There’s a stage in everyone’s life that they stop understanding new technology. Tt’s usually in their 40s. Your parents probably stopped with MP3 players and smartphones, your grandparents may never have got past moving pictures. For me, it’s already happened and it’s 3D printing and I’m not even old enough to rent a car. It may as well be magic as far as I’m concerned.

MADE are promising to create tailored surfboards and windsurfers using alchemy/3D printing and performance tracking and they look pretty cool. The only problem is the prohibitive target. MADE need half a million dollars to get things off the ground. They still haven’t finished developing the technology required so don’t be expecting your skynet, magic carpet board anytime soon.

Funding Status: SmartBoards has raised $38,647 of its $450,000 target.