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Electronic musician, flutist and researcher Grace Leslie believes that music touches something deep in the human braina hardwired need, perhaps, to sit around a fire or in a concert arena and feel connected to the people around us. Humans have been making music for longer than weve lived in cities and grown crops. In most cultures, its used to draw people together, says Leslie.
Robots help build cars, fly planes, fight wars and provide healthcare; they play a role in countless industries, but for the most part, they don't work in chemistry labs. A team of CU Boulder scientists plans to change that.
Like many people across Colorado, Peter Gyory spent the height of the COVID-19 pandemic sitting at home with nothing to do. Then the ATLAS-