Pointless Kickstarter t̷͈͗e̴̼͒c̷̼̀h̸̩͒ is killing my brain energy...

These 3 Kickstarters make no sense...
Twitter → / wickedwizard15
Twitch → / wickedwizardtwitch
These aren't necessarily the worst Kickstarters but they made me laugh in one way or the other.
Kickstarter used to be full of many dumb ideas, scams, and even drama. Kickstarter Crap was my all-time favorite series back in the day and I thought I'd go check out some crappy Kickstarters myself.
None of these appears to be scams but you can go check them out yourselves here:
Smart Flap: www.kickstarter.com/projects/...
Fireflies: www.kickstarter.com/projects/...
//Phrism: www.kickstarter.com/projects/...

[@WickedWiz]

You noticed the uh... "Pony in a Jar" then...

[@Alderath989]

Lemme drink from that fountain of youth

[@WickedWiz]

@@Alderath989 I hate how I laughed at this

[@Alderath989]

@@WickedWiz So is that a yes Mr Wizard Man?

[@kumi6797]

@@Alderath989 that shit gon turn you into an 50 year old neckbeard lmao

[@timohess3909]

Those Slidable covers are crap sadly . They break after a few days. All the time

[@RelytTiNmad]

8:30 "The laptop, the latter tends to be big and quite heavy, why wouldn't it be light, thin and small enough to put in your pocket" *COUGH COUGH COUGH* you mean... like a smartphone?

[@shibu5175]

7:32 they literally have a smartphone hooked up to the device which only makes your point 100x more funny

[@Wabajak13]

small tablet with a bluetooth keyboard. Can fit in a jacket pocket and heck it's cheaper than this dumb product.

[@JonatasAdoM]

@@Wabajak13 They were also those oversized smartphones that could fit in a pocket. The idea would've been better if the creator had used those rubber keyboards you can fold.

[@Highsen]

Faux is pronounced like Foe, it means fake. This concludes my Ted Talk.

[@OninDynamics]

Fah-Ook

[@lordtachanka903]

No it’s not, it’s pronounced Fah. I would know as i have native French speakers in my friend group and they roast me every time I say it as Foe lmao

[@whiiffed9002]

@@lordtachanka903 Thats just literally wrong lmao, its possible that in 1 of ~30 dialects they pronounce it as Fa (which im pretty sure is not the case) but in Parisian French or "standard French" it's pronounced Foh and in English people usually say Foe. So I'm pretty sure your 'native' French friends cant speak French

[@TheTotallyRealXiJinping]

That’s fox my friend

[@JollyTurbo1]

"forks leather"

[@SuperNuclearUnicorn]

Can you imagine a mass of 10 cyclists in their glowing yellow vests riding down the road together at night? It'd be surreal

[@FTW1230]

“What is with all these glowing fucking lights, is this an SCP”

[@JonatasAdoM]

@Bruhus Maximus I thought you'd call cyclists, but I'm out of my element here.

[@HowToChangeName]

Imagine bowling pins

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

the UFO has landed. But yeah, just comply with laws and have lights.

[@TTVJackdaniels]

That bicycle story got me in my feely feels. I want to benefit humanity and yes, I'm very thankful and honored to help develop such revolutionary technology.

[@Tayl0r_]

Awh you worked on the Kickstarter? If so Im sorry things didn’t pan out. But the idea of updating safety gear like that is much needed. Cute cat btw :)

[@Elvan-Lady]

I imagine that the "no money invested" on that flap is because someone donated $1 USD and KS rounds projects down to the nearest dollar, thus... zero pounds.

[@casekocsk]

For the glow in the dark vest... Isn't that the same safety vest that construction worker usually wear at night?

[@Dunkster74]

With a flashlight someone turned on in it's pocket, yes.

[@losttownstreet3409]

The flashlight is not powerful enough: be real you may burn the eyes and cars don't keep the necessary distance of 2m to overtake you if there is traffic and they had to slow don't instead of overtake you with 20cm distance. It's not they don't see the bikes, they don't want to see them if they had to slow down.

[@mrblopsfiner]

@@losttownstreet3409 what?

[@G2BattleConvoy]

Yeah, it's definitely one of those ideas that seem practical, but end up becoming extremely redundant.

[@lasskinn474]

@@losttownstreet3409 any sort of light source makes the bike visible much further in the night, even half a watt. not that you need a kickstarter for it and in many countries it's technically illegal to drive a bike in the dark without a light.

