Ignite Upstate Presents Beta Night at the Tech Garden (Q1, 2014)

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Ignite Upstate presents the Q1 2014 Beta Night at the Syracuse Technology Garden!

Please join us on January 31st, 2014 from 5:00pm to 8:00pm to learn about this quarter’s most innovative, regionally developed technologies! This is a great forum for members of the public (general or startup community) to engage with startups and innovators – to listen to a brief pitch about what they are working on, see and test it face-to-face and provide feedback to the innovators. So don’t miss out on learning about the innovative, scalable technologies being developed in Upstate New York!

The evening’s schedule:
Date: Friday, January 31st, 2014
Time: 5:00pm to 8:00pm
Location: Syracuse Technology Garden

5:00pm - sign-in and setup with snacks and drinks
5:30pm - 3-minute developer pitchs
6:15pm - beta testing, networking and food
7:30pm - public open forum
7:45pm - developer open forum

Registration for “testers” or members of the public is free, but we’re limiting registration to 50 people, so sign up now and reserve your spot. If you do register but your plans change, please let us know so we can fill your spot! Snacks, heavy hors d'oeuvres and wine are provided courtesy of our event sponsors.

Check back for the list of participating developers and entrepreneurs!

To learn more about Ignite Upstate, please visit http://www.igniteupstate.com

To participate as a developer or an entrepreneur with a beta product, please visit: http://igniteupstate.com/participate/beta-night-developers/

If you’re interested in sponsoring this or other Ignite Upstate events, please visit: http://igniteupstate.com/support-us/sponsor-an-event/.

Confirmed developers

Crowsnest (http://www.crowsnest.io) has developed camera kits (currently using Foscams) that automatically capture and share photos to social media and cloud storage platforms based on motion detection. And come check out what Crowsnest hasn't yet released, but developed in partnership with IFTTT (https://ifttt.com/) and a proprietary software vendor. They've created a platform that allows systematic capture of demographic information based on facial recognition. There's no security concern because it doesn't capture your face, but it uses the same IFTTT triggers to provide demographic based, semi-custom advertising on digital media platforms - not quite Minority Report style (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bXJ_obaiYQ), but it can throw me Apple Store ads while it would know to throw my girlfriend Bath and Body Works ads! Pretty awesome!

Platypus TV (http://www.platypustv.com/) is a social television platform that timestamps conversations to television episodes.

buildPathways (http://www.buildPathways.com) enables students challenged by reading comprehension to use personal experiences to engage with reading material. We help students and educators generate graphic organizers populated with visual content. This strategy enables engagement with concepts during and after classroom material is worked on.

Georeader (http://www.mygeoreader.com) is the first ever mobile travel guide, with “an installed database of thousands of U.S. historical markers and other worldwide points of interest. The phone’s text-to-speech function reads the text aloud as users drive by. It’s hands free and doesn’t interfere with the phone’s GPS navigation or music players. Best of all, users can create their own 200 word messages, “Talking Points,” and can make those entries public, private or friends-only. A filter allows users to hear information only on topics of interest to them. (http://www.insidegnss.com/node/2847)” Georeader won the 2011 Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) People’s Choice Award and is on the top 100 Paid Apps list in the Apple App Store (https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/georeader/id530931738?mt=8).

PrintLure (http://www.PrintLure.com), featuring its product, YourLure, connects anglers and designers in an online community to create the next generation of fish-catching tools. These lures are special because they are 3D printed from digital files. Our online space will allow CAD designers to submit 3D printable lures for anglers to rate, download and order. We use feedback from anglers to improve lure designs and evaluate which submissions will be successful as scaled products. We give lure designers the tools they want to make higher grade, custom fishing equipment with less effort and provide the angling community with lures they deem worth fishing. Read more about them in "3D Printing: A Fish Out of Water (http://bit.ly/JMDffE)" on Ignite Upstate.

BusMe is a crowd sourcing of public bus routes and real-time locations.

Regattable (http://www.regattable.com/) is the world's first foldable and portable 16' catamaran that fits into two suitcases. Imagine being able to take your sailboat with you wherever you go: through the streets of New York City, on your flight to South France, or in the back of your car on the way to the lake with family.

Tooth Fairy is an innovative video game, using a toothbrush with built-in motion sensors as the controller. Tooth Fairy encourages children to brush their teeth with proper techniques, engaging correct motions and hitting the right angles, all captured by the sensors embedded in the tooth brush. Brushing teeth has never been more fun! Tooth Fairy -- Play. Brush. Smile!

Salt City Miners (http://www.saltcityminers.com) are presenting their Mini Salty Miner a bitcoin mining ring. The Miner is an economical, optimized, cryptocurrency mining rig. It's pre-configured - all you need is power and an ethernet cable.

Norveld Business Systems (http://www.norveld.com) is presenting eCision. Most organizations have too many demands and not enough resources. Project selection is difficult and fraught with politics, squeaky wheels, and other negative influences. Projects that are selected may be of questionable value and may not align with the organization's strategy. eCision solves these problems. eCision is a strategy management solution. It integrates the organization's strategy, capabilities, and priorities into an innovative decision-making framework that brings consistency, accountability, and transparency when assessing, selecting, and prioritizing project proposals. eCision answers these questions: should we do it? can we do it? and when do we do it?

OnRoute Digital Media (http://www.onroutedigital.com) OnRoute Digital Media is a Syracuse, New York based Ad Tech company focused on delivering real-time context and location awareness in apps for brands, retailers, and venues. Through the use of its platform called BreadKrum, advertisers are able to create and measure mobile advertisements that drive engagement and enhance the overall consumer experience. OnRoute has launched BreadKrum domestically and internationally, connected through both a standalone mobile application as well as a software development kit (SDK).

Reserva (http://www.reserva.do) recently launched the first direct sourcing e-commerce platform focused on imported fruits and vegetables. Now working on a futures market to allow retailers to buy contracts for future harvests.

Program sponsors

Northland Communications (http://www.northland.net)

Creekwalk Commons (http://creekwalkcommons.com/)

StartFast Venture Accelerator (http://startfast.net/)

The Tech Garden (http://thetechgarden.com/)

IDEA at Syracuse University (http://idea.syr.edu/)

Kishmish Inc. (http://www.kishmish.com)