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10 Awesome Northeast Ohio Kickstarter Projects

By Anne Nickoloff on Tue, Apr 1, 2014 at 2:44 pm

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Kickstarter.com is a site filled with a plethora of interesting inventions, bizarre projects, and artsy ideas. Anyone can start a project and ask for funding, but it's up to site visitors to decide which projects deserve a donation and which projects don't.

Past Cleveland-based projects have spanned a variety of areas. Sometimes, they help the community, like Jonathan Sawyer's project to fund their new restaurant, Trentina. Sometimes, they're tech-savvy, like this water-measuring shower spout device designed by Case Western students. Sometimes, they just poke fun at the city's sports teams through a depressing coloring book.

Here are a handful of other awesome, ongoing Kickstarter projects based in Northeast Ohio. Which ones are your favorites?

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10 Awesome Northeast Ohio Kickstarter Projects

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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.

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.

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.

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Anne Nickoloff

Anne Nickoloff, a blogging intern, helps produce online content for Scene Magazine. She studies English and Psychology at Case Western Reserve University, and is involved with campus media. In her free time, Anne enjoys skiing, knitting, and exploring Cleveland.

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