Between the 5th – 7th September 2014, Imperial College Advanced Hackspace (ICAH) and 3D printer manufacturer Ultimaker will be hosting Imperial College’s biggest hackathon event yet, Additive Sounds, at the Imperial College campus in South Kensington.

This event will bring together the worlds of music and 3D printing. We will challenge event participants to create new musical innovations using 3D printing and commonly available electronic parts (provided). There will be several different design briefs:

• Music creation (new instruments, re-purposing existing instruments)
• Music consumption (accessories for listening, improving the music consumption experience, new gadgets, devices and tools)
• Music performance (performance, live shows, audience experience)
• Music promotion (new ways of promoting artists, brands interacting with music)

Formed into small groups, participants will design and create innovative digital or physical objects in a limited time frame (two days) using provided electronic components, 3D printers and any other objects that they may wish to incorporate.

A large array of Ultimakers – desktop-sized fused-deposition modelling (FDM) 3D printers – will be available for their use, as well as various audio electronics kits, pickups, microphones and speakers. The teams will pitch their innovations to a judging panel at the end of the event; the best efforts will receive prizes.

Experts and luminaries from the worlds of music and 3D printing will be on hand over the course of the event to give insightful talks and to provide advice & support to the participants.

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Further details of the breakdown of the event will be released next week. Have no doubt, it will be exciting, fun and thoroughly challenging!

Overview
DAY 1 (Fri 5th Sept 14:00 – 20:00):
Talks from 3D printing and theme experts; design brief; group/ team formation; socialising.

DAY 2 (Sat 6th Sept 09:00 – 22:00): Design/ prototype/ ideate, make and print. With printing during the day and overnight.

DAY 3 (Sun 7th Sept 09:00 – 19:00): Refine/ prepare presentation / final prints / present. Prize-giving in the evening with awards and celebration.

Click here to sign up as an individual or as a team.

Please note that filming and photography will be occurring during the event. Final projects/ideas will be posted to our ChallengePost page and on our website. If you have any concerns please get in touch.

Head over to www.icah.org.uk/additive-sounds/ for detailed information on the event and to our Eventbrite page to get your tickets!

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