Crowdfunding is a very cool opportunity for sponsoring. Any ambitious projects can collect the desired amount for the launch in the production. Success depends only on the level of people's support.
But if the project has reconciled, it does not mean that he generally exists. Assemble for you a selection of 4 steep ideas, which collected huge amounts of money, but did not become a reality.
The coolest refrigerator
In 2014, a superholoder's project for 185 dollars appeared on Kickstarter. Its capabilities were not limited to cooling food and beverages. He could also make cocktails, play music via Bluetooth and charge devices via USB. He also had a LED backlight and a durable coating.
The goal for him was 50 thousand dollars, but collected 13 million. No other fridge has not received the refrigerator. The developers were shared by news, where they were constantly referring to different problems that it was more like a divorce. A few months later, the refrigerators sent only 3 thousand sponsors from 56 thousand. When the project appeared on Amazon, its price was not promised 185, but $ 500. The refrigerator can be ordered to this day, but not the fact that you will get it
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Laser razor
Another project that has had problems with the implementation is the SKARP laser razor, which gathered more than $ 4 million to develop. She had to cut the hairs, not leaving irritation and cuts and working on a simple mismicker battery.
In fact, the developers did not submit a single working prototype of the project - only pictures. And the only video that they posted, showed how for 2 minutes the razor cuts 5 hairs. Therefore, Kickstarter simply closed the project, since the real product simply did not exist.
Photo: Kickstarter.com.
Nanocvadrocopter
The creators of Nanodron Zano promised a tiny device that could shoot high resolution video and manage with a smartphone or gestures. In addition, the drone should have been a thermal imager.
More than $ 3.5 million collected on his creation. After a breakdown of all the deadlines, some sponsors were sent for falsities of poor quality. Kickstarter even hired a journalist for an independent investigation of the company's company. The whole project was Fake, and the money was spent on personal needs.
Photo: Kickstarter.com.
3D printer accessible to everyone
The authors of this project decided to create the most affordable 3D printer. He had to cost only 100 dollars and consisted of a set of details so that everyone could modify the device to their needs. Another distinctive feature - the printer was supposed to print colored objects from 8 mixed colors.
650 thousand dollars gathered for the project. After 2 years of silence, one of the authors, Rynlan Grayston, said that his partner spent most of the amount for the construction of his personal home. Railan until the latter did not want to contact the police, hoping for a friend's decency. He apologized, but managed to return only half of the funds. Graston promised to send printers to sponsors even without the entire amount, but this did not happen, but no one returned the money.
Photo: Kickstarter.com.