, useless, and downright stupid projects out there – alongside some real gems. We’ve cut through the Pebble clones and janky iPhone cases to round up the most unusual, ambitious, and exciting projects out there this week. Keep in mind that any crowdfunded project — even the best intentioned — can fail, so do your homework before cutting a check for the gadget of your dreams.
If there’s one thing we can all agree on, it’s that speed traps are the worst. Here you are, just minding your business at 7 mph over the speed limit, and suddenly some unmarked van snaps a picture of your license plate. You don’t even get a chance you argue your way out of it — you just get a ticket in the mail a few weeks later, and are forced to either go to court or pay the fine. Its absolutely infuriating — but there’s a new gizmo currently raising funds on Kickstarter that might help alleviate the problem.
TrapTap, as it’s called, is a little electronic puck that’s designed to warn you about upcoming speed traps, red light cameras, and school zones. It’s certainly not the first device that’s ever been built for this purpose, but unlike all the apps and nav systems that are already on the market, TrapTap is designed to be simple and unobtrusive — so you don’t have to look away from the road to get alerts. The device uses a simple three color blinking system to let you know when you’re near a known speed trap or red light camera, so you’ll know in an instant what’s going on. The only issue is that the device relies on the user community for data — so it’ll only work if a lot of people hop on the bandwagon.
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