The Checkmate Retro Styled IPS Upgradeable Display is a flat-screen monitor that looks and works like a 1980s computer monitor. It's a Kickstarter project for people who want to play retro games on their old consoles and computers.

If you've ever tried to connect your old console to a modern TV, you might have learned that the picture is less than perfect. — Read the rest

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Companies like Hoto and Fanttik have elevated the design and functionality of tools like electric screwdrivers, but Arrowmax wants to make them smarter by adding a camera and AI that work together to eliminate the trial and error of finding the exact type and size of bit you need. It's convenient, but also helpful, as choosing the wrong size could potentially leave you with a stripped screw and a much harder repair.

Arrowmax is making the Arrowspace S1 available through a Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign, but the company has already successfully crowdfunded other products. You can preorder the screwdriver by itself for around $79, but its …

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One of my favorite publishers of beautiful books, Beehive Books, has a Kickstarter for Death Is a Room: Illustrated Gothic Tales by Women Writers.

It has nine Gothic horror stories by women writers, including Virginia Woolf, Kate Chopin, Frances Hodgson Burnett, and Susan Glaspell. — Read the rest

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