Now that Kickstarter has become the go-to funding platform for everything from potato
salad to vanity projects for cheapskate celebrities, it's tough to tell just which campaigns are actually worth your hard-earned contribution. But for all the riffraff, the crowdfunding site ushered in some legitimately compelling and hugely successful projects this past year, which made it especially tough to narrow down our favorites. That said, we weighed a combination of factors including the amount of money raised, originality of the concept, and overall critical reception to declare these 15 projects 2015's best. https://www.thrillist.com/tech/nation/best-kickstarter-campaigns-of-2015/tech
