Access to ATLAS facilities: As part of CU Boulder's response to the evolving challenges posed by COVID-19, many campus facilities ars closing as of Wednesday, March 19. This will include the Roser ATLAS Center. For more information, visit colorado.edu/coronavirus.
Recent News
ATLAS makers print face shield parts to help protect medical personnel from the coronavirus
Three members of the ATLAS Institute community are 3D printing face shield parts at home to help protect local medical personnel from exposure to SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.
Startup founded by CTD students reaches New Venture Challenge finals
A business start-up team led by two ATLAS CTD master’s students advanced to the final round of CU Boulder’s 2020 New Venture Challenge (NVC), beating 140 competing entrepreneurial startup ventures and becoming one of six finalists who will vie for up to $100,000 in prizes at the 12th annual NVC.
Ruhan Yang and teammates win first place at Georgia Tech's Moog Hackathon
ATLAS CTD master's student Ruhan Yang and two teammates won first place for their project, "e-Trombone," at Georgia Tech's annual Moog Hackathon, beating 11 teams, taking home $3,000, and securing a place in GT's prestigious Guthman Musical Instrument Competition.
Subversion by design: Danny Rankin's TEDxMileHigh talk
"To the powerful, to anyone who hides behind a brand, be warned: We know what fonts you use. We've read your brand guidelines. And if you won't tell the truth, we'll steal your voice and tell it for you." These are the words ATLAS Instructor Danny Rankin ended his TEDxMileHigh talk with on Nov. 16, 2019, and they were met with enthusiastic and prolonged applause.
Pendulum New Music
The 2019-2020 Pendulum New Music concert series continues in February with a packed program performed in the ATLAS Black Box, including special guest composer Elainie Lillios.
"Suddenly Silent": Coloradan interview with TAM student Michelle Galetti
Student Michelle Galetti considered leaving school after hearing loss. Instead, she continued her studies and developed a product that would give deaf people an experience of music.
ATLAS workshops forge alliances between performers and technologists
A series of free workshops designed to help musicians and technologists collaborate are being offered by CU Boulder’s ATLAS Institute. Held weekly throughout the spring semester, the Music Technology Workshop Series connects those interested in music technology with faculty and students from ATLAS, CMCI and the College of Music as well as with others with specialized skills in music technology. Due to the circumstances of COVID-19, this series has been postponed. We hope to continue offering these and similar opportunities in the fall semester.
T9Hacks 2020 winners announced
More than 150 people attended the fifth annual T9Hacks at the ATLAS Institute. Judges, including ATLAS faculty members, TAM alumnae, and engineers from sponsors Strava, Splunk and Twitter, selected the eight winning projects.
LiftTiles: Actuator-based building blocks for shape-changing interfaces
The ability to digitally design 3D environments and immediately explore them in virtual reality was once a futuristic dream—now it is literally child’s play. CU Boulder PhD candidate and THING Lab member Ryo Suzuki recently developed LiftTiles—room-scale, actuator-based building blocks that pave the way for shape-changing interfaces.
Creative collaborations with machines
In this cover article in ACM "Interactions" magazine, Assistant Professor Laura Devendorf and associated researchers propose a new kind of digital craftsmanship, one "in which we may craft with the digital and find ways to make the machines craft along with us, in some kind of digital crafts-machine-ship."
Living Matter Lab pioneers technologies that move medical diagnostics from lab to home
Making healthcare more affordable, effective and personal is one of the greatest challenges of our time. Directed by Assistant Professor Mirela Alistar, the Living Matter Lab is rising to that challenge.
