Platinum Sponsors
Toyota (NYSE:TM), the world’s top automaker and creator of
the Prius, is committed to building vehicles for the way people live through
its Toyota, Lexus and Scion brands. Over the past 50 years, Toyota has
built more than 25 million cars and trucks in North America, where it
operates 14 manufacturing plants and directly employs more than 40,000
people. The company’s 1,800 North American dealerships sold more than 2.5
million cars and trucks in 2013 – and about 80 percent of all Toyota vehicles
sold over the past 20 years are still on the road today.
Gold Sponsors
Best Buy’s Geek Squad is the largest electronics and
appliance installation and repair organization in the country. We aim to make
life happier and more productive by helping you get the most from the devices
you plug into your wall or your car. Now in its eighth year, Geek Squad Academy
inspires young people to become as excited about technology as we are through
fun, interactive classes and activities. Our hands-on learning programs help
students experience technology personally by creating music, learning about
photography and production, exploring 3D design, and programming robotics.
Silver Sponsors
Indiegogo is the largest global crowdfunding platform,
empowering people around the world
to fund what matters to them.
Bronze Sponsors
Blending the physical and the digital, Sprout lets you work
in the tangible, tactile world we live in. No complicated processes. No
intimidating technology. Just you, sprout and your imagination. A whole new
workspace where you can roll up your sleeves and create something. Instantly.
It’s time to reimagine what you can do.
The Sand Noise Device (SND) is both a complex generative
music system as well as a novel and intuitive interface for interacting with
this system.
Dovetailed is a user experience design studio and innovation
lab. We create compelling experiences in physical and digital spaces.
DODOcase believes the next million VR experiences will come
from mobile devices and has made it possible for the masses to explore VR in a
cost effective, attainable way with its
Smartphone Virtual Reality Viewer. The company’s
build-your-own kit costs only $25 and will allow anyone the ability to
experience VR. Inspired by the Google cardboard project announced at the 2014
I/O conference, DODOcase was quick to act by designing and developing its own
version of the viewer and a
VR app (in beta) which serves as a portal to the VR content
that currently exists.
Matterport makes it easy for anyone to create immersive 3D
models of real-world spaces and properties that can be experienced and shared
online.
Beam enables people to be there, and interact naturally by
seeing and being seen, and hearing and being heard, from anywhere in the world.
LEIF is an eSnowboard that allows you to slide, drift and
carve around city streets just like a snowboard with wireless control up to
20mph.
Formed in 2005, Aldebaran create companion robots that
positively influence our daily lives. They are also for education,
reception, assistance, entertainment, and even autism therapy.
LEGO Systems, Inc. is the North American division of The
LEGO Group, a privately-held, family-owned company based in Billund, Denmark,
one of the world’s leading manufacturers of creatively educational play materials
for children. The company is committed to the development of children’s
creative and imaginative abilities, and its employees are guided by the motto
adopted in the 1930s by founder Ole Kirk Christiansen: “Only the best is good
enough.”
GizmoSphere will host an immersive, interactive experience
powered by a single Gizmo development board for embedded systems. Battle with a
friend in a two-player death match that showcases the impressive power behind
Gizmo through futuristic graphics, gesture recognition, and exciting
interactions. Even better, GizmoSphere openly shares all the source code and
assets online so you can see just how it’s done. Get ready to Enter The
GizmoSphere.
OnePlus is a disruptive technology startup changing the
smartphone market through design, pristine craftsmanship and interaction with
the user.
Say goodbye to paper with Boogie Board eWriters, the
eco-friendly, paperless and cost-effective replacement for sketchpads and
notebooks everywhere!
Chaotic Moon Studios designs, develops and delivers awesome
software for the planet’s biggest brands — like FOX, Disney, Marvel, Pizza Hut
and Intel. Simply put, we’re the best.
Copper Sponsors
Fever is a social discovery platform changing the way people
make plans. We deliver a curated list of events that tailored specifically for
each user, for them to share with friends, book in two clicks, and enjoy a
night out.
Meet Nod—the world’s most advanced Bluetooth enabled gesture
control ring. From VR gaming to the connected home and office, Nod creates a
beautiful way to touchlessly and gesturally communicate with the world around
you.
Luidia Inc., originally founded in 2003, and reincorporated
in 2013, has over 100 interactive technology and digital capture patents.
Headquartered in Belmont, CA, Luidia creates eBeam and Equil product lines for
B2B, B2C, education and OEM customers worldwide.
TellSpec, the company behind the world’s first consumer food
sensor, is a privately held corporation founded on February 1, 2013,
headquartered in Toronto, Canada.