[@eliza1498]

"why wouldn't it be light, thin and small enough to put in your pocket ?" a cellphone. you mean a cellphone.

[@kingkonglong9442]

Do you know that your phone is considered a computer?

[@cyrol5424]

Another flaw with this "futuristic" PC is that its basically a beamer with a laser keyboard. Ever used a beamer outside? Or against a non white wall? Add to that the fact that the wall better be even so there are no artifacts in the picture. Oh and obviously you need a flat ground for the laser keyboard. So they made a worse laptop trying to improve the laptop. They decreased portability to increase portability.

[@bunnywarren]

If you place the Phrism on the top of your laptop lid you'll have a nice surface to use for the laser keyboard. Simples.

[@JonatasAdoM]

They decreased portability to decrease size. This could be something had it been developed by a giant company, but as it is it is really a limited compromise.

[@lasskinn474]

it has 2 problems, typing on them sucks dogsh*t even in perfect conditions and cheapo projectors suck. no wait 3 problems, the third problem is that it's literally buying shit off the shelf you could have your own version of this by just buying a pocket mini projector with built in android and buying a laser bluetooth keyboard used from ebay.

[@hanneswiggenhorn2023]

Just replace the beamer with a small display attached to the front of the PC and make it a touch screen to improve upon the laser keyboard and we could have a pretty cool invention at our hand...

[@ruben7420]

Wanna know a little secret. A small computer that fits in your pocket has been around for a while. It's called a smart phone and it doesnt need a lazer keyboard...

[@XenaAndKin]

5:39 They clearly meant something like "We will thank you very much" but I like the alternate universe in which that smiley at the end is meant to be threatening

[@z0w0z.]

💀💀

[@Knaeckebrotsaege]

The idiotic part of the Phrism thing is... they demonstrated it by plugging it into an android phone. You know.. something that lives in your pocket, already has a screen and a (virtual) keyboard that works..!? what on earth is the point of this thing lol

[@tubensalat1453]

nvm the Phrism, I want to know about the Knäckebrotsäge!

[@BlazeMakesGames]

We made a laptop that is more portable by severely restricting the places you could use it… Like for real you can’t use this in places like a coffee shop or really any public place. You can’t use it outside. You need a table and a nearby flat white wall, which also means you can’t use it in a classroom either. Like it’s completely unusable in every place you’d use a laptop

[@hanneswiggenhorn2023]

On top that, wouldn't the specs also be kinda terrible? I would imagine that the actual PC part is a Rapsberry pi with a powerbank as electricity supply, and I'm pretty sure that this wouldn't even make for a medium good PC for doing most thing's

[@Gamer3427]

@@hanneswiggenhorn2023 Yea, more than likely, (particularly at that price point), it'd be little more than some basic stuff to where you could run MS Word or your internet browser and little else. Which is particularly dumb since there's so many issues with using a laser keyboard that you wouldn't even be able to really use Word. Basically all the actual functionality you'd use it for, you can do better with the smartphone you already have, with at worse a bluetooth keyboard hooked up. Particularly since you can get foldable mini-keyboards that work pretty well for fairly cheap. It'd be about the same bulk all in all, but with the only "downside" being a smaller screen that you can use everywhere.

[@firewizardrunepro]

imagine trying to play a videogame that uses WASD on that keyboard, not being able to properly hit buttons behind ur finger

[@JonatasAdoM]

I don't think you'd be able to use all your fingers to type either, because if you rest them on the keyboard it will be considered a keystroke right?

[@lasskinn474]

@@JonatasAdoM the sw on them can work some of that out. the problem is that they still suck. like imagine a keyboard that's like an atari 400 keyboard, only worse. imagine a keyboard on an ipad and using that for playing a wasd game or blind typing on it.

[@Poodleinacan]

8:30 Netbooks, anyone? They are literally tiny underpowered laptops! It's the same thing as the product pitched, but better!

[@Wabajak13]

Ultrabooks, netbooks, chromebooks. Pretty sure this product type has been, and will continue to be, thoroughly explored.

[@do3807]

"you will be very thankful :)" The audacity is actually very endearing, I won't fund it but... That's really something.

[@pandepic7078]

You WILL give one to everyone in your family...

[@rogofos]

"I don't know what Xiaomi is" - WickedWiz 2021

[@anzaca1]

5:25 Pretty sure having front and rear bike lights is required by law.

