Science House Creative

Science House Creative offers consulting services to corporations, non-profits, and government organizations.

It brings scientists together with people outside their usual circle of friends and coworkers - such as entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, journalists, philanthropists, politicians and more. We might facilitate a discussion between an AI scientist and an angel investor, between a drosophila expert and a documentary filmmaker, between a chemist and a consulting firm, between a string theorist and a second grade class, or between a physicist and a politician.

We'll be holding frequent talks, educational sessions and informal discussions on all things science-related, and writing about the latest Science House news in our monthly newsletter.

Examples of Science House Creative services:

After successfully hosting over fifty events from brainstorming sessions to book readings (with celebrated science authors from Paul Hoffman to Carl Schoonover), Science House will hold events for clients at its new location. Science House will be hosting informal talks and educational sessions on topics ranging from the latest scientific research, to how scientists can become involved in politics and the media, to brainstorming new technologies to career opportunities in new growth areas in science. We'll also be offering opportunities to speak at our events to scientists and others in our network.

Science House is currently collaborating on the global vision for “the first great American science park of the 21st century” with NASA Langley’s think-tank, the National Institute of Aerospace. The science park project is currently in the feasibility study phase. The project is located in Hampton Roads, Virginia, where seven collective cities are home to 1.5 million people. Science House EVP of Business Development Rita J. King is Resident Futurist at NIA. She is collaborating with James Jorasch on the development of a collaborative culture of entrepreneurship in the region.

As head of inventing at Walker Digital for 15 years, James Jorasch is a named inventor on more than 450 patents and has spent countless hours managing brainstorming sessions and working with patent lawyers and entrepreneurs to unlock the value of intellectual property – from the licensing of patents to the launch of startup companies (including Priceline.com). As founder of Science House he continues to invent and leads a global team of the world’s most prolific and creative inventors. The Inventing Room will be physically housed at Science House, where participants can brainstorm for hours, writing on the walls with erasable markers while exploring creative catalysts such as commissioned, interactive science art from National Geographic’s art director Oliver Uberti. No challenge is too small or massive for the Inventing Room as it solves problems and develops intellectual property on behalf of clients or collaborates directly with them not only to create intellectual property, but bring it to market.

Science House designed and directed “Adventures in Science”, a paleozoology summer camp for the American Museum of Natural History. For two weeks at the AMNH, a group of young creators brought ancient animals from the Cretaceous period back to life in stunning detail in a vibrant three-dimensional environment called Blue Mars. Students competed for a slot in the challenging program to learn how to model and animate the ancient animals. AMNH scientists and educators consulted on the development of the project to accurately simulate animated ancient sea creatures and ocean plant life from the Cretaceous period. For this experience, students learned about paleozoology through digitally modeling, texturing and animating their own sea animals in the virtual world.

Developed by James Jorasch and Chris Harwood (both memory experts who compete in memory competitions), Memory Layer amplifies creative campaigns such as advertisements and marketing efforts by putting the science behind memory into practice. How are memories created? There’s a system that involves specific techniques and specific parts of the brain, from the amygdala processing memory and emotional reactions, to the hippocampus, which acts like a gatekeeper in determining what information is forgotten and what is retained long term.

“Infinite Perspectives: Places I’ll Remember,” a groundbreaking exhibition collaboratively directed by Science House, will appear at Manhattan art gallery Underline from October 15, 2011 until November 20th. Underline, which will be featured in The New York Times this fall, has a particular interest in the union of art, science and technology. The exhibition will feature stunning 3D maps created by globally renowned cartographer Jeffrey Ambroziak. The maps are created using Ambroziak’s patented technology. From his earliest adventures in the Pacific Northwest where as a young boy he adventured with his grandparents, he dreamed that maps could pop off the page like the terrain they represent. Now, as co-owner of PopView Maps (James Jorasch is the company’s CEO and part owner), his artistic cartographic vision is matched with advanced computer algorithms to reveal the world as you’ve never seen it before.