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Textbook diagrams come to life with CU ��«��Ƶ AI tool

Michael Kwolek — Thu, 05 Dec 2024 16:23:20 +0000

Textbook diagrams come to life with CU ��«��Ƶ AI tool Michael Kwolek Thu, 12/05/2024 - 09:23

Ryo Suzuki, ATLAS assistant professor and director of the Programmable Reality Lab, has created an AI tool that can make static textbook images move on the page.

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Wear it, then recycle: ATLAS Designers make dissolvable textiles from gelatin

Anonymous — Mon, 17 Jun 2024 19:24:50 +0000

Wear it, then recycle: ATLAS Designers make dissolvable textiles from gelatin Anonymous (not verified) Mon, 06/17/2024 - 13:24

In a new study, a team of ATLAS engineers and designers developed a DIY machine that spins textile fibers made of materials like sustainably sourced gelatin. The group’s “biofibers” feel a bit like flax fiber and dissolve in hot water in minutes to an hour.

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Grace Leslie and Joel Swanson selected as Faculty Fellows

Anonymous — Wed, 20 Dec 2023 17:00:44 +0000

Grace Leslie and Joel Swanson selected as Faculty Fellows Anonymous (not verified) Wed, 12/20/2023 - 10:00

The Research & Innovation Office has announced the 2024 RIO Faculty Fellows cohort, including assistant professor Grace Leslie and associate professor Joel Swanson along with 14 other faculty members from departments and research institutes across the campus.

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Marketplace: A Nanoengineer Teamed Up with Rihanna’s Tattoo Artist to Make Smarter Ink

Anonymous — Tue, 22 Aug 2023 21:44:53 +0000

Marketplace: A Nanoengineer Teamed Up with Rihanna’s Tattoo Artist to Make Smarter Ink Anonymous (not verified) Tue, 08/22/2023 - 15:44

Marketplace has featured Carson Bruns in a piece on his smart tattoos work.

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Registration opens for second annual Whaaat!? festival

Anonymous — Sat, 14 Sep 2019 17:40:32 +0000

Registration opens for second annual Whaaat!? festival Anonymous (not verified) Sat, 09/14/2019 - 11:40

The 2019 Whaaat!? festival is almost here, and like last year's inaugural event, it promises something for every game aficionado: weird new games, old dusty games, overlooked gems, games with bizarre controllers, games that live in art museums and even games that may start arguments over what the game actually is. The event will also feature the ever-popular, all-you-can-eat cereal bar.

The Oct. 5 festival includes the Whaaat!? arcade, where you can sample all of the above, and a conference for serious game developers.

Conference-goers will learn about the art form of game design during panel discussions, workshops and from this year's keynote speakers, including well-known game designers Colleen Macklin and Jason Rohrer.

Rohrer's work comprised the first full-scale museum show devoted to videogames of a single artist at the Davis Museum at Wellesley College in 2016; his 2007 game Passage is included in the permanent collection at the Museum of Modern Art. Macklin is an associate professor of media design at Parsons The New School for Design and founder and co-director of PETLab, which focuses on games for experimental learning and social engagement. Her work has been shown with Come Out & Play, Creative Time and the Whitney Museum, and she’s co-authored two books: "Games, Design and Play" and "Iterate: Ten Lessons in Design and Failure."

The arcade, a free event which runs from 11 a.m. - 3 p.m., features specially curated tabletop and digital games to play "until your fingers are numb and your brain is inspired."

Whaaat's up!?

Overall the event is geared towards games that don't fit in traditional boxes and highlights experiences that make you say "Whaaat!?

That's not "What?," but "Whaaat!?," defined in urban slang dictionaries as an expression of amazement and disbelief, combined with delight. Conference organizers Matt Bethancourt, director of the Technology, Arts and Media (TAM) program and the ATLAS Whaaat!? Lab, which specializes in experimental game development, and Danny Rankin, ATLAS instructor and recent graduate of the institute’s Creative, Technology and Design (CTD) program, created the festival, to leave people “surprised, maybe confused and hopefully delighted.”

Registration for the Whaaat!? conference is now open; attendance is limited to 175, and the price is $30.

Whaaat!? is sponsored by the ATLAS Institute and CU ��«��Ƶ's Engineering Excellence Fund.

If you go

Who: Expert gamers to aspiring developers to those who know little about games.

What: 2019 Whaaat!? Festival, a one-day festival for games and experimental interactions. Conference track includes talks, a curated arcade of experimental games, workshops, panels and more!

When: Oct. 5, 2019, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Where: Roser ATLAS Center, ATLAS Institute, ��«��Ƶ, 1125 18th St, ��«��Ƶ, CO

Cost: The $30 conference price includes access to panel discussions, workshops and keynote speaker presentations, as well as full access to the Whaaat!? Arcade. The arcade track is free, but registration is required.