[@DannyDevitoOffical-TrustMeBro]

It depends on where you are. In the UK and North America, yes it’s illegal to take your bike on a public road without lights. But the dudes who made the “product” live in Spain, so it might be different

[@sulijoo]

Welcome to Kickstarter, where the wheel gets reinvented.

[@thecrow4631]

If I tried to use the smart flap on my laptop to open it, I think the hinges would break. Seriously those things are tight.

[@rechtrecht]

My dad made a vest like that for himself by putting smallish lights along with reflectors on a jacket with a battery pack inside. He is mostly cycling in the dark on shitty Streets with low visibility so his self made jacket is a game changer.

[@Xeros_VII]

"I want a tiny computer the size of a phone" get either a phone. or a 13 inch ultrabook.

[@uselessDM]

With the smart flap I can see testing the water before producing the thing, but for 2k you might as well just go for it.

[@TIB3R]

I used to spend days looking at shitty Kickstarters and gofundmes 😂 Nice video Wiz

[@madman_media]

For the last one I was literally thinking you could build one rn with parts from ali express and then the creator just admits that's how they did it

[@hanneswiggenhorn2023]

Same, I imagined you could just tape a Raspberry to a powerbank, add a laser keyboard and a beamer and you would have something like this, probably even cheaper

[@palpalington2714]

I hear you on the backpack. My backpack is basically an extension of my body with how often i have used it. Love the vid Wiz!

[@GruntyGame]

8:30 A smart phone? I remember having one of those way back in 2017.

[@josephanton3770]

10:25 well, technically is not wrong, 308 canadian dollars are 239 US dollars, so is not lying... in some way

[@kezeal]

Scrolled all the way down to see if someone had pointed that out.

[@IsaacClodfelter]

I have never seen a good laser keyboard. I suppose you could make one good if you spent extra money and had more laser projectors.

[@mat-hein]

10:40 Seriously. That Kickstarter must be a joke. There is no way someone could say that in their Sales Pitch with a serious face

[@stevenXCV]

I will tickle your chin, wizard

[@WickedWiz]

Not again

[@blob9528]

@@WickedWiz lol

[@NoCodeFilmmaker]

Bro! I would love to see you do one of these on bad film kickstarters. I think videos like this are so awesome for case studies. If you wanna learn how to do something right, it's always the best to study why something is bad. Love your channel.

[@sydecharacter]

I’m placing an order for every single item as I type. Especially that piece of tape, I mean camera cover

[@JimmyPizzaDelivery]

5 months later how did they turn out lmao

[@williamspirralafton3143]

@@JimmyPizzaDelivery 9 months how did it turn out

[@paulmahoney7619]

When mentioning the first thing where an established brand runs a kickstarter to fund a new product, I've noticed this sort of thing being really common in tabletop RPGs. Companies with established product lines will crowdfund not only to start new product lines, but just to produce new books in the same line. I guess it has something to do with ensuring they don't have to charge an unreasonable price for the books since they'll be sold among a much narrower audience.

[@lasskinn474]

it's basically preorder, but somehow with less consumer rights than a preorder and possibility to get more publicity than a preorder. on the other hand it's a way for a company to say that look, if there's this many people who want it then we'll sell it, while in a preorder they would be already committed to it.

[@andymiller1597]

Laptops are too heavy and bulky? Uh... Macbook Air, Dell XPS, literally just smartphones... I think all of those would be more powerful and practical than a raspberry pi in a 3D printed box

[@creamyfart1045]

I wonder what those backers thought before investing on these products…

[@jervistetchMadHater]

I demand more Kickstarter cra.... What were they thinking !

[@The_Eldest_Millenial]

Oh man... The amount of Macs we used to see with shattered screens from those webcam covers, LMAO. Zero clearance means ZERO, people! XD

[@zancrus9629]

I love the "When your developing tech it isn't that much" I bet that future pocket computer is already for sale on wish and this guy is just gonna drop ship a bunch of them.

[@mobi1etone]

Yeah, the KS is to fund buying a whole pallet of them. :)

[@airshaped]

It's essentially strapping a projector and a laser keyboard together, I bet the only original part here is the case

[@SeithonJetter]

Interesting note, on many thun laptops they will invalidate your warranty if you open your laptop from the center as it puts more pressure on the screen and makes it more likely to bend and snap.

