6 Pound Phone Case

A project in Sacramento, CA by Matter Neuroscience
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Status: Active

The 6 Pound Phone Case is chunky, dense, and made of stainless steel. It's designed to be inconvenient, and encourage less phone use.
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Backers: 134
Average Daily Pledges: $423
Average Pledge Per Backer: $171

Funding: $22,860 of $75,000
Dates: Oct 13th -> Dec 12th (61 days)
Project By: Matter Neuroscience
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$22,860

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Last Updated: 27 minutes ago

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Latest News

Why Our Goal Is $75,000

November 13th - via: kickstarter.com
Hello everyone, As we cross over $20,000 raised, we wanted to explain why our funding goal is so high, at $75,000. Right now, it costs about $190 to make each 6-pound phone case if we produce around 20 of them. So, to actually bring this idea to... (Read More)

Physical Distance = Mental Freedom

October 29th - via: kickstarter.com
Holy heck, nearly 100 people have now backed our crazy project: a phone case that weighs 6 pounds!  Since our last update, we've gotten a lot of press, including this one on Design Boom, and this one on Android Authority. In her recent commencement... (Read More)

This idea resonates with people!

October 20th - via: kickstarter.com
We launched our Kickstarter last week, and at the same time we posted our launch video social media. That video, about 6 pound phone case has been viewed 6.9 million times, and shared 251,000 times. It has been watched for a total of 6 years 8 days... (Read More)

Thank you to everyone who is supporting this crazy idea!

October 14th - via: kickstarter.com
Thank you to everyone who has supported this wild idea so far in the first 24 hours! This started off as just a silly idea, but once I started using the prototype case I have fully embraced it as the best anti smartphone device out there. I have... (Read More)

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