Recent News
Q&A with new B2 director Steven Frost
B2 Reimagined: New B2 director Steven Frost shares the opportunities and difficulties of opening ATLAS Institute’s B2 Center for Media, Arts and Performance during the pandemic and his vision for B2’s future.
Pufferfish-inspired robot could improve drone safety
Pufferbot is an aerial robot with an expandable protective structure that deploys to encircle the drone and prevent the drone's rotors from coming in contact with obstacles or people.
RoomShift: A room-scale haptic and dynamic environment for VR applications
RoomShift is a haptic and dynamic environment that could be used to support a variety of virtual reality (VR) experiences.
Dynamic tattoos promise to warn wearers of health threats
ATLAS Assistant Professor Carson Bruns discusses how nanotechnology can give tattoos biomedical applications. Among other work, he discusses recently-published research completed by the Laboratory for Emergent Nanotechnology, which he directs, on tattoos that alert an individual when their skin needs protection by employing ink that is only visible when exposed to UV light.
The Whaaat!? Festival is on!
ATLAS Institute’s third annual Whaaat!? Festival kicks off remotely on Wednesday, Sept. 23 with an experimental gameplay session led by Paolo Pedercini from independent game developer Molleindustria. In place of the in-person, all-day annual event, the festival has switched to remote programming that will last throughout the academic year.
ATLAS degree programs renamed Creative Technology and Design
To more closely align degree names with updated curricula, ATLAS academic programs offered through the College of Engineering and Applied Science have been renamed Creative Technology and Design.
ATLAS undergraduate program under new leadership
ATLAS undergraduate program begins the year under a new name and new leadership, with Arielle Hein taking the reins from Matt Bethancourt.
UPDATE: Startup founded by Creative Industries students surpasses Kickstarter goals
During EdBoard Technologies' August Kickstarter, 150 backers pledged more than $37,000, helping to bring an educational project founded by two ATLAS Creative Industries master's students to life. The venture includes colorful hardware and curriculum focused on teaching students as young as 6 about electricity and electrical circuits. The team received guidance through the ATLAS ACME Lab, which is directed by Professor Ellen Yi-Luen Do.
Scientist reflects on the joys and challenges of being a Black nature lover
ATLAS instructor and STEM outreach coordinator Shaz Zamore spoke to CU Boulder Today about their experiences as a Black person who grew up with a love for the outdoors—and the challenges facing people of color who are just beginning their careers in nature-centric fields like ecology, zoology and botany.
Ellen Do keynote speaker at Asia's largest gathering of computer-aided architectural design researchers
Ellen Do, professor and director of partnership and innovation in the ATLAS Institute, will be a keynote speaker for the 25th International Conference of the Association for Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia (CAADRIA), the continent's largest annual gathering of researchers of computer-aided architectural design.
ATLAS graduate student assists Accenture Labs with development of self-cleaning textiles
Imagine a textile that cleaned itself, killing viruses and bacteria, and dissolving flecks of embedded organic material. Such a fabric could transform the safety and cleanliness of seating in planes, buses and other public spaces—a particularly appealing prospect given recent events.
Healthcare at Home
Mirela Alistar, assistant professor of computer science and the director of the ATLAS Institute’s Living Matter Lab, wants to make healthcare more personal. Her work with microfluidic biochips is getting us there.
ATLAS research helps define the future of human-computer interaction
At a time when the field of human-computer interaction is becoming more important than ever, ATLAS researchers are making substantial contributions. For CHI '20, the world's leading conference for HCI, ATLAS researchers contributed nine papers and organized two workshops.
