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#MTFSparks Liège

We gathered 14 young people aged between 12 and 16 in Liège and spent the day with them building handmade musical instruments, software and devices.

Michela Magas wins EU Woman Innovator of the Year

“This award is shared by the 5000 or so creative innovators – both women and men – who form the Music Tech Fest community…”

A global community of innovators

“It was a brilliant community of people ranging from neuroscientists to musicians, to projection mapping and fashion designers. It was an orchestra of mediums, and with all the collaborative excitement surrounding us, we had to push it to the max…”

Interview with Michela Magas

“On International Women’s Day, 8th March 2017, the European Commission will announce the three winners of the 2017 Women Innovators Prize. Stromatolite’s Michela Magas is one of nine finalists for these prestigious awards…”

#MusicBricks hits 5.5 million impacts!

The hashtag #MusicBricks has registered 5,5 million impacts on Twitter one year after the toolkit release.

A #MusicBricks patent is filed

The newly formed Swedish company Sojaner AB has patented technologies deveolped with #MusicBricks. The Swedish Patent Application No. 1650637-0 filed – “Headphone system” is under embargo until November 2017.

#MusicBricks project receives Ars Electronica Jury Nomination

#FindingSomethingBondingSound receives the Ars Electronica STARTS Prize Jury Nomination for achievements at the crossover between science and art.

#MusicBricks accessibility success is featured in national media

#HiNote has featured on the BBC and in the Guardian newspaper in the UK, on Radio Eins in Germany and on Portuguese National Television.

#MusicBricks incubatee listed in Forbes' 30 under 30

Airstrument’s Matan Berkowitz has been listed in Forbes’ 30 under 30 top entrepreneurs in Israel.

R-IoT lined up for production

The #MusicBricks Tangible User Interface – the Ircam-developed R-IoT – has been batch tested for commercial production. Talks are being conducted between #MusicBricks and major global distributers for large scale deployment.

Director of #MusicBricks awarded Innovation Luminary

Michela Magas has been awarded Innovation Luminary 2016 for Creative Innovation at the Open Innovation 2.0 in Amsterdam.

WE JOIN THE DOTS

We run projects that join the dots between arts and sciences, industry and academia, groundbreaking research and market adoption, creation of tools and hands-on invention.