Reality, Musicality and Beyond: Drinks & Demos
Details
With a trade show-esque format, the evening will feature technology companies that amuse and bemuse the senses through vision and sound. Take a pair of virtual reality goggles for a spin and see what creates musical legends for an evening. Make music with apples and view another reality with nothing but cardboard and a phone.
Don’t forget the networking, as it’s a chance to connect with Philadelphia’s tech and entrepreneurial community in a low-key environment while asking founders and engineers any and all questions you may have. Check back soon as we add more event details!
Schedule:
6:00: Networking with snacks and beverages kicks off
6:30: Lighting Round Introduction of Demo Companies
6:50: Demos, networking and drinks
8:00: Last call for questions!
Demo Companies:
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Dj CUTMAN (http://www.djcutman.com/) l @VideoGameDJ (https://twitter.com/videogamedj)
Dj CUTMAN is a passionate and prolific DJ and producer of Chiptune and video game remixes. His record label GameChops (http://www.gamechops.com/) is the first of its kind to license dance music remixes from major video game publishers like Nintendo and Sega. He hosts a weekly chiptune show "This Week In Chiptune" spotlighting some of the world's best chip-musicians, and authors the blog VideoGameDJ.com (http://www.videogamedj.com/).
Dj CUTMAN is the founder of GameChops, the world's first record label dedicated to video game music. With an international roster of music producers and DJs, GameChops creates and licenses the highest quality video game remixes to further the appreciation of video game music as an art form.
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DYIM (https://www.facebook.com/dyimexhibit?_rdr) l @DYIMexhibit (https://twitter.com/DYIMexhibit)
DYIM, featured at Philly Tech Week and the Verizon Philadelphia University Innovation Gala, is a truly unique musical experience. This project presents a distinct opportunity for people that think they can’t make music on their own, by allowing users to overcome obstacles to their inner musician and express the musical ideas they have within.
DYIM (Discover Your Inner Musician) is an interactive experience manifested in exhibit form, that allows non-musicians to make music in a social environment. Users interact with a simple to use interface to create music and feel their inner musician come alive.
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Edge of Nostalgia (http://mikronesia.com/eon) l @Mikronesia (https://twitter.com/mikronesia)
Mikronesia is the moniker of composer and listening artist Michael McDermott. Through electroacoustic creations Mikronesia weaves sonic meditations as recordings, installations, applications and scores for dance and film.
His recent work has seen an increase concentration on still and meditative sounds using drones, textures and real-time field recordings. Mikronesia's (co)creations hopes to undo preconceived notions of music and entertainment by revealing the every present song found deep in the the sound world of the present moment.
In 2013 Michael began to bridge his day job work as a web developer and his creative pursuits by creating an interactive sound application Edge of Nostalgia. The app/album uses the listeners smartphone microphone to blend the sound world around them into a suite of pre-recorded ambient music, creating a unique listening experience each time they listen.
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Electricity for Progress (http://www.electricityforprogress.com/)
Sam Cusumano performs, educates, and builds as an 'Engineer for the Arts' under the name Electricity for Progress. Through presentation, exhibition, musical performance, and workshops, Electricity for Progress provides interactive environments for audiences to explore the devices and systems all around us, making seemingly complex electronic processes understandable and relatable to guests. Working with a wide variety of performance and visual arts organizations around the Philadelphia area EforP strives to create rich interactive environments which encourage questioning and teaches people to understand how their tools work.
For this Tech in Motion event, he will be presenting 'Alternative Interfaces'. Using a pair of apples as an interactive controller, guests are invited to put on headphones, touch two apples, and listen to music as it is generated in real time. This example of a Biodata Sonification system utilizes galvanic conductance measured across two probes (in this case apples), and translates changes in conductivity into musical notes. Working with the media/arts organization Data Garden, EforP is in the process of releasing a limited run of Biodata Sonification units (branded the MIDI Sprout) after a successful Kickstarter funding campaign in 2014.
