Music and STEM education have always been an integral part of Charles Spencer’s life. He began exploring music at a young age when he turned tables as a DJ at birthday parties. As his love for music grew, so did his appreciation for math and science. A graduate of the Frederick Douglass High School’s Engineering Magnet Program, the Decatur native credits the STEM classes he took for solidifying his affinity for the sciences.
In response to the COVID-19 crisis, ThinkLive! Inc. has just completed another summer school 2020 pilot in a distance-learning format. Initial findings suggest engagement in the e-learning format is as engaging as the in-person or tactile version (i.e., delivered in school-based turntable labs).
The DJ technology startup ThinkLive! is developing turntable labs to engage students in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) – working closely with the University of Chicago to create a new curriculum around the platform.
The ThinkLive!Turntable Lab combines DJ equipment and an educational curriculum to expose kids to science, coding, and math concepts – with the goal of closing the STEM skills gap between under-resourced and affluent students, a divide which could cost the economy more than $2 trillion dollars in the next decade.
On Wednesday, 8 January 2020, ThinkLive! Inc. hosted a booth at the United States Government Start Up Showcase “Eureka Park” at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES 2020).
“Before Silicon Valley had an app for everything, and before the halcyon years preceding the dot-com bubble, Richard Quitevis and Ritche Desuasido were teaming up and making waves in the DJ industry.“
(ThinkLive! Inc.) “created and patented a turntable that houses three sensors to track vinyl, platter and tone-arm movement. It removes the need for vinyl records with timecode to interact with digital audio. The turntable will actually work with any piece of vinyl and track, as well as vinyl with timecode tracks. But it’s what it does with that tracking data that’s impressive.”
During Wednesday’s closing talk at San Francisco’s MakerCon, members of Thud Rumble demonstrated a suite of digital DJ tools developed in collaboration with Intel and their Edison platform.
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The DJ technology startup ThinkLive! is developing turntable labs to engage students in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) – working closely with the University of Chicago to create a new curriculum around the platform.
The ThinkLive!Turntable Lab combines DJ equipment and an educational curriculum to expose kids to science, coding, and math concepts – with the goal of closing the STEM skills gap between under-resourced and affluent students, a divide which could cost the economy more than $2 trillion dollars in the next decade.