Week 11A

We were to find 3 Kickstarter campaigns with poorly designed websites. The 3 I've found were, the best shirt ever, Iprobe, and suare off.

The Best Shirt Ever is a waterproof, stainproof button-down T-shirt. It is made by a company called Clickbait Clothing. Their website shows off the shirt with many videos and images but not a lot off text. They do have links to their social media and Kickstarter campaign but they don't explain the product fully and the page seems like it lacks necessary content. The campaign explains more functionality of the shirt such as the material it's made out off, and the fact that's it is machine washable. The site could also use an explanation of how it works and the science behind it, which again is on the campaign. They could also have more info on the company seeing as the site is actually named after the company and not the product.

The site can be found here: http://www.clickbaitclothing.com/
The campaign can be found here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1932357265/the-best-shirt-ever?ref=popular

Iprobe and Iprobe4 are smart meat thermometers by iPROBE LLC. A very important part of cooking meat is getting to just the right temperature, so that is why this product is important. Different meats need to cooked at different temperatures, and coking them just right removes bacteria but retains flavor and nutrients. Iprobe is a clever combination of an electronic thermometer and a mobile app. The app part allows you to choose what type of meat is being cooked and it will let you know what temperature the meat must reach to be done, then you just insert the thermometer into the meat and the meat into the oven. The app then alerts the user when the meat is done. There is certainly enough content here to promote this quality product, but it does not have a proper website. The link on Kickstarter that says iprobe.org just takes you back to the Kickstarter page. This is unfortunate because I think this item could use a proper website. Perhaps I shall design one.

The campaign can be found here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/466385313/iprobe-and-iprobe4-your-meat-will-never-be-a-shame?ref=popular

Square Off is the world's smartest chess board. It can allow you to play with other people using the Internet or by using the built in AI. It has many modes; square off, training, and live streaming. Square off mode allows you to challenge anybody, from anywhere in the world. You can either play board vs board or board vs app. The chess pieces shall move on their own, reflecting every move of your opponent. Training mode mode allows you to play against the artificial intelligence of the board that can challenge you with 20 different difficulty levels. Live streaming mode allows you to tune into any match, worldwide. It also lets you record those matches and replay them, whenever you want. It works by using a series of compact, magnetic hands built inside the board to move the magnetic chess pieces. It is programmed to not have any collisions with other chess pieces during movement. This sounds really cool, and I not even the biggest chess fan. The content is there and the quality of the product is there but the website is lacking. The link that reads squareoffnow.com takes you to there facebook page. That's isn't an attack on facebook's quality but it would be so much nicer if this product had an official website.

The campaign is here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/infivention/square-off-worlds-smartest-chess-board-relaunched?ref=popular
The site is here: https://www.facebook.com/getsquareoff/