Kickstarter: The Cosmonaut is a Wide Grip Stylus for the iPad

The creators of the Glif are back with another Kickstarter project to raise money for The Cosmonaut, a wide grip stylus for the iPad.

"The Cosmonaut was born out of our desire to have a really great stylus for our iPads. We love to sketch out quick ideas or doodle on our tablets, and using a stylus is much better than a finger for such tasks. We bought several different models currently available on the market but they all suffered the same problem: they were designed to look and feel like a pen. But why? Writing or drawing on the iPad feels nothing like using a pen or pencil. For one, tablets are ideal for low fidelity sketching. Also, it is pretty awkward to rest your palm on the screen of the device because it throws off the capacitive detection. Writing on a tablet feels like writing on a dry erase board: fast, simple, low fidelity. The perfect tablet stylus is one that feels like a dry erase marker."


Inspired by Radiohead, Cosmonaut creators Dan Provost & Tom Gerhardt are trying out a pay-as-you-wish pricing model. They've made 3000 donation slots available with the minimum pledge being $1. Their funding goal is $50,000 so they are hoping for a average pledge of about $16.67.

Take a look at the video below to learn more...

[via JJ]


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