OpenVizsla USB sniffer meets its funding goal, and then some

It’s not iPad nano watch money — seriously, what is? — but with hours to go before the final bell, USB sniffer OpenVizsla has exceeded its initial funding goal by more than 400 percent. That’s over $70,000 as of this writing, with about 510 backers including Stephen Fry, who was pretty vocal about his support (that must help). If you’ll recall, the project — from iPhone dev team and Twiizers virtuosos pytey and bushing — aims to make a cheap USB analyzer that can help decode proprietary devices, the popular anecdote being it’s the same concept used in the Kinect hack how-to . It’s not too late to pledge, of course, and doing so will get you some special goodies. Need more convincing? We’re gonna embed Alma the dog’s video debut after the break. Continue reading OpenVizsla USB sniffer meets its funding goal, and then some OpenVizsla USB sniffer meets its funding goal, and then some originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 22 Dec 2010 11:37:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink

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