10 Awesome Northeast Ohio Kickstarter Projects

With a unique idea to turn decaying buildings and scenes of the Rust Belt into sound waves, a local musician wants to make something beautiful out of desolate landscapes. The Sounds of Urban Exploring will be quite the avant-garde album.

Tidy Dog is a Pavlovian dog toy box that teaches pups to clean up after themselves. When they bring their toys back to the box, it automatically dispenses a treat. With this invention, you can have a happy dog and a clean house.

Laura's Specialty Jams and Jelly's includes flavors like habanero-apricot, carrot cake and ginger. All the toppings are made with fresh fruits and vegetables. Yum!

One team of Cleveland researchers plans on exploring the mysteries of the deep. The project titled "Underwater Pyramid Research, Photography and Publishing" might not have a ton of funding behind it yet, but could change the way we see history.

Landover LARP aims to create a permanent medieval society for LARPers. The plans are to make the area, based in Ashland, as authentic as possible, to make the role-play battles more authentic.

This little invention could put some life back into an old musical instrument. The New Hotstrings Acoustic Digital Enhancer uses speakers to open the pores of wooden instruments, and makes them sound deeper and brighter.

The Cleveland Print Room Photobooth Project is an old-school photo booth to create black-and-white photos of visitors. Instead of digital photographs, this will involve the traditional darkroom form of photography.

The Bear on the Chair is a toy designed to teach kids proper behavior. It's pretty simple, with a smiley face or frowny face that attaches to the bear's shirt to show the children when they're being good or bad.

Tag It! A game to put the "social" back in social media is an idea for a game with rules that seem similar to Apples to Apples, but with a modern edge. Plenty of references to twerking, Kim Kardashian and Instagram filters will make the game hilarious for media-savvy players.