Pebble, Kickstarter And A Wrist Rangefinder

Jenna Wortham filed an excellent NY Times Business story on Kickstarter, a fascinating new venture capital start-up that goes directly to the people and in the story highlighted Pebble, an e-paper screen watch that will sync with iPhone or Android.

What caught my eye was the potential for golfers to get yardages on a watch, something teased on the Pebble profile page but not included in their teaser video (below). We won't know until September, 2012 if it works. That's when the $99 and $115 venture capital suppliers ($7.4 million already raised!) will get their watches.