NEURODOME: A dome-format film that explores the brain

A project in New York, NY by Jonathan Fisher
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A flight through real 3D images of the brain in search of the biological basis for why we explore.
Backers: 448
Average Pledge Per Backer: $61

Funded: $27,314 of $25,000
Dates: Mar 25th -> May 14th (50 days)
Project By: Jonathan Fisher
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Latest News

Last hour!!

May 14th - via: kickstarter.com
Friends, It's the last hour of our campaign!THANK YOU so much for backing this project and for ensuring that our project is now completely funded! If you know anyone who is interested in our backer rewards, now is the time to let them know! We are... (Read More)

Meet the Data (Episode 3)

May 11th - via: kickstarter.com
Friends, Here's the third of our updates featuring real images of the brain, directly from the scientists who produce them.   In two previous updates (#7 and 8), we focused on microscopic imaging techniques that can clearly resolve individual... (Read More)

WE DID IT!!!!

May 9th - via: kickstarter.com
WE MADE OUR GOAL!!! AND STILL 4 DAYS TO GO!! Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU!  It's been quite a ride since we started with this: So now, onward and upward!  Animation time and quality boils down to money (like the rest of us, animators and... (Read More)

ALMOST THERE!!

May 8th - via: kickstarter.com
Friends, We're SO CLOSE! Thanks to all 404 of you, we'll soon be living the dream! It's been a long, long road getting to this point, and we're eager to sink our teeth into this project.  See this post on AstroBetter.com, by NeuroTeam member Prof.... (Read More)

Partnership with East Village Planetarium!

April 29th - via: kickstarter.com
Friends, We are pleased to announce that NEURODOME will be coming to the East Village Planetarium at the Lower Eastside Girls Club! Founded in 1996 to address the historic lack of services available to girls and young women on the Lower East Side,... (Read More)

Interviews with NEURODOME team members

April 26th - via: kickstarter.com
Friends, To get to know us a bit better, we thought we'd offer up a few interviews with our team members (you can also find these on our YouTube channel). Carter Emmart, Ph.D., discussing the merits of immersive, dome-format display for data... (Read More)

Meet the Data (Episode 2)

April 24th - via: kickstarter.com
Friends, Here's our second installment of 3D data awesomeness, directly from the scientists themselves. In this update we're featuring data from Drs. Joseph Zinter and Michael Levene, both at Yale Engineering. They not only produce fantastic images,... (Read More)

Meet the Data (Episode 1)

April 21st - via: kickstarter.com
Friends, We thought we'd start a series of updates introducing you to some of the imaging content of our animations as well as the scientists who actually made the images and, in some cases, made the actual imaging devices as well! Imagery by Dr.... (Read More)

Tour through YOUR brain!

April 19th - via: kickstarter.com
Faithful backers, We wanted to give you some more info on our most unique backer reward!  The reward is so cool that it has it's own brochure. And, yes, its own MRI screening form. For two donors, in collaboration with Weill Cornell Medical... (Read More)

Awesome Fundraiser at The Gnat (NYC)!

April 15th - via: kickstarter.com
This past Saturday, we took Neurodome's fundraising campaign for a brief spacewalk out of the web! Neurodome was selected as the charity of the evening at the NYC event, "The Gnat." Similar to The Moth, an acclaimed not-for-profit organization in NYC... (Read More)

Point of no return!

April 10th - via: kickstarter.com
Dear Backers, Thanks to you, we're most of the way through! 57% of our goal!! And we still have more than 30 days to go!!  What's even more amazing is how many of you have backed this project - nearly 300!  We just couldn't contain ourselves, we... (Read More)

Filmmaker turns to Kickstarter for a journey into the brain

April 7th - via: techhive.com
The group called Neurodome led by director Jonathan Fisher have launched a Kickstarter project to raise $25,000 by May 14 to produce a dome-format movie made with real 3D images of the brain that will search for the biological reasons we need to go where no one has gone before. (Read More)

Holy cow!!

April 4th - via: kickstarter.com
Friends! Well this is kind of amazing.. !!  Sure, thanks to Kickstarter for featuring us in their NEWSLETTER, but thank you all for thinking our project is cool enough to back! Propelled by a potent cocktail of dopamine and noradrenaline, we choose... (Read More)

Thank you

March 29th - via: kickstarter.com
Dear friends, I wanted to thank you all for believing in this project and wanting to see it happen! The kind words and encouragement that you've sent along messages has been truly moving. It's been quite a week! $3.6K in five days! If we keep up this... (Read More)

Awesome start!

March 26th - via: kickstarter.com
Dear all, Wow - just two days in and you've gotten us up to 10%! This is truly meaningful for all of us on Team NEURODOME. When we hit SUBMIT on our project this past Saturday at our launch party, someone joked "So is the money rushing in yet?" Thank... (Read More)

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