Scott Ingram | 2/2 | Pip Pip

We’re excited to announce that we’ve launched The Pip on Kickstarter. Kickstarter is a crowdfunding website which offers individuals a way to fund innovative projects. Since it’s launch in 2009, 6.4 million people have pledged $1 billion, funding creative projects on Kickstarter.

The Plan

A successful Kickstarter campaign will help us finalise our manufacturing arrangements, get our apps ready for release and deliver the Pip to your doorstep. With the support of the Kickstarter Community, we can make stress history!

So far, we have designed and manufactured a limited number of prototype Pips which we have used to develop, test and demonstrate our games. We have recently completed a hardware revision to update our Bluetooth technology and accommodate a smaller micro USB connector for charging. We finally have all the pieces in-place to move to full scale manufacturing. We have engaged a world leading manufacturing partner capable of meeting our Kickstarter demand and far beyond.

Our plan from now is to gear up for mass production by year end 2013.

DFM completion
Tooling for plastics and sensors
Packaging design and prototyping
Production test and QA implementation
Refinement of release titles to gold master
Pre-production test build
Mass production

Kickstarter rewards
As part of the Kickstarter campaign we are offering a choice of 9 different pledge levels, including limited edition Pips.

Find out how you can pledge money and join the Pip community here.

Try Pip at the “Game” Exhibition, Science Gallery, Dublin

by Scott Ingramon 2 February 2013in Exhibitions, Kickstarter

We demonstrated the Pip at the Science Gallery’s ‘Game’ exhibition in Dublin from December 2012 – January 2013, receiving a fantastic reception from the public.

‘Game’ is a free exhibition featuring work by a host of world -renowned game designers , artists and developers . GAME offered attendees a chance to explore the future of play on every level . It featured everything from work by world-renowned game designers such as Eric Zimmerman and architect Nathalie Pozzi to hacks on old favourites like Lunar Trails by Seb Lee-Delisle. GAME offers you the chance to get directly involved in the world’s most compelling game play.

For more details, check out the Science Gallery Website.

Quantified Self Conference, Palo Alto

by Scott Ingramon 20 September 2012in meet the team

We recently attended the Qualified Self Conference 2012, at Stanford University, Palo Alto where we showcased Pip to attendees.

Quantified Self 2012 is a conference for users and tool makers interested in self-tracking systems. It was a “working meeting” for the QS community (50 groups worldwide), who’s mission was to gather, inspire, and learn from each other as they share and collaborate on self-tracking projects.

Author: Scott Ingram

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