Conference track registration

Whaaat!? festival website

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Artist and weaver Sandra Wirtanen joins the Unstable Design Lab for summer as a practice-based researcher-in-residence

Anonymous — Fri, 28 Jun 2019 16:31:23 +0000

Artist and weaver Sandra Wirtanen joins the Unstable Design Lab for summer as a practice-based researcher-in-residence Anonymous (not verified) Fri, 06/28/2019 - 10:31

The Unstable Design Lab welcomes Finland-based Sandra Wirtanen, a recently graduated Designer from Aalto University, as a practice-based researcher-in-residence for the summer.

The Unstable Design Lab welcomes Finland-based Sandra Wirtanen, a recently graduated designer from Aalto University, as a practice-based researcher-in-residence for July and August.

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Ellen Yi-Luen Do on organizing committees for C&C and DIS '19 conferences held in June in San Diego.

Anonymous — Thu, 27 Jun 2019 17:45:19 +0000

Ellen Yi-Luen Do on organizing committees for C&C and DIS '19 conferences held in June in San Diego. Anonymous (not verified) Thu, 06/27/2019 - 11:45

Ellen Yi-Luen Do is a professor at the ATLAS Institute and the director of the A Creativity Machine Environment (ACME) Lab, where her research interests include design, tangible interaction and happy and healthy living. Do was on the steering and organizing committees for the C&C conference, on the DIS'19 organizing committee, and chaired the Design Methods and Progress track for DIS. She also chaired sessions on virtual reality and education.

Ellen Yi-Luen Do, a professor at the ATLAS Institute and the director of the A Creativity Machine Environment (ACME) Lab, was on the steering and organizing committees for the C&C conference, on the DIS'19 organizing committee, and chaired the Design Methods and Progress track for DIS. She also chaired sessions on virtual reality and education.

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Peter Gyory's and Clement Zheng's HOT SWAP game showcases at DIS '19 in San Diego, held June 23-28.

Anonymous — Thu, 27 Jun 2019 16:47:26 +0000

Peter Gyory's and Clement Zheng's HOT SWAP game showcases at DIS '19 in San Diego, held June 23-28. Anonymous (not verified) Thu, 06/27/2019 - 10:47

Peter Gyory and Clement Zheng, PhD students and lecturers at the ATLAS Institute, both do research for the ACME and THING laboratories. Their HOT SWAP game was showcased during the Provocations and Work-in-Progress session at the Designing Interactive Systems Conference (DIS '19) held in San Diego, June 23-28. Gyory's interests include games, XR and tangible interaction; Zheng's interests include computational design and tangible interaction.

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Ryo Suzuki and others win "Best Paper" award for MorphIO project at DIS '19 conference.

Anonymous — Thu, 27 Jun 2019 16:17:02 +0000

Ryo Suzuki and others win "Best Paper" award for MorphIO project at DIS '19 conference. Anonymous (not verified) Thu, 06/27/2019 - 10:17

"MorphIO: Entirely Soft Sensing and Actuation Modules for Programming Shape Changes through Tangible Interaction," authored by Ryo Suzuki and researchers from Keio University and The University of Tokyo in Japan, won a "Best Paper" award at the 2019 Designing Interactive Systems Conference (DIS '19) held in San Diego June 23-28. Suzuki, an ATLAS affiliated PhD student who does research for the ACME and THING laboratories, presented the research during the DIS '19 Shape Changes Interfaces Track.

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Undergraduate researcher Josephine Klefeker presents paper at DIS '19 conference.

Anonymous — Thu, 27 Jun 2019 15:15:24 +0000

Undergraduate researcher Josephine Klefeker presents paper at DIS '19 conference. Anonymous (not verified) Thu, 06/27/2019 - 09:15

"Envisioning Reflective, Relaxing, and Restorative Design with ASMR," authored by Josephine Klefeker and Laura Devendorf, was presented by lead author, Klefeker, during the works-in-progress track of the 2019 Designing Interactive Systems Conference (DIS '19). Klefeker is an undergraduate researcher in the Unstable Design Lab, where her research interests include using technology to provoke introspection as well as to develop meditative forms of interaction.

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Textbook diagrams come to life with CU ��«����Ƶ AI tool

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Wear it, then recycle: ATLAS Designers make dissolvable textiles from gelatin

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Grace Leslie and Joel Swanson selected as Faculty Fellows

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Registration opens for second annual Whaaat!? festival

Whaaat's up!?

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Artist and weaver Sandra Wirtanen joins the Unstable Design Lab for summer as a practice-based researcher-in-residence

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Ellen Yi-Luen Do on organizing committees for C&C and DIS '19 conferences held in June in San Diego.

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Peter Gyory's and Clement Zheng's HOT SWAP game showcases at DIS '19 in San Diego, held June 23-28.

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Ryo Suzuki and others win "Best Paper" award for MorphIO project at DIS '19 conference.

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Undergraduate researcher Josephine Klefeker presents paper at DIS '19 conference.

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Textbook diagrams come to life with CU ��«��Ƶ AI tool