**Editor’s note:Ross Rubinis principal analyst atReticle Researchand blogs atTechspressive. Each column will look at crowdfunded products that have either met or missed their funding goals.*Beyond making their way in the dark, modern humans have many basic needs – maintaining well-being, feeling secure, and enforcing as much control over their domain as possible while exerting as little effort as necessary. The ability to achieve them with the aid of a smartphone, though, has arrived relatively recently, and the ability to crowdfund them via Indiegogo as per all of this week’s projects, even more so.