blogs.vancouversun.com — Vancouver-born entrepreneur Eric Migicovsky raised more than $500,000 in 12 hours on Kickstarter Wednesday as early backers jumped at the chance to fund his company's new e-paper smartwatch for iPhones and Android smartphones. The proposed project, by Migicovsky's Palo Alto-based Pebble Technology raised $100,000 in the first two hours of its launch.