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‘It is hijacking my brain’ – a team of experts found ways to help young people addicted to social media to cut the craving

Feb. 15, 2024

Many people have compared the addictive nature of social media to cigarettes. Checking your likes, they say, is the new smoke break. Others say the unease over social media is just the next round of moral panic about new technologies.

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ATLAS in Ireland: 12 community members present at TEI’24

Feb. 9, 2024

Research from 12 members of the ATLAS community including faculty, alumni and students is featured at the 18th ACM International Conference on Tangible, Embedded and Embodied Interaction.

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The B2 makes impacts across campus and beyond in 2023

Feb. 1, 2024

2023 was a banner year for the B2 Center for Media, Arts & Performance! This unique space is designed to advance and support interdisciplinary experimentation and radical creativity at the intersection of art, technology, media, science and performance. Equipped with an ambisonic sound array, motion capture studios, fully immersive green...

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Grace Leslie and Joel Swanson selected as Faculty Fellows

Dec. 20, 2023

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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How will AI shape the next generation?

Nov. 10, 2023

The Center for the Brain, A.I., and Child researches how ChatGPT influences parenting, how students use AI for creative expression and what culturally sensitive AI development means.

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Social media is a lot like junk food. Here's how to make healthy choices

Nov. 8, 2023

Colorado joined more than 30 other states in a landmark lawsuit against Meta, the parent company behind Facebook and Instagram. The ATLAS Institute's Annie Margaret provides her perspective.

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ATLAS PhD Shanel Wu completes Open Hardware Creators fellowship

Oct. 31, 2023

ATLAS PhD Shanel Wu recently concluded their participation in the Open Hardware Creators in Academia Fellowship, an initiative run by the Open Source Hardware Organization (OSHWA).

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ATLAS PhD Students Present at ISMAR 2023

Oct. 25, 2023

ATLAS PhD students Rishi Vanukuru, Torin Hopkins and Suibi Che-Chuan Weng attended ISMAR 2023 in Sydney in October to present research on AR, VR and MR.

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Radically Interdisciplinary Research on Display at ATLAS Open House

Oct. 11, 2023

Some of the most valuable research takes place in the overlaps, intersections and margins. At ATLAS, we aim to find and explore more of these often-overlooked areas to uncover surprising discoveries.

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Ellen Yi-Luen Do Presents Keynote on Fun with Creative Technology & Design at TaiCHI 2023

Sept. 13, 2023

ATLAS Professor Ellen Yi-Luen Do presented on Fun with Creative Technology & Design as keynote speaker at TaiCHI 2023.

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