Podcast appearances and mentions of keith mcmillen

Keith McMillen - Founder & CEO of BeBop Sensors WearableSmart Fabric Sensor Technology for Advances in Wearable TechandKristina Richens Tucker of the republic of tea

First Segment: Bebop Sensors. Keith McMillen. A proprietary combination of polymers makes BeBop’s Smart Fabric piezoresistive. This means the fabric’s electrical properties will change when the material is strained in any way. BeBop quantifies this change to make sensors capable of measuring everything from a light finger touch to full body weight. https://www.youtube.com/embed/OiXIsVkTWgA Second Segment: Computer and Technology News Today's Topics Include: New IoT Vulnerabilities Make Huge, Cheap Botnets India Rejects Cryptocurrency Human Uber Service Is Creepy Microsoft Extends Support For Windows, Cuts Support For Older OS And more! For full show notes, check out ComputerAmerica.com!

Episode 43 of Why We Listen is a panel discussion between Roger Linn Dave Smith Keith McMillen Tom Oberheim and Jessica Rylan moderated by Marc Kate as part of the Don Buchla Memorial Concerts. It was an opportunity to reminisce about the legendary electronic instrument designer and pioneer. Listen to the podcast on the player below, […]

NOTE: This podcast is the fifth and final interview in our collaboration with Synthtopia.com on expressive MIDI controllers developments. You can listen to the podcast here, on the Synthtopia website (in an embedded player) or on iTunes. But you can also read the interview as well as search for information by viewing the transcription on at the following location: http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2016/12/25/keith-mcmillen-interview-modern-instruments-should-combine-traditional-expressiveness-with-new-power/ Back in podcast episode #54, I talked to Keith McMillen about his background, his experiences in developing new musical tools, and the development of his 'smart fabric' technology that is at the heart of KMI's controllers. This time - and on the success of the Kickstarter funding of the K-Board Pro 4 - we talk with him about his experiences working on expressive controllers, and his long term goal of making every instrument able to interact with the computer. I like talking to people with large visions, and Keith is right there: he'd like to change the world by making instruments more expressive and responsive, reduce latency to nothing - and also change the way that composers document their work so that it is available across technologies and implementations. These visions are the 'hard work' of what we need to do in electronic music, and Keith is simple not scared off by the difficulty of the task. I hope you enjoy this discussion - we are pretty wide-ranging in the discussion, but in the end get to see the grand unifying vision of Keith's view of the future, and even what steps he may take to see them through. Enjoy!

Energy-harvesting sensors that are made of fabric and eliminate the need for batteries in some applications are the focus of this podcast interview with Keith McMillen, CEO and founder of BeBop Sensors. Listen by clicking on the player above.

Energy-harvesting sensors that are made of fabric and eliminate the need for batteries in some applications are the focus of this podcast interview with Keith McMillen, CEO and founder of BeBop Sensors.

At the beginning of this podcast, I talk about "KMI" as if everyone already knows who they are. And I suspect they do: Keith McMillen Instruments is the home for some of the most interesting portable keyboard and control systems in the industry. But Keith has come through a long line of inventions (and companies), starting with Zeta Systems, through some software iterations, and now with KMI. In this chat, we talk about his history, how he got to the point of playing with unique materials for hardware creation, and what he sees in his (and the industry's) future. We also get a chance to talk about the future of musical instruments, and learn why Keith feels like we might not see any more instruments in the future. Fascinating stuff. Thanks for listening, and enjoy the podcast!