Makers Meetup #15: Seven Makers from the NYC FutureWorks Incubator

For Makers Meetup #15 we will be featuring seven companies from New York City's Futureworks Incubator (https://futureworks.nyc/incubator/). Sponsored by New York City Economic Development Corporation, Futureworks Incubator champions and supports the growth of hardware and advanced manufacturing startups across all five boroughs. Get a feel for the community on instagram (https://www.instagram.com/futureworksnyc/).

We will also be hearing from Katey Metzroth and Phil Waller of SecondMuse (http://secondmuse.com/), the collaboration agency who has built NYCEDC's manufacturing incubator from six companies to more than 80 over the past four years. Katey and Phil will share how cities like New York and Philly are inspiring a new era of advanced manufacturing. (Katey presented at our very first Makers Meetup and splits her time between Fishtown and Brooklyn).

The presenting companies include Bonbouton (http://bonbouton.co/) - Smart Clothes, Wiser Humans. TrakBelt360 (http://trakbelt360.com/drupal/) - The first utility belt that lets you rotate tool pouches around your waist for safety, comfort and complete versatility. Modos Furniture (https://modos.io/) - A reconfigurable furniture system that assembles without tools. Proto Sauce (http://proto-sauce.com/) - Producing advanced resins for SLA and DLP 3D printing. Space Ink (http://spaceink.net/) - Designing and making products for physical and mental fitness. Urban Leaf (https://geturbanleaf.com/) - We make growing food at home fun, easy and accessible. WaveBlock Construction System (http://waveblockcs.com/) - Advanced Mechanical Structures for the rest of us.

The program and networking will begin at 5:00 with a table-top Showcase featuring the presenting companies and others. That's when we also lay out the free food, including a selection of gourmet pizzas, sodas and beer.

The formal presentation will begin promptly at 6:30. The program is free, but space is very limited, so sign up now to reserve your seat.

Our major sponsor is Arrow Electronics (https://www.arrow.com/en/products?wm_g_phyloc=9007272&wm_g_intloc=&gclid=CjwKEAjwudW9BRDcrd30kovf8GkSJAB3hTxFcJmWMGvq7IMP8-PPJdgM8ivf3d_BG1_faDW6gTSBEhoCtsHw_wcB&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_term=arrow+electronics&utm_campaign=us+-+brand+-+core) - underwriting the space and the food. Other regular sponsors include NextFab (http://www.nextfab.com/), Duane Morris (http://www.duanemorris.com/) and Ben Franklin Technology Partners (http://www.sep.benfranklin.org/) while the non-profit Merchants Fund (http://www.merchantsfund.org/) administers our finances. (http://www.dvirc.org/)GregoryFCA (http://www.gregoryfca.com/) has donated its services to provide public relations support for this event. Erica Minutella (https://www.ejminute.com/) manages our social media engagement.

Organizations that have presented, sponsored or shown at our Meetup to date, include the following:

Adaptive Design AlaFlex

Annee London

Arrow Electronics

Baiada Institute

Ballistic Curtain Cordon Systems

Basil Leaf Technologies (Tricorder X-Prize winner)

Biobots

Biomaker Lab (UPenn)

Biomeme

Biorealize

BOLT.io Bon Bouton by Flextrapower

Bright Idea

BucknBear Knives

BumpOut Canary Security Systems

Chocamo

Climateon

Daisy Bluetooth Soil Moisture Probe

Dreamit Ventures

Drexel Center for Functional Fabrics

Drexel Hyperloop Team

Duane Morris

DVIRC

Dxter (Tricorder)

EAOS

Fermento

Franklin Institute (Science After Hours)

Futureworks Incubator

Graphwear

Guestof

Hax Hardware Accelerator

Human Augmentation Venture

Indiegogo

Iqinetics

Just Bloomed

Kelby

Kickstarter

Kittyo

KRYSI Lia Diagnostics

Lightning Packs

Loopit

Maker Media (including MAKE Magazine and Maker Faire)

MANTA (Multi-purpose Autonomous Navigator & Trash Annihilator)

Mechanicards

MinkeeBlue

Modos Furniture

NEMCO

New American Public Art

Nucleus

Nextfab

Noria Air Conditioner

Orange Maker

Outernets

OwlMedical (Turn Timer)

POWTI Innovations

ProtoSauce

Rapid Emergency Information

Roar for Good

Robocandy

Singh Center for Nanotechnology

Smartplate

SOSV Accelerator VC

SpaceInk

SPOR Chargers

Strados Labs

The Merchants Fund

Tozuda

TrakBelt360

Unruly Studios

Soltech Solutions

Synotrac

Tern Water

TheraV

United by Blue

Urban Leaf

Urban Manufacturing Alliance

VUE Smart Glasses WaveBlock

Wazer Waterjet

Wearlilu

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