People @ IL
Scroll below to get to know a few of our current members.
Apricity/Gavin Lund
@ IL Since 2018
Apricity is an engineering and product design agency headquartered in Bend, Oregon. We are a dedicated team of talented workers passionate about creating quality products that stand the test of time.
We work closely with our manufacturing partners to facilitate ease of product entry into the market. Our dynamic team can rapidly adjust to changing project requirements while maintaining the highest quality of service.
Curious Sound Instruments | Nickolas Chelyapov
@IL Since 2013
Nickolas Chelyapov is a freelance Interactive Art Director and Graphic Designer.
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Curious Sound Objects was born out of a desire to establish an outlet for the various interactive sound forms coming out of Cambridge and Somerville in Massachusetts. It is now growing to include international artists.
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CSO showcases individual, or editioned, sound/sculptural works at the intersection of art and science. All of the works emit sound and typically respond to visitor interactions, and the shows are a celebration of self-expression through sound, making music, and community.
The project also further extends the contemporary art landscape to include interactive works, and combines visual culture with music culture.
FØCAL
@IL 2013-2015 (Founder Brian Rossa) & Since 2017
In collaboration with Industry Lab, FØCAL has developed a vision-specific incubator space in Inman Square, Cambridge. Residents will have access to all the great amenities that Industry Lab has to offer, plus computer vision support provided by FØCAL.
LeafLabs, Inc.
@IL Since 2011
LeafLabs is a top research and engineering services firm focused on low level computing. We work with leading corporations, startups, government agencies, and academic institutions to help solve their toughest computing challenges. For almost a decade, we’ve delivered tailored, practical results, enabling our clients to achieve their most important aspirations.
NK Labs
@IL Since 2014
NK Labs is an engineering company. We invent creative solutions to challenging technical problems, and develop them concept to prototype. NK Labs specializes in consumer electronics, scientific instrumentation, autonomous vehicles, and desktop fabrication.
Pickle Robot Company
@IL Since 2019
Led by Andrew Meyer, Ariana Eisenstein, and Dan Paluska, the team at Pickle Robot Company has decades of experience working at the boundary between hardware and software.
Pickle is an all-MIT cast of engineers with strong backgrounds in robotics, machine learning, modular hardware, and oddly, brain-machine interfaces.
Pickle Robot Company spun out of top Cambridge, MA R&D firm, LeafLabs.
Plebian Design | Jeff Lieberman
@IL Since 2012
Jeff Lieberman explores the connections between the arts, sciences, education, creativity, and consciousness. He hosted 'Time Warp' on the Discovery Channel, reminding us how little our senses detect and understand about reality. He composes music in the duo Knolls. He shows sculptures internationally, exploring our unseen interconnectedness and interdependence. Having finished four degrees at MIT (Physics, Math, Mech. Eng., Media Arts + Sciences), he is exploring how the evolution of consciousness can cease human suffering.
Superlative Instruments | Ben Stamas
@IL Since 2016
Ben Stamas heads Superlative, a synthesizer design outfit bridging the past and future of analog performance instruments.
True Moringa | Emily Cunningham
@IL Since 2019
True Moringa makes clean skincare powered by cold-pressed moringa oil. We work directly with over 3000 small farming families throughout Ghana to cultivate and process our natural ingredients. To date, we have planted two million moringa trees to combat deforestation and malnutrition locally in Ghana.