Crowdfunding OMATA, a gorgeous analog GPS Speedometer for bicycling

Xeni Jardin 12:47 pm Wed Apr 6, 2016

My artist/serial entrepreneur friend Julian Bleecker's new labor of love is OMATA. The company and gadget that he and co-founder Rhys Newman have been working on intensely for the last year or so today officially launched on Kickstarter.

Shut up and take my money, you guys. Take it.

Here's their launch book. Here's the Kickstarter.

They're already up to $146,000 pledged of their $150,000 goal, at the time of this blog post. It launched TODAY. That's pretty insane!

If you're in San Francisco, they're doing a launch event at Mission Workshop tomorrow (Thursday) evening.

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