Is it possible to Kickstarter to fund science or engineering projects?

Kickstarter seems geared towards the music, arts or engineering with clear visual impact. Most science does not have elevator pitches -- they are hard to explain or visualize, and they deal with unsexy issues.

Einstein said if you can't explain a theory to a 5 year old you don't understand it. Is that even really true?

I doubt you can explain the technical details of web apps to the typical 5-year old. Perhaps that is just a defect of our current explanations?