Michael Joaquin Grey is an artist, designer, inventor and entrepreneur. His popular educational toy ZOOB has won honors from ID Magazine, Consumer Reports, Dr. Toy, Family Life Magazine, Astra and the American Toy Institute. Designed by Grey, ZOOB merges genetic engineering with Tinker Toys. As an artist, Grey has exhibited internationally and won Ars Electronica's Golden Nica Award. He is in the collections of museums including The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Walker Art Center, MOCA, Los Angeles, and The Art Institute of Chicago. Grey has served on the boards of Zero One, ATC and Eyebeam Atelier, among others. His current work investigates synesthetic cinema and computational filmmaking. (source: mitpress2.mit.edu/e-journals/Leonardo/rolodex/ grey.michaeljoaquin.html)