{"id":2446,"date":"2014-02-19T22:33:59","date_gmt":"2014-02-19T22:33:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/archives\/2446-kickstarter-spotlight-wobl.html"},"modified":"2014-07-03T17:33:25","modified_gmt":"2014-07-03T17:33:25","slug":"kickstarter-spotlight-wobl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/kickstarter-spotlight-wobl","title":{"rendered":"Kickstarter Spotlight: wobL"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\nDoes your phone ever get lost in bed? Find yourself fumbling for it to turn off your alarm clock each morning? Well, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/428724973\/wobl-iphone-stand-and-alarm-clock-app\" target=\"_blank\">wobL<\/a> can fix that. Created by Mac, Adrian, Joe, and Vic of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thirdprime.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Third Prime Studio<\/a>, wobL is part phone stand, part iOS app. And enables a seamless wobble-to-snooze experience&mdash;a simple tap to the phone or stand puts the alarm in snooze mode.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/ScreenShot2014-02-19at5.40.57PM1.png\"><\/p>\n<p>Like a lot of Shapies, the design group created wobL in their spare time, completely remote from one another. To save time, money, and effort, they used Shapeways for prototyping&mdash; 3D printing in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/materials\/elasto-plastic\" target=\"_blank\">Elasto Plastic<\/a>, dyeing the product, and using it as their functional sample.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/ScreenShot2014-02-19at5.45.46PM.png\"><\/p>\n<p>wobL fits any iPhone or iPad Touch with or without the case.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/ScreenShot2014-02-19at5.47.52PM.png\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/ScreenShot2014-02-19at5.48.55PM.png\"><\/p>\n<p>But now they really want to get their product off the ground. So help them out on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/428724973\/wobl-iphone-stand-and-alarm-clock-app\" target=\"_blank\">Kickstarter<\/a>! 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