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Drexel University's ExCITe Center (http://drexel.edu/excite/) l @excitecenter (https://twitter.com/excitecenter)
Kara Lindstrom is a designer, urban geek, and she serves as the Program Manager/Enabler for Drexel University’s ExCITe Center. Drexel's Expressive and Creative Interaction Technologies (ExCITe) Center is a University-wide strategic initiative bringing together faculty, students, and entrepreneurs from engineering, fashion design, digital media, performing arts, computer and information science, product design, and many other fields to pursue highly multi-disciplinary collaborative projects.
The research and education activities of the ExCITe Center emphasize the arts-integrated approach of STEAM* [vs. traditional STEM]. Additionally, ExCITe serves to connect knowledge and resources across Philadelphia through civic, arts and culture, and industry partnerships with other institutions and organizations in the region.
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Greenfish Labs (http://greenfishlabs.com/) | @GreenFishLabs (https://twitter.com/greenfishlabs)
Greenfish Labs is a software and multimedia company specializing in development of Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR) products for business, education, and entertainment applications. The company offers creative VR and AR solutions designed to meet the specific needs of clients.
Greenfish Labs is a Pennsylvania corporation headquartered in Lancaster, PA with an office presence in Philadelphia. Our services are geared for several markets, including small to large businesses, government, entertainment, and educational institutions.
We are breaking down the 4th wall and redefining reality.
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BEEP (http://www.beep.band/) l @Vidikulous (https://twitter.com/vidikulous)
The Boyer Electroacoustic Ensemble Project—BEEP—is a group for electroacoustic music creation in a collaborative environment. Founded in 2010 by Dr. Adam Vidiksis at Temple University, BEEP embraces a variety of aesthetics, from EDM to the avant-garde. We function in varied modalities: from a laptop orchestra, to fusion of computers and traditional instruments, to an electronic music band. BEEP uses the laptop orchestra model, “an ensemble of computer-based meta-instruments,” as one of many possible modes of music making using computers and other electronics.
Our main goal as an ensemble is to explore new musical paths and new technologies by uniting people of varying and complimentary skill sets in the discovery of new possibilities of creating sound. BEEP also aims to promote expressive music making and musical vocabulary, increase technological literacy among its participants and audience, to encourage a culture of code literacy and computer competency hand-in-hand with critical and independent thinking, and to perform the ever-expanding repertory of electronic music.
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Kurant Cider (http://www.kurantcider.com/) l @KurantCider (https://twitter.com/KurantCider)
Kurant cider is a small batch, hand crafted cidery operated by Owners, Joe Getz and Michael Meyers out of Lansdale, PA. Kurant operates as an independent cidery bringing fresh new ideas and gluten free ingredients to the ever growing cider and beer scene of Philadelphia. Utilizing the shared space of a 7 barrel system for cider making we have combined years of experience spanning from a significant home-brewing background to industry experience. Our goal is to make tasty, enjoyable ciders that stand out for the unique ingredients used. Kurant offers three ciders including Daily, a semi-sweet crisp traditional cider with pleasant acidity; Tropic, a cider infused with a citrus explosion of pineapple blended with crisp apple; and Earth, a uniquely hopped cider carrying all the floral and piney characteristics of hops minus the bitterness. We will continue to add creative and exciting new ideas to our products and hope to see you soon around the craft scene of Philadelphia. We have recently combined our efforts with Tech in Motion to bring our quality product to their already outstanding networking events!
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Ole Smoky (http://olesmoky.com/) l @OleSmoky (https://twitter.com/OleSmoky)
Ole Smoky Tennessee Moonshine is Tennessee’s first legal moonshine, made at the foot of the Smoky Mountains in scenic Gatlinburg, TN. Founded in 2009, the company has since grown to become the most visited distillery in America. Ole Smoky is built on a foundation of quality American craftsmanship and the tradition of distilling spirits the way it’s been done for generations. The Ole Smoky family has been distilling moonshine in the South for more than 200 years, and we proudly carry on that family tradition in every bottle of Ole Smoky Tennessee Moonshine.
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Partyhasher (http://www.partyhasher.com/) | @Partyhasher (https://twitter.com/partyhasher)
Partyhasher is a Philadelphia based startup, which offers a software service that lets you capture and showcase photos of your event at your event using Instagram. Each event is associated with a custom hashtag allowing you to crowdsource photos from guests and then live broadcasts their pictures onto a large screen at your event in real time! Snap, hash and post it.
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