Music of the Future: Tech Innovations and Inventions

In the future, how will we make and experience music?

In today's episode, Bey and Kirsten speak with some of the folks inventing that future. First, they sit down with with Dr. Jason Freeman to learn about (and hear samples from!) Georgia Tech's annual Guthman Musical Instrument Competition, an international contest showcasing newly invented instruments. Then, it's time for a field trip! So Curious goes on the road to visit Dr. Youngmoo Kim and his colleagues at Drexel University's Music and Entertainment Technology Lab. From vests that allow the deaf to experience music through their skin, to AI that can create music from noise, check out some of the incredible tech innovations being developed right here in Philadelphia!

Links for today's episode:

• Learn more about Dr. Jason Freeman, and check out the Guthman Musical Instrument Competition's page to watch videos of the instruments entered in the competition! All audio of competition instruments courtesy of Georgia Tech
• Check out the Musical Instrument Collection at The Met to explore the history of instrument design.
• Learn more about Dr. Youngmoo Kim, his Music and Entertainment Technology Lab, and the ExCITe Center at Drexel University
• Check out more about the Magnetic Resonator Piano
• Learn more about Daniel Belquer and his project, Music: Not Impossible and the work they've done with Mandy Harvey, a deaf musician and finalist on The Voice
• Check out Beacon Street Studios, who made the music used in the vest demonstration
• Learn more about Charis Cochran and her Phd work on music AI