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Here are the five crowd-funding projects(眾籌融資項目) that have raised the most money to date:
1. Star Citizen
Goal: $500,000
Raised: $90 million to date
Star Citizen is a multi-player Internet video game set in outer space.
This crowd-funding project started on Kickstarter in 2012 with a goal of $500,000. Star Citizen raised over $2 million on Kickstarter. The company also uses its own website for crowd-funding and has raised over$90 million in totalto date.
Star Citizen has had troubles even though it raised a record amount of money. Some are wondering what the company has done with all the money it raised. An unhappy backer has threatened a lawsuit against the company.
2. Elio Motors
Raised: $37 million to date
Elio Motors has a goal of raising funds for a new type of car. The car has a base price of $6,800. The company is still taking deposits for its three-wheeled, two-passenger car. So far over 46,000 cars have been reserved.
3. Pebble Time
Goal: $500,000
Raised: $20,338,986
Pebble funded its first watch using Kickstarter. Pebble went back to Kickstarter to fund its Pebble Time watch with a color screen in February 2015. Pebble Time raised over $20 million and is the most successful Kickstarter project so watch works with both iPhone and Android, and has a one-battery life.
4. Ethereum
Raised: $18 million
According to the Ethereum website, “Ethereum is a decentralized platform that runs smart contracts: applications that run exactly as programmed without any possibility of downtime, censorship, fraud or third -party interference. Ethereum is how the Internet was supposed to work.”
Ethereum Businesses can use Ethereum to communicate over the Internet. It gives them a record of their communications. Ethereum applications can include exchanging money on the Internet. It also includes message programs.
5. Coolest Cooler
Goal: $50,000
Raised: $13,285,226
The Coolest Cooler raised over $13 million dollars from 62,642 backers for an insulated box that keeps your food and drinks cold. But the Coolest Cooler does more than keep things cold. The Coolest Cooler has been called “the Swiss Army knife” of coolers. The cooler has a charger, light, speaker and much more.
29. The two projects which run on computers are________.
A. Star Citizen and Elio Motors B. Ethereum and Star Citizen
C. Pebble Time and Coolest Cooler D. Elio Motors Pebble Time
30. The features of the Pebble Time watch include the following except for its________.
A. color screen B. functions with both iphone and Anchoid
C. low price D. fine battery life
31. Which of the following statements is FALSE according to the text?
A. Up till now, more than 46,000 cars of the new type have been sold out by Elio Motors
B. Pebble Time does the best among Kickstarlar project
C. Coolest Cooler is used for not simply keeping things cool.
D. Up to now, Star Citizen has the most raised money.
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