SBIR Phase I: Digital Media Synchronization, Performance and Urban Education Enhancement

SBIR 第一阶段：数字媒体同步、性能和城市教育增强

• 批准号: 1746869
• 负责人: Charles Spencer
• 金额: $ 22.5万
• 依托单位: ThinkLive! INC.
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2018
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2018-01-01 至 2019-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1746869&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: SBIR; Phase; Digital; Media; Synchronization

This Small Business Innovation Research Phase I project aims to develop a disk jockey (DJ) musician's instrument for synchronizing digital media data to a specific location on a device and using this technology for inspiring and educating middle and high school students in Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Mathematics (STEAM). Global expanding markets for DJ gear, a $1.587B dollar growth industry, over the past 3 years grew in sales by 21%. As technology and entertainment converge, DJs represent the new "Superstar" for today's youth. Thus, this research represents an incentivizing gateway for students to learn how math, engineering and science intellectual assets can contribute to musical and artistic innovation. Additionally, middle and/or junior high school students' analysis of the data derived from a performance and entertainment-related technology can be an incentivizing and engaging entrance into STEM academic subjects such as systems design, acoustics, and computer coding. Given the DJ tool's relation to these topics as well as music's inherent link with physics and math, its integration into the curriculum of after-school programming options are expected to foster more interdisciplinary STEM learning. Afterschool turntable academies as thematic contexts for STEM learning function as supportive and assistive educational venues. Collectively, the broader impact of this project should produce economic competitiveness in the music/technology industry for the U.S. overall and, specifically for youth, enhanced engagement in STEM fields. The intellectual merit of this project stems from the necessity for individuals to seamlessly interface with the digital world without losing creativity, artistry or individuality. The technical innovation emerges from determining the coordinate location of an analog audio occurrence, tracking the change in occurrences, and matching it to a digital counterpart to follow the changes created. The sensor data points are utilized to metamorphose the turntable, the musical instrument of the DJ, into a complete analog/digital educational tool. This technology can offer critical insights to STEM learning and educational opportunities to students who may feel that STEM concepts or careers are separate from their personal interests and cultural context. Anticipated outcomes include advancements in the arts, sciences and education by contributing to entertainment's most recent and broadly recognized musical instrument and making it more available in middle and high school STEM educational curricula and after school activities. The proposed research intends to investigate, identify and resolve current liabilities connected with the transient acoustic degradation, deleterious latency introduction, and physical performance loss by systems intended to mimic the analog turntable. The research objective will be to create novel interface models to analyze the elements captured from the DJ musician and translate these into a commercially and educationally viable platform.

该小型企业创新研究第一阶段项目旨在开发一种DJ音乐家的乐器，用于将数字媒体数据同步到设备上的特定位置，并使用该技术激励和教育初中和高中学生科学，技术，工程，艺术和数学（STEAM）。全球DJ设备市场不断扩大，这是一个价值15.87亿美元的增长行业，在过去3年中销售额增长了21%。随着技术和娱乐的融合，DJ代表了当今年轻人的新“超级明星”。因此，这项研究代表了一个激励学生学习数学，工程和科学知识资产如何有助于音乐和艺术创新的途径。此外，中学生和/或初中生对来自表演和娱乐相关技术的数据的分析可以激励和参与STEM学术科目，如系统设计，声学和计算机编码。 考虑到DJ工具与这些主题的关系以及音乐与物理和数学的内在联系，将其融入课后编程选项的课程预计将促进更多跨学科的STEM学习。课后转盘学院作为STEM学习的主题环境，起到了支持和辅助教育场所的作用。总的来说，该项目的更广泛影响应该会为美国整体的音乐/技术行业带来经济竞争力，特别是对年轻人来说，增强他们在STEM领域的参与度。这个项目的智力价值源于个人与数字世界无缝对接的必要性，而不会失去创造力，艺术性或个性。技术创新来自于确定模拟音频事件的坐标位置，跟踪事件的变化，并将其与数字对应物匹配以跟踪所创建的变化。利用传感器数据点将DJ的乐器转盘变形为完整的模拟/数字教育工具。这项技术可以为那些可能认为STEM概念或职业与个人兴趣和文化背景无关的学生提供STEM学习和教育机会的关键见解。预期的成果包括艺术，科学和教育方面的进步，为娱乐界最新和广泛认可的乐器做出贡献，并使其在初中和高中STEM教育课程和课后活动中更容易获得。拟议的研究旨在调查，识别和解决当前负债与瞬态声学退化，有害的延迟介绍，和物理性能损失的系统旨在模仿模拟转盘。研究目标将是创建新的界面模型，以分析从DJ音乐家捕获的元素，并将其转化为商业和教育上可行的平台。