Awesome Kickstarter

San Francisco-based artist Ben Vierk is putting together a beautifully detailed pack of playing cards with designs inspired by money, ancient symbols and uncommon geometry. Who knew those things could be so gorgeous together?

These unique aluminum alloy writing instruments each have a special cap which can be used as a spinning top. The weighty metal objects can help you pass the time, or help you figure out if you’re trapped in a dream or not.

One of the more clever iPad stand designs we’ve seen, The Coburns are made from two precision-cut wood blocks which allow you to set your tablet to numerous angles, then snap together with embedded magnets for easy carrying.

Anyone who has ever dealt with a rigid, bulky U-Lock might agree that the Foldylock is exactly the type of innovation they have been looking for in bike security. The 35.5″ sturdy lock folds down for easy stowing on a mount or in a bag.

Do you hate making your bed? Does a bunched up, misaligned and/or loose hanging top sheet really bother you too? This snap-together duvet and sheet design that reduces bed making time just might be a dream come true.

The Ministry of Supply has designed their Atlas dress sock prototype using strain analysis, pressure mapping, thermal imaging and a robotic knitting process (think 3D printing) to create these impressive-sounding foot covers.

The Stair-Rover is a skateboard with 8 wheels and a V-frame chassis. It lets you skate over rough terrain and even down flights of stairs. Designer Po-Chih Lai is ready to mass produce his invention, but he needs your help.

(NSFW: Language) Recently, two Kickstarter projects by rich, famous and well-connected people were met with controversy. Comedian Jon Lajoie pokes fun at the whole thing with this parody. Side note: Here’s Kickstarter’s side.

We initially thought of their SoloWheel as the world’s smallest Segway, but Inventist’s skateboard size Hovertrax might take the title. It weighs just 9lbs and can travel up to 4 miles at a speed up to 6mph on a one hour charge.

A special cup just for dunking cookies in milk. It’s precision-engineered to ensure the perfect dunk, eliminating spills, broken cookies, and milk-covered fingers. One more first-world problem solved.

We like Samuel Orr’s four minute time-lapse because 1) the film was dynamically distilled from 100,000+ photos; and, frankly, 2) it’s fun to see 24 hours unfold in the greatest city in the world.

The twangy Bohemian Guitar line will offer choice of 3 oil can styles, maple necks with rosewood fingerboards and bridge, adjustable truss rods and chrome tuning machines. (Thanks Bryan!)

This clever device disguises your iPhone, iPod Touch or GoPro as a bird feeder, allowing you to grab amazing HD video and stills through its macro lens as your feathered friends snack on seed.

Brooklyn-based designer Jack Sutter has an efficient idea for reducing wallet bulk in your pocket with his TGT (pronounced “tight”) Wallet concept – a stylishly skinny recycled leather and elastic number.

A side-scroller action RPG by LarryPixel, to be released serially like a comic book, as you take on a variety of tasks to survive life on the Moon. For $40 or more, you can be immortalized in the game.

You won’t have to prop your phone on anymore precarious ledges if you back the development of the Clearshot. About the size of a standard credit card, it can easily be carried in a pocket or wallet.

This gadget plugs into any spare USB port, and can be programmed to light up in any color to indicate any event you can imagine, from new emails to weather forecasts. Windows, Mac or Linux.

Artful, but reasonably priced speakers which break out of the mold of the ordinary black boxes, replacing them with bold decorative stands covered with works by some awesome indie artists.

This clever kit lets you turn everyday objects or drawings into working buttons or keyboards for controlling games and other software. As shown in the video, you can even play with your banana.

Chadwick & Joe’s PHX-1 tool combines the Hi-Tec-C and Signo DX pens, a hobby knife and a designer ruler with 7 measurements into a stainless steel body and a sustainable bamboo case.

Sick of buying new gear every time you upgrade your phone? Capta changes all that, providing a reusable mount which sticks to any smooth gadget, so you can attach it to a tripod or use it as a stand.

This accessory turns your smartphone into a portable scanner, elevating it just the right distance off your desktop, providing sharp, stable images from just about any size of paper or even objects.

Homeless Cop did such a good job on the bumpers he made for [adult swim] that they asked for a TV pilot. Now he just needs your help to make a stoner comedy with his distinctly cool style reality.