MakerFaire!!!

Howdy Chipsters!

Will you be at MakerFaire Bay Area this weekend? We will! See what the maker community is making!

Speaking of making, we loved your ideas on how you’d use C.H.I.P. It’s the start of a great exploration on how versatile C.H.I.P. can be. Here are a few of our favorites!

  • @george mylonas wants to make midi instruments
  • @andthelion wants to release the band’s next album on C.H.I.P.
  • @Allen Puy and @mark Pavia want to teach their children to code
  • @muso2005 wants make a funky speak and spell
  • @patrick Liddell wants to make “video graffiti”
  • @chris reid wants make a wifi enabled old jukebox
  • @alex limonov wants to send C.H.I.P. to space!
  • @adrian levi wants to build a weather station module
  • @alistair blake wants to integrate CHIP into cosplay (which characters?!)
  • @quangDX wants to make video games
  • @Kenway Ng wants C.H.I.P. to be his 1 and 3 year olds as their first computer

Keep the ideas coming! Tweet us at @nextthingco

Hope to see you this weekend! Come find us and get your hands on a PocketC.H.I.P.! Look for the Tuk Tuk!

\(•◡•)/ – Dave, Gus, Thomas, Wynter, Sharps, Vanessa, Alex, George, and Richard (AKA everyone at @nextthingco)

20,000 Backers \(•◡•)/

Howdy Chipsters! Thank you so much for supporting C.H.I.P.! Ya’ll are the best and we couldn’t be happier to have you with us on this amazing journey.

How will you use C.H.I.P.? What things will you make? Hit us up! Let us know!

– Dave, Gus, Thomas, Wynter, Sharps, Vanessa, Alex, George, and Richard (AKA everyone at @nextthingco)

NEW REWARD: ALL of the Things – SPLIT SHIPMENT

Backers!

This past 60 hours has been incredible. We’ve received a ton of messages/comments/tweets about a great many things and are working diligently to get everyone the answers they want. Huge thanks to those of you who have been helping to answer people’s questions (looking at you @Steph “The best Call” Lovik \(•◡•)/) Keep up the good work!

Many of you have asked about packaging the CHIP shipping in December with the other rewards shipping in May. We’ve added a new reward to make this happen.

We want to make sure our early backers are taken care of before our first batch is sold out. This package will be limited to 3000 units and the shipping will reflect the fact that we have to send out two shipments.

Backers. We hear you. We’re still working on ways to decrease international shipping, but we don’t want to promise anything we cannot deliver.

Thanks for backing. Thanks for sharing. Thanks for your continued support.

Everyone @nextthingco

New Rewards! :)

Backers!

Thanks so much for your support and enthusiasm! Many of you have had questions and comments about adding HDMI or VGA adapters to your pledge. To make this as simple as possible we’ve added two new rewards.

We’ll be adding some more FAQ’s soon, so keep an eye out for that. Thanks again for your support!

Everyone @nextthingco

The journey starts!

Backers,

It’s an amazing feeling to see everyone so excited for C.H.I.P and PocketC.H.I.P.! We can’t say thank you enough for the support everyone is showing in helping us reach our baseline goal in *six hours* WOW!

That said, the real power of C.H.I.P. kicks in if we have very large orders to place at the end of the campaign. Let’s see what a world where everyone can afford a computer looks like!

**Please keep spreading the word about C.H.I.P.!**

With LOTS of thanks and admiration,

Everyone @nextthingco