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<span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial">We are glad to share with you that Bhoreal has entered the second round of its crowd funding campaign. </span></p>
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<span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial">Most of you already know Bhoreal, but if you don't, we are sure it may be of your interest as it is a device that has much to contribute to the DiY opensource community. </span></p>
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<span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial">Bhoreal is an Open Source interface that allows to control all types of software and hardware using a surface with RGB LED-backlit pushbuttons. Both hardware and firmware are completely Open Source and are released under Creative Commons licenses. Bhoreal is Windows/Mac OS/Linux/iOS/Android compatible, and it is intended for DJs, VJs, musicians, hackers and DIY creators. </span></p>
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<span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial">We have currently launched a crowdfunding campaign on Goteo (</span><a href="http://goteo.org/project/bhoreal" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">http://goteo.org/project/bhoreal</span></a><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial">), which, as we said, has recently embarked on its second round! We are still looking for co-financers and collaborations with musicians, programmers, software and app developers, digital fabrications experts, etc.</span></p>
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<span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial">We have launched this campaign in order to get the necessary funding to produce Bhoreal and to develop a reference web platform for you to access contents and useful information related to the project, including schematics, manuals, video tutorials, examples, links, forums, etc.</span></p>
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<span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial">At this stage we are starting to establish collaborative relationships with those who have shown interest in working on music, programming demos, web development, etc.</span></p>
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<span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial">To those of you who don't know much about Bhoreal yet, we recommend you to check-out the information available about the project, as we have recently published many news with updates, presentations and events. </span><a href="http://goteo.org/project/bhoreal/updates/" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">http://goteo.org/project/bhoreal/updates/</span></a></p>
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<span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial">We are already working hard on the design and prototyping of hardware and will post more news about it soon.</span></p>
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<span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial">Also mention that we are always available if you would like to see, touch or ask anything about Bhoreal. We will also be present at Sonar+D with a space dedicated to Bhoreal, so if you have the opportunity to attend, you will be able to see it in action in multiple applications. We would love to welcome you in our stand at the Market-Lab and the Hands On Area. We are looking forward to demonstrate the potential of Bhoreal and to enlarge the community behind the project so, for this reason, we are designing a space that will allow you to touch and use Bhoreal for audio, video, lighting and automation purposes. </span></p>
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<span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial">More info here:</span><a href="http://bit.ly/12S0I2b" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial"> </span><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">http://bit.ly/12S0I2b</span></a></p>
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<span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial">Finally, we would really appreciate if you could help us spread the word about this project through your social media and online networks! (see links below)</span></p>
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<a href="http://goteo.org/project/bhoreal/home" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">http://goteo.org/project/bhoreal/home</span></a></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://twitter.com/@_bhoreal" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">https://twitter.com/@_bhoreal</span></a></p>
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<span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial">Feel free to contact us if you have any questions or comments: <a href="mailto:info@bhoreal.com" target="_blank">info@bhoreal.com</a></span></p>
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<span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial">You can also subscribe to our newsletter to stay up to date:</span><a href="http://mediainteractivedesign.com/bhoreal_mailing" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial"> </span><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">http://mediainteractivedesign.com/bhoreal_mailing</span></a></p>
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<span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial">Thanks for reading!</span></p><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:Arial"></span><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">
<span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial">All the Best,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">
<span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial">The BHOREAL team</span></p></div>