[@david.kalbermatten]

Canadian rubels and American freedom eagles are not the same currency and do not exchange 1:1. So that's probably why the prices on the website differ from the ones in the transcript

[@luckyducky7819]

Hey! You got a body after all! I mean, its a stick figure body, but still!

[@singleplayermoments]

That's what the Phrisms does to you.

[@lenenlawless]

if the smart flap designs was to still look like a webcam so I could trick my work into thinking my webcam was just broken, I'd back to the two grand

[@arifhossain9751]

pretty sure any of these would fly off the shelves if you slap "SUPREME" on them in big white letters and a red background.

[@samholdsworth420]

🤣🤣🤣

[@The.dudeinator]

You are so underrated, hilarious content man

[@WickedWiz]

Cheers dude

[@The.dudeinator]

@@WickedWiz cheers to you too mate, hope your channel blows up soon, you got some very cheeky commentary lol

[@user-pc5sc7zi9j]

In my country a bicycle has to be equipped with a headlight, tail-light, and some mean of accustic signaling in order to be street-legal at all. Not sure weather reflectors are still mandatory but many tires allready reflect on their own.

[@woolfieMcP]

"YOU will be grateful" Take it easy there Genghis Khan

[@starswordsaber]

They're a thing that everyone has now that is a small computer and can be placed in the pocket. It is called a Phone. You have accessories and better quality audio. HD picture, high-end hardware, have a camera. and even have the ability to call, text, and used data.

[@BalgaBear]

I love absolutely useless inventions that are easily replaced by my fingers and 2 brain cells rubbing together.

[@blob9528]

Xue hua piao piao fei fung xiao xiao Song by:🥚 man

[@lemonnickel]

Actually, the "you can hold the future in your hands for $249" in the Phrism thing was correct. The mistake you made here is that their transcript was talking USD while the pledges talked Canadian Dollars. Why? I have not the slighest clue. But if you look it up, it checks out.

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

Phrism basically combines the downside of laptops (needing a surface to put it on) with the downside of smartphones (no ability to touch type) with the additional downside of also needing a wall to project the screen onto. And I can guarantee that a phone with a projector and laser keyboard will not give "the same feeling as my old laptop"

[@toast3]

Amazing to see all these "solutions" in need of problems. Whenever I see a portable device with a projector, my first question is always "How many minutes until the battery is dead?" The webcam cover? Perfect place to keep a microfiber cloth to clean its lens. As for the bike safety, I spent $30 a few years back to get a set of USB-chargeable lights where motorists will be able to tell which way I'm riding, and will also light-up the road ahead of me.

[@Proserpira]

I think the security vest one is talking about how reflective vests are only visible in headlights when the lights are shining on the vest. Going too fast, a car could miss them and only see them at the last second. A self-illuminating vest means they would be seen regardless of whether or not a light is shining on them.

[@Makanoyasha]

Pretty sure the light up vest wouldn't be enough for a lot of countries legal requirements when cycling. It is actually illegal in most countries to ride without lights on your bike.

[@hungryhedgehog4201]

I love how you have to balance that weird computer.

[@Dik2BG]

Idk why but I lost it when the little gremlin appeared behind his computer tower in one frame

[@Cyromantik]

Phrism is a whimsical idea, I like the creator's gumption. My daily kit 1-ups it though: my smartphone + a folding Bluetooth keyboard, which itself has a fold-out phone-stand. The keys are scissor-lock with just enough travel and weight to feel comfortable, and there's a trackpad. If I want a larger screen I can bring my tablet but the phone's usually enough for drafting lesson plans and student worksheets. It's too bad laser keyboards aren't better than they are though, I used to be really into those in the aughties.

[@Morgannin]

About the light-up vest... Cars driving at night will (most of the time, barring stupid drivers) have their headlights on. A basic high-vis vest will reflect that light. That... Is literally the entire point of them.

[@ToadyEN]

Wow the more you reposition it the stickier it gets :O

[@ToadyEN]

Also faux is pronounced fough ha

[@carrie_is_gay]

Literally everyone has had a computer small enough to fit in their pocket for the last 10 years

[@Thanatos2996]

A buddy of mine had one of the original kickstarter laser keyboards (the name escapes me). The thing was godawful, imagine typing on a touchscreen, but you can barely see the keys and half of your inputs get dropped or register the wrong spot.

