>> you've seen it on indiegogo, kickstarter, sites like that, where there's been donation-based crowdfundingritable contributions for causes, but it's now expanded. >> normally, real-estate investments are limited to people who are writing checks of $100,000 or more. we can take a deal, put it online, allow people to invest for 5,000 bucks. giving an individual the chance for a few thousand bucks to own a piece of commercial real estate -- it's really empowering. >> it's growing by leaps and bounds. in the past year, over 100 companies have popped up. >> realty mogul, realtyshares, crowdstreet -- more and more real-estate crowdfunding websites are popping up every day. the websites say that it's bringing democracy -- democracy! -- to real-estate investing, enabling everyday people to invest in major building projects. >> there's been a lot of frustration with wall street and banks, that they're not lending to the right places for growth, and so the thought is that using technology to directly connect investors and borrowers -- it can create a more efficient process that i think will threaten

>> you've seen it on indiegogo, kickstarter, sites like that, where there's been donation-based crowdfundingut it's now expanded. >> normally, real-estate investments are limited to people who are writing checks of $100,000 or more. we can take a deal, put it online, allow people to invest for 5,000 bucks. giving an individual the chance for a few thousand bucks to own a piece of commercial real estate -- it's really empowering. >> it's growing by leaps and bounds. in the past year, over 100 companies have popped up. >> realty mogul, realtyshares, crowdstreet -- more and more real-estate crowdfunding websites are popping up every day. the websites say that it's bringing democracy -- democracy! -- to real-estate investing, enabling everyday people to invest in major building projects. >> there's been a lot of frustration with wall street and banks, that they're not lending to the right places for growth, and so the thought is that using technology to directly connect investors and borrowers -- it can create a more efficient process that i think will threaten the traditional centralized infras

so far the company, which is called a sleep, says they have 6,000 preorders on indiegogo. product is due to come out next month. >> very interesting. i need a bed that will sleep for me. >> right. >>> all right. time now is coming up on 8:35. and the story we have been following from overnight, this amazing crash. it's going to make you wonder how this driver actually made it out alive. take a look. coming up next we are going to have a live report on how the car ended up upside down in a building in walnut creek. >>> and we're live in san francisco where there could be changes up ahead for people who live in the city and who get residential parking permits. pore on those changes and perhaps if it will lead to more parking spaces. >>> what we're hearing this morning from two paramedics who witnessed this incredible crash. we have been taking a look at this video in walnut creek. >> yeah, a car was speeding. it actually flew off a freeway and plowed right into a building in walnut creek. ktvu's alex savidge, you're there to explain how people in that car were rescued. how t

when we talk about different economics for the home, this might be an indiegogo kickstarter thing withwo guys in a garage. particularly pernicious issue, including the hardware refers to -- hardware you referred to. >> the nest fluctuation arbitrage -- at the bottom end, odm chips you are buying off random sites. and when your nest is brought to you from enron, and they are engaging in practices that are found illegal, we have at risk too. not hacking, but simply manipulation. think of a commercial restaurant. you cannot just have a commercial restaurant. even though the hacker community hates regulations. there are times when the government asserts its will in the form of minimum kitchen sanitation code. there may end up being something like a gold star seal, where it is more of a carrot on a stick. we may have to come to a point where the device that can meet a certain threshold will allow discerning citizens to buy those, and only those. who may not be as deterministic as guaranteeing that it won't catch on fire. electrical engineering is deterministic and cyber security is not. we