Benjamin Cheung

ActivityProjectsRevenuePledgesAvg. PledgeLinks
2022 - 2025 18 $5,402 USD 180 $30 USD
I am the author of 6 books including: The Periodic Table of Ideas (2021), The Four Elements of Thinking (2019), and 32 Innovation Factors. My book, Renewable Energies in 90 minutes, can be found in the Library of Congress. I have been published in the Bell Labs Technology Journal. I hold three patents: 7443804B2, 8755805B2 and 9918232 and more pending. I am fluent in Mandarin Chinese, American Sign Language and English. I was the Heroclix (Chess like game) World champion in 2008. I have been to 30 countries around the world on 6 continents. I hold a Master of Electrical Engineering degree from Purdue University and Ph.D. in Operations Research from Walden. I worked at General Electric Medical systems in Milwaukee, Wisconsin as a engineer working on MRI and Ultrasound Systems. In 1996, I joined Lucent Technologies in Whippany, New Jersey working on wireless cell phone systems, TDMA (2G), as a development engineer. Then, I became a systems architect engineer and was promoted to a distinguished member of the technical staff. Lucent merged with Alcatel in 2007 and then Nokia in 2016. I was an engineer in Bell Labs working on 5G. Now, I am a standards engineer working on 5G wireless standards at Murray Hill (NJ).

Projects

KickstarterKicktraqBoardgameGeek CARDOKU - Head to Head Sudoku
121%
CARDOKU - Head to Head Sudoku
A project in Berkeley Heights, NJ by Benjamin Cheung 18 created
Tabletop Puzzle

Head-to-Head (H2H) Card-based Sudoku. H2H numerical puzzle solving.

Campaign: 2022/08/30 - 2022/09/18
Duration: 18 days
85 USDof 70 USD Goal
5Backers
17 USDAvg.Pledge
KickstarterKicktraqBoardgameGeek PEER TO PEER Game
180%
PEER TO PEER Game
A project in Berkeley Heights, NJ by Benjamin Cheung 18 created

Cooperative (team vs team) deck building game

Campaign: 2022/07/31 - 2022/08/21
Duration: 20 days
135 USDof 75 USD Goal
5Backers
27 USDAvg.Pledge
KickstarterKicktraq CHRONOLOGICAL
396%
CHRONOLOGICAL
A project in Berkeley Heights, NJ by Benjamin Cheung 18 created

An educational card game. Time to learn.

Campaign: 2022/06/30 - 2022/07/17
Duration: 16 days
198 USDof 50 USD Goal
10Backers
20 USDAvg.Pledge
KickstarterKicktraq CARDLE - Head to Head Codebreaking
625%
CARDLE - Head to Head Codebreaking
A project in Berkeley Heights, NJ by Benjamin Cheung 18 created
Tabletop Cards

Tech Deck cards encode a 6-digit code for players to crack. Group (1 vs many) or Head-to-Head (1 vs 1 -or- 2 vs 2) play.

Campaign: 2022/05/30 - 2022/06/19
Duration: 19 days
469 USDof 75 USD Goal
13Backers
36 USDAvg.Pledge
KickstarterKicktraq ELEVATOR PITCH Game & Idea Tool
772%
ELEVATOR PITCH Game & Idea Tool
A project in Berkeley Heights, NJ by Benjamin Cheung 18 created
Tabletop Party

A creative party game where players deliver an elevator pitch for a company they invent. Also, it is a creativity & brainstorming tool.

Campaign: 2022/04/28 - 2022/05/21
Duration: 22 days
579 USDof 75 USD Goal
15Backers
39 USDAvg.Pledge
KickstarterKicktraq GEARS OF INDUSTRY Game
144%
GEARS OF INDUSTRY Game
A project in Berkeley Heights, NJ by Benjamin Cheung 18 created
Tabletop Card Game

Personalized card game (PCG): players build unique decks from a fixed card pool. 2-4 players play factories and compete in markets

Campaign: 2022/03/27 - 2022/04/16
Duration: 19 days
108 USDof 75 USD Goal
4Backers
27 USDAvg.Pledge
KickstarterKicktraq TECH CHESS - Chess with piece abilities
676%
TECH CHESS - Chess with piece abilities
A project in Berkeley Heights, NJ by Benjamin Cheung 18 created

Tech Chess is a chess variant on a 6x6 board using the Tech Deck. Cards are chess pieces, each with abilities. Each player has 2 Kings.

Campaign: 2022/02/23 - 2022/03/19
Duration: 23 days
507 USDof 75 USD Goal
20Backers
25 USDAvg.Pledge
KickstarterKicktraq TECH EXCHANGE - Real-time Trading Game
602%
TECH EXCHANGE - Real-time Trading Game
A project in Berkeley Heights, NJ by Benjamin Cheung 18 created

A real-time stock trading card game (2-6 players) using a modern deck of cards called the Tech Deck. A stock market grows with trading.

Campaign: 2022/01/22 - 2022/02/12
Duration: 20 days
452 USDof 75 USD Goal
16Backers
28 USDAvg.Pledge