[@contramachina354]

This video highlights an ongoing issue that isn't often spoken about. The issue is the rise of products that are seemingly designed for nobody. Everything has to be as tiny and portable as possible - this comes first before making an actual good product.

[@coolfool4950]

i was only shown this tuck bike thing for like 3 seconds but it reminds me of transformers and i think it's sick that the wheel just kinda folds in. I hope they make it for bmx next.

[@anthonyslab]

ah the og series is back

[@coolbeans7349]

4:15 i dont think ive laughed that hard in a while, the best sentence ive heard to date lol

[@JingRoku]

Do more of this please. Your presentation is always great!

[@HexagonThatReallyLikesVinegar]

there are literally tiny laptops that exist that work like real laptops, just get one of those instead of a glorified projector with some cool lasers.

[@xxmyyoursxx123]

KZbin needs to give you the algorithm numb already. Your too talented to not have a higher view count

[@Impossible_Fishy]

Ali express is an online Chinese market. Used mostly for bulk sourcing of electronics to drop shipped goods

[@kithrin3]

one point you missed about the phrism is battery life, the battery would be powering the projector, computer, wifi, and the lazer keyboard, i cant imagine it lasting that long.

[@clarabel_adoring]

Please continue this series lol

[@CosmicDuskWolf]

That yellow vest is the same vest for construction workers and crossing guards.

[@zagurazexoe4357]

8:38 i can feel how frustrated Wiz are from his voice XD

[@langam7017]

What a wicked Laptop alternative. It's got all the downsides of a Laptop with none of the benefits!

[@lamptoonclipslapoon9301]

for the laptop flaps, it might be a way to test popularity before heavier investing... idk its does seem kinda crazy to just ask for 2k

[@Tokru86]

Why would you even need to test something? The material cost of those things is near zero. For 100 € you could produce thousands of them.

[@_JPkun]

Webcam protector! Those already exist... A vest that shines in the dark to prevent traffic accidents! Those ALREADY exist... like way long ago. A miniature computer that fits in your pocket! Like a smarthpho... GADAMIT!

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

wow, selling a piece of tape..... Those slidable covers are smarter than it.

[@lordkrythic6246]

"If you can't create a solution, fabricate a problem."

[@robertodykirk]

Them: we made a pocket computer Me: pulls out smart phone Lol

[@imright77]

the way Wiz said aliexpress was very interesting to me. I've only heard ally express but they said alexy press

[@notowar5560]

Boris from Spain??? Press X to doubt.

[@flemmingpedersen567]

I have thought about a pocket/light based computer - I concluded it would only make sense if it could be build into a phone, but then it would be great.

[@TobiasT96]

To be fair, in the script they are most likely talking about USD while the asking money is in CND

[@lefthandcigg4253]

At first I thought idubbz was starting "kickstarter crap" back up again.

[@adsumabyss]

“Even the brightest of clothes are visible in the semi-darkness of the road only when the distance is really short “ -Edgar Allan Poe

[@IloveJellow]

best part about those cheaper ones is they can be on or off and not have to be removed.

[@MultiDarkZen]

THe funny thing about that lightning vest is that it has reflective light straps so when light is shined on it it is designed to light up when light is refracted on the yellow vest LMFAOOO

[@JankieHands]

to be fair, I was almost killed in a bike accident (funny enough in spain), even having the red and white light, more visibility is not a bad idea.

[@andrewwhite1576]

Hotdog on Kickstarter was a good one.

[@newdarkneoss3985]

You know what they call a light and small laptop that you can put in your pockets? A Smartphone

[@Rurike]

Advantage that laptop design has over metaverse is they have an actual working prototype to properly evaluate, not a bunch of overselling animations showing idealized application of the tech which when shown off looks atrocious

[@Zarpas]

I loved this video, pls make more

[@DanielS-gv5nj]

A laptop, I can put in my pocket. So.... A smartphone?

[@pptemplar5840]

The makers of the Phrizm or whatever are gonna freak out when they hear about smart phones.

[@Guitar-Dog]

Nice Idubbbz mention at the beginning x

[@stanchakovsky]

I thought i was the only person using blue tack as a smart flap

[@Loongear]

4:23 Really hits close to my heart tbh

[@JakubMareda]

Regarding the projector computer thingy: the shot where it projects during the day seemed doctored, the screen really did not seem to really align with the wall. I could be wrong but it looked fishy.

[@birdmanbytheclaw]

that 1 person donated to see behing the wall then canceled their donation.