This Kickstarter project combines the nostalgia of typewriters with cloud storage

This Kickstarter project combines the nostalgia of typewriters with cloud storage
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Have you ever wished you could use a good old-fashioned typewriter without worrying about backing up your writing?

With a new Kickstarter project, that just might be possible. The Hemingwrite, created by entrepreneurs Adam Leeb and Patrick Paul, features a typewriter-style keyboard, but it connects to WiFi to store writing in the cloud. There's no surfing the web, though — the WiFi is only there to back up your documents. And if you really want to go old-fashioned, you can turn the WiFi backup off.

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Meghan DeMaria

Meghan DeMaria is a staff writer at TheWeek.com. She has previously worked for USA Today and Marie Claire.