A tip of the cap to FastCompany that first reported the story about Georgia Tech's new crowd funding project.

The AJC’s Kristina Torres followed-up with our own story about the "Georgia Tech Starter" program. She wrote:

“Attention geeks, what deserves your money more: honey bees equipped with tiny transmitters or a lumbering Robosaurus?

Folks from around the world can now vote with their dollars about research at Georgia Tech, as one of the state’s top institutions launched a website last week tapping into that most basic of Internet Age fundraising: crowd funding.

Georgia Tech said going the “Kickstarter” route was a no-brainer

“Something scientists haven’t done a really good job with is explaining their research to the broader community,” co-founder Allison Mercer said of the new “Georgia Tech Starter,” which can be accessed