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ATLAS is an interdisciplinary institute for radical creativity and invention. We transform ingenious ideas into reality through research, experimentation and critical thinking. With labs and academic programs that inspire out-of-the-box ideas and creative exploration, ATLAS is a vibrant and exciting community of technology visionaries who reach beyond convention, take risks and innovate.

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The challenges of user testing made "easy"

In a paper she will present later this month at the Human Computer Interaction International Conference, recent CTD graduate Elsy Meis proposes Dashboard Zero, an approach to user testing that is both simple and immediate. 

Read More article about CTD undergraduate becoming first author on a paper accepted to the Human Computer Interaction International Conference

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CTD Capstone Presentations Spring 2022

For students majoring in Creative Technology and Design, the Capstone course sequence is the culmination of their undergraduate careers, asking them to draw from the full spectrum of their technical and design skills to conceive, plan and build a project that challenges them to reach outside their comfort zones and create. We invite you to watch these videos to see what's likely been the most complex and challenging work of their careers at CU Boulder.

Watch Now videos showcasing the Capstone course sequence for students majoring in Creative Technology and Design

 

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ACME Lab @ACM C&C

Researchers from ATLAS Institute’s ACME Lab will present one pictorial and two Graduate Student Symposium papers at the 14th ACM Creativity & Cognition (C&C), which will take place June 20-23 in Venice, Italy. The theme of this year's conference is "Creativity, Craft and Design." 

Read More article about ACME Lab papers at the 2022 ACM C&C Conference

 

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B2 Creative Residency: Walk in a magical Afrolandscape

Don't miss Soulé Déesse's magical Afrolandscape, “Hermafrodek: A Suspension of Identity!"  This interactive exhibit, which runs May 23-27, utilizes B2's highly specialized equipment, incorporating motion capture, projection mapping and Ambisonic sound technology to create an endlessly shifting soundspace which engages and captivates visitors. 

Read More article about an interactive exhibit utilizing B2's highly specialized equipment

 

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Ellen Yi-Luen Do and Carson Bruns win graduate school awards for outstanding mentorship

Praised by their graduate students for their scientific competence, work ethic, creativity and compassion, two ATLAS professors received Outstanding Faculty Mentor awards from CU Boulder’s Graduate school on May 3, an honor bestowed this year on only 18 faculty members campus-wide.

Read More article about ATLAS professors receiving Outstanding Faculty Mentor Awards

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New summer classes empower performance community to use cutting-edge technologies

After rebounding from a major flood with vibrant new leadership and a new toolbox of performance technologies, the ATLAS Institute’s B2 Center for Media, Arts & Performance now offers more varied and interesting opportunities to artists, engineers, creative technologists and performers than ever before. This summer, B2 offers introductory classes on how they work.

Read More about classes that teach performers how to use B2's new state-of-the-art equipment   ATLAS Summer 2022 Classes about more ATLAS summer classes

 

 

 

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Spring 2022 ATLAS Student Awards

Graduating in May 2022 with degrees in Creative Technology and Design, these graduate and undergraduate students have been recognized for exceptional accomplishments, having demonstrated initiative in their academic and extracurricular activities, completing outstanding research or creative projects, or contributing significantly to the ATLAS community.

Read More article about ATLAS spring 2022 student awards

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ATLAS@CHI2022

ATLAS researchers presented six published works and two workshops at the 2022 ACM Special Interest Group on Computer-Human Interaction (SIGCHI), the world’s preeminent forum for the field of human-computer interaction. Included in the published works, Mirela Alistar’s Living Matter Lab authored two papers, one of which received a Best Paper Honorable Mention award. The conference, commonly referred to as “CHI,” was held hybrid-onsite April 30-May 6, 2022 in New Orleans.

Read More about ATLAS researchers presenting six published works and two workshops at the 2022 SIGCHI

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ATLAS Expo: 70+ creative technology and design projects to surprise and delight

Holographic drumming partners, video projectors carried by drones, motion-activated video pinball, an app to help roommates manage household chores: These are just a few of the projects on display this Thursday during ATLAS Expo. 

Read More link to article about atlas expo

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Black box designed by ATLAS students rises 101,000 feet, captures data and imagination

First students built the instrumentation. Then they attached it to a high-altitude weather balloon that took it to an altitude of 101,000 feet. Then, guided by ham-radio-based geolocation technology, they retrieved it from a spot 120 miles away in Eastern Colorado.

Read More about students building instrumentation and launching a balloon that rose to 101,000 feet

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ATLAS PhD candidate Kailey Shara wins top award in NVC 2022

First place winner, Chembotix, came away with $45,000 for its work on speeding up the pace of chemistry research and development. Making molecules in current laboratory settings is typically time-consuming and dangerous; Kailey Shara's automation makes the process faster, safer and ultimately more productive. 

Read More about Chembotix winning first place in NVC 2022

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Andrea Fautheree Márquez's project featured in Museum of Boulder's Voces Vivas

Museum of Boulder’s new exhibit, Voces Vivas: "Stories from the Latino Community in Boulder County, Past and Present," features Andrea Fautheree Márquez's thesis project, "Chicana Light," which explores the Chicano civil rights movement in Colorado. Fautheree Márquez, a Creative Industries master's student, used projection mapping to create the immersive, multimedia installation of three videos playing on their own loops.

Read More about Andrea Fautheree Márquez's thesis project, "Chicana Light," which is in the Voces Vivas exhibit in the Museum of Boulder

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Fiona Bell: Intimacy between designers and materials leads to sustainability

ATLAS PhD student Fiona Bell is passionate about sustainability; her doctoral dissertation tackles how to reduce waste through encouraging intimate relationships between designers, the materials they use and the artifacts they develop. In recognition of her work, Bell recently received financial support to help complete her thesis through a Graduate School Dissertation Completion Fellowship.

Read More about Fiona Bell's doctoral dissertation which tackles how to reduce waste through encouraging intimate relationships

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Purnendu's research at Meta brings touch to VR/AR environments

Normally virtual surfaces cannot be felt because they aren't there. But at Reality Labs Research at Meta, (previously known as Facebook), ATLAS PhD Student Purnendu is researching soft, wearable devices–such as wristbands, rings or gloves –that could enable tactile sensations in virtual/augmented reality environments.

Read More about ATLAS PhD Student Purnendu, who is researching soft, wearable devices–such as wristbands, rings or gloves –that could enable tactile sensations in virtual/augmented reality environments.

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ACME Lab: Creating technologies to support creativity

ATLAS recently released a new video that celebrates the ACME Lab and its commitment to designing technologies to support creatives. Directed by Professor Ellen Do, the lab researches computational tools for design, creativity, cognition, tangible and embedded interaction, and computing for health and wellness.

Watch Video new video about the ATLAS Institute's ACME Lab

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High-tech tattoos may help prevent skin cancer

Carson Bruns, assistant professor and director of the Emergent Nanomaterials Lab, and his research team are collaborating with the CU Anschutz Medical Campus to test a tattoo ink that’s completely invisible—and could lower the risk of skin cancer, much like a “permanent sunscreen.  At the same time, Bruns and doctoral student Jesse Butterfield, a researcher in Bruns' Laboratory for Emergent Nanomaterials, have launched a company called Chromopraxis that will soon sell the first commercially available, color-changing tattoo inks.

Read More article about the Laboratory for Emergent Nanomaterials working with CU Anschutz Medical Campus to test a tattoo ink that's completely invisible and couldlower the risk of skin cancer

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