After the Emoti-Chair® debut concert was held in 2008, TAD was formed to ensure that these systems would be made available to all who could enjoy them. Some of the news articles and media links since that first event are listed below.
Array Music Concert featuring the Emoti-Chair
- “X-Press Magazine. Annabel MacLean interviews Ill.Gates:
Sharing His Methodology” (February, 2012) X-Press magazine talks to Ill Gates, San Francisco based producer, educator and performer, also known as Dylan Lane has performed at the world’s first concert for the deaf…ANNABEL MACLEAN chats with The Phat Conductor about working with Bassnectar, Nietzsche inspiration and his love for Die Antwoord. (Print)
- “Out of their minds: Episode 2 – They’ve lost their senses” (July, 2011) CBC Radio 1 interview with Frank Russo and team. (Radio)
- Nightline Dubai (December 14, 2010) Radio interview with James Piecowye on music cognition and music technology. (Radio)
- TEDx Talk, Ontario Science Centre (November, 2010) Frank Russo gives a TEDx talk on sound and vibrations (Web)
- The Mark(November 2010) The Emoti-Chair nominated as one of Five Ingenious Canadian Inventions (Web)
- CBC Radio 1 (November 2010) As it happens Interview with Frank Russo. (Radio)
- The Globe and Mail (November 2010) The sound (and sight and feel) of music for the deaf. (Print)
- The Eye Opener (October 2010) Ryerson Presents at Nuit Blanche. (Print)
- The Newspaper (May 2010) Science Rendezvous kicks the lab door wide open. Story by Helene Goderis. (Print)
- Ryerson Today (May 2010) Fun, educational research on public display during Science Rendezvous. (Print)
- Gadget Girlz (April 2010) Maria Karam featured on first episode of this science television show at the Sideshow Cafe. (Video)
- SciTech Blog: CNN.com (March 2010) Emoti-Chair helps people feel the music. Story by John Sutter. (Web)
- Toronto Star (March 2010) Andantephone brings church organ into 21st century. (Print)
- Toronto Life Magazine (December 2009) The Emoti-Chair is No. 6 in Toronto Life’s 25 Ideas That Are Changing the World. (Print)
- Ryerson News (June 2009) Sounds emotional Story by Dana Yates on Ryerson homepage featuring the SMART Lab’s program of research in music cognition. (Print)
- Ryerson Alumni Magazine (June 2009) World’s first concert for the deaf Story by Colleen Mellor about concert and development of the emoti-chair. (Print)
- Deaf News Today (US) (Web)
- Toronto Star (July 2008) Emoti-chair’ delivers good vibrations to deaf Front-page story by Debra Black describing the development of assistive technology for music. Reprint in various Sun Media outlets. (Print)
- TAD Media Page on YouTube Some more links to videos on the development and evolution of the Emoti-Chair as a TAD device. (Video)