What scares me is that they are starting a new kickstarter project when they didn't even finish the first one. I was backing this project but just ask for refund.

This actually makes me wonder: If one would want to scam Kickstarters, one could just create new project and PR their way into millions of dollars without having to deliver a single thing.

I can well believe that the scanbox is at a stage where there's simply not that much left for the guys to do except wait for the manufacturing to turn around. Why not start another project if they've got the time for it?

Shipping isn't a small task, and since it will only begins in a month, it's a fair assumption to think that they still have much to do.

If the shipping was 50% done, I would agree but this isn't the case here

Well, yes. That's the point. In a month's time, they might be snowed, but until then, they're kicking their heels. If they get the timing right, they can be dealing with the shipping for scanbox while waiting for Lifx to get funded.

October 12 according to the last kick starter update.

It's unfortunate that him saying "scanbox" on the lifx video sounds very much like "scambox".