UD | These Things Need to Exist

If you have trouble reading this email, go to the online version 12/21/12   Kickin’ It Kickstarter Projects That Need to Happen Unfortunately, not everything exists yet. Like invisible speakers. And little robots who hand you gin and tonics. We should totally have those by now. Enter: Kickstarter. Also enter: five projects that aren’t quite funded yet but definitely should be. It’s the future. Get excited.     BOT TO TROT Your New Bartender: A Tiny Robot   The Thing: A little robot who lives on bar tops, follows black electrical tape wherever you lay it down and serves drinks. The Financial Goal: $68,500. The Real Goal: Whipping this little guy out at your next cocktail party and saying, “Here comes Doug. He’s my robot. Tom Collins, anyone?”   411: Drink Runner, make the world a more automated place here     THE KING AND YOU Resurrecting a Royal Yacht   The Thing: A campaign aimed at raising enough funds to rebuild King George V’s legendary racing yacht, Britannia, which he ordered to be sunk when he died. The Financial Goal: £500,000. The Real Goal: If you donate enough, you get to sail with the crew on the maiden voyage. Tip: donate enough.   411: Rebuilding the King’s Yacht, all hail the king’s yacht here     SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE A Speaker That You Can’t See   The Thing: A transparent speaker that wirelessly streams music from your iThings. The Financial Goal: $120,000. The Real Goal: Playing music from an invisible speaker. If that’s not the real goal, then you may have a problem. Because this basically just allows you to play music from an invisible speaker.   411: Transparent Speaker, play hide-and-seek with your music here     THE SKI’S KNEES A Homing Beacon for Your Skis   The Thing: Little sensors that attach to your skis and direct you right to them when you fall in deep powder. It’s like LoJack for ski gear. The Financial Goal: $100,000. The Real Goal: Peace of mind when you eat it on a double black diamond. You can’t put a price on that.   411: Akka Ski Retriever, ski smarter (not harder) here     GOOD PHIL HUNTING Phil Collins on Kickstarter. Who Knew.   The Thing: A mini documentary about Phil Collins’s attempt to redefine his public persona as a... collector of artifacts from the Battle of the Alamo. The Financial Goal: $10,000. The Real Goal: Well, it’s hard to say, really. It’s a Phil Collins documentary on Kickstarter. That’s happening. Sometimes goals are hard to define.   411: Phil Collins and the Wild Frontier, feel it in the air tonight here     Account Details: Favorites   2   Available Perks   16   Invites Sent   0   My UD   |   Edit Settings You need a new phone. You don’t even know how much you need one. You need it because yours just doesn’t combine the sleek tininess and yet strangely expansive screen size of the DROID RAZR M from Motorola. Coincidentally, though, the DROID RAZR M does. So there you have it.   UrbanDaddy is pure editorial. You can't buy love from the Daddy. About Us   |    Archives   |    My UD   |    Perks   |    Contact   |    Jobs   |    Advertise   |    Tips Email Issues   |    Privacy Policy   |    User Agreement   |    Unsubscribe   |    Editorial Policy 900 Broadway, Suite 808 New York, NY 10003 © 2012 UrbanDaddy. All Rights Reserved.