Alpha One Labs an educational non-profit, founded in
2009,provides tools and space for people to work on projects and hosts classes
and events.
Easier To Use, LLC is launching GoGlove, a wearable wireless
remote control. Our Team is focused on product design, enabling
technology to simplify our lives
SoundFocus makes intelligent sound systems that personalize
audio to your hearing, tastes and the ambient environment. Amp, a sound-system
in a phone case, just launched.
The KOR-FX Gaming Vest uses award-winning 4DFX technology
that transforms the audio coming from your games or media into pinpointed
high-definition haptic feedback.
Handy is an on-demand home improvement and cleaning service
that provides trusted, fully vetted professionals for common household
services.
RICOH THETA a digital camera that captures the world around
you with fully spherical, 360 degree imagery. Complete with spherical video and
Wifi as well.
Karma puts easy-to-use, reliable Wi-Fi service in your
pocket and keeps all your devices connected to the internet. You only pay for
the data you use, that data never expires, there’s no monthly fees, no
contracts, and sharing Karma connection with others earns you free data.
BeTerrific creates positive, engaging live original content
in Technology, Sports, Business and Entertainment taking you behind the scenes
and bridging the gap between icons and fans.
Codarica makes seriously fun coding games to enable children
as young as 6 to code. Codarica’s first iPad app CodeQuest is now available for
free!
BloomSky aims to revolutionize weather by changing the way
data is collected and shared. Crowdsourcing will help achieve real-time,
hyperlocal weather data around the world
Feel confident in the kitchen. Nomiku harnesses the power of
sous vide to help you become the chef you were born to be.
Music Computing is a maker of advanced Windows and Mac OS X
keyboard production stations designed to allow anyone to produce complete
radio-ready music.
Jaunt is a technology company delivering a completely new
way to experience immersive media with the first full-stack hardware and
software solution for cinematic VR.
The Wi-Fi enabled Ring Video Doorbell empowers homeowners to
know exactly what’s going on at home directly from their smartphone or tablet,
thanks to its HD camera, two-way talk, motion detection, and cloud recording.
Clover has reinvented the traditional point of sale, long dominated
by outdated server-based technologies. By building both innovative purpose
built hardware as well as a leading cloud based software platform, Clover is
able to best serve merchants and create opportunity for developers through the
Clover App Market.
GIROPTIC is an electronic R&D and manufacturing company
based in Lille, France. With 100 man years of relevant experience in
semiconductor and visual computer design engineering, GIROPTIC specializes in
360° vision technology.
ESCORT designs and manufactures the most awarded radar &
laser detectors including PASSPORT Max™, the world’s only all-digital detector
– ESCORT holds 85% of category patents.
Corning® Fibrance™ Light-Diffusing Fiber, a glass optical
fiber optimized for thin, colorful, aesthetic lighting. This fiber enables
lighting to be designed or embedded into tight or small places where other
bulky lighting elements cannot fit. The fiber is bright yet nearly invisible
when the light source is off, thereby enhancing a product’s overall aesthetics
and user experience.
Huawei, a leading smartphone manufacturer, is ready to
challenge the status quo. Its people-centric approach is disrupting the
marketplace by delivering premium experiences, well-made and well-priced
devices in a new way. For Huawei, 2014 will be a big year, with a big device
launch, and a big story to tell.
Media Partner Sponsors
New York’s Next Top Makers encourages innovation and local
manufacturing in NYC by increasing public access to new technology and
resources; assisting a cohort of selected Fellows to establish their
businesses; and connecting the surge in prototyping activity with existing
manufacturing capabilities that provide well-paying jobs for many New Yorkers.
Cool Mom Tech – Whether you’re a parent or not, you’ll
appreciate their common-sense info about tech, from helpful tips and app
reviews, to stylish cases and gadget recommendations.
Make:, the leader of the maker movement, serves a growing
community of passionate, resourceful individuals who believe if you can imagine
it, you can make it.
Indie Corner Sponsors
Pavlok is the first wearable that uses electric shock to
train away bad behaviors.
Toymail is a connected platform that entertains, educates
and connects children to those they love.
Mous Musicase – An iPhone case that holds and retracts Apple
Headphones.
WallyHome uses SNUPI’s patented technology to monitor the
moisture, temperature, and humidity of your home
Pensa Labs is dedicated to encouraging creativity by
improving the accessibility of digital fabrication.
CubeSensors are stylish indoor monitoring devices that make
your home healthier and your office more productive.
TouchJet has developed a TouchPico – a tiny handheld
projector that turns any surface into giant 80-inch touchscreen. TouchPico is
powered by duo-core embedded Android PC and it compatible with native Android
apps.
