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Second Annual ATLAS Research Showcase, Oct. 19
Tattoos that change color in sunlight, control systems that help robots anticipate your needs, integrating circuits into smart textiles: these are just a few of the projects to be demonstrated at ATLAS Institute's Second Annual Research Showcase, this year held in partnership with CU Boulder’s Research & Innovation Week.
New ATLAS festival highlighted games that make you say "Whaaat!?"
"Whaaat!? A festival for games and experimental interactions," featured a large number of experimental tabletop and electronic games, and a large vintage arcade featuring games from the 1970s and 80s. Central to the event was a series of talks and workshops on the art form of game design.
We're all chameleons now
Laura Devendorf has a ready answer for how she spent the summer: The CU Boulder information scientist taught herself how to weave, an experience equal parts relaxing and infuriating — “like brushing doll hair forever,” she said.
TAM junior chosen as Grace Hopper Research Scholar
Jolie Klefeker, a TAM junior and Unstable Design Lab researcher, was recently chosen as a Grace Hopper Research Scholar, a national program that aims to increase the number of undergraduate women with an interest in computing research.
Professor Ellen Yi-Luen Do shares research on popular Chinese technology show
During the show, which is viewed by 20 – 40 million, audience members drank from the “Magic Water Glass” (nickname for the “Virtual Cocktail Project”), each experiencing a different taste (sour, bitter, or salty).
ICTD alumna teaches micro:bit lessons to students in Botswana
Kari Santos, ATLAS community partner, ICTD alumna and member of the Laboratory for Playful Computation, participated in IDDS Botswana 2018, during which she worked with four residents from D'Kar and Kaputura villages to design and build a portable wood-burning peanut roaster.