Suibi Che-Chuan Weng receives his award certificate

Public-private partnership drives attention for ATLAS research in augmented and mixed reality

July 18, 2024

ACME Lab members built relationships with industry players through the Pervasive Personalized Intelligence (PPI) Center by collaborating on solutions to challenges in building Internet of Things systems. Three ATLAS PhD students took home awards from the PPI Center's Spring 2024 Advisory Board Meeting.

Demonstration of biofibers spinning machine extruding fiber from gelatin substrate

How fibers spun from gelatin could help reduce textile waste

July 8, 2024

NPR interviews Utility Research Lab director, Michael Rivera, on biofibers research for use in sustainable textiles.

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Bret Mann retires after decades as the ATLAS Institute’s behind-the-scenes tech guru

June 27, 2024

Bret Mann, technical manager and broadcast engineer for ATLAS B2 Center for Media, Arts and Performance, retires on July 1, 2024. He was instrumental in designing the ATLAS Institute’s technical capabilities from the early days and oversaw dozens of technically-complex performances and events in the Black Box Experimental Studio.

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Wear it, then recycle: ATLAS Designers make dissolvable textiles from gelatin

June 17, 2024

In a new study, a team of ATLAS engineers and designers developed a DIY machine that spins textile fibers made of materials like sustainably sourced gelatin. The group’s “biofibers” feel a bit like flax fiber and dissolve in hot water in minutes to an hour.

Community members stand around a table playing with Collaborator together at EXPO 2024 in the Audio Frequency Lab

ATLAS Team Scores at SynthUX Hackathon

June 3, 2024

A team of students in the Audio Frequency Lab designed and built the Collaborator multi-player synthesizer, taking home top honors at this year's Synthux International Synth Design Hackathon.

Student tests Copilot accessibility features

Could AI be the next college teaching assistant? Some Colorado professors believe so

May 16, 2024

Some innovative classrooms, including the Generative AI class at ATLAS, are experimenting with ways to apply new AI tools in learning.

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2024 ATLAS Student Award Winners Announced

May 6, 2024

College of Engineering and Applied Science Graduating Student Awards Congratulations to the Spring 2024 Graduating Student Award winners for the College of Engineering and Applied Science! We’re excited to see six ATLAS students among the recipients this year. View the complete list of winners on the College of Engineering &...

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Microbiology as meditation: Living Matter Lab explores “livingness” in time

April 8, 2024

The Living Matter Lab pursues a deeper understanding of alternative perspectives on temporality through a surprising medium: kombucha SCOBY.

Sonic Summit stage setup with illustration of speaker around in 270-degree surround theater

A revolution in sound: Exploring new ways to listen at Sonic Summit

April 3, 2024

High-density speaker arrays use strategically placed speakers throughout a room to create an immersive three-dimensional soundscape. The ATLAS B2 Black Box Experimental Studio features performances that take full advantage of this technology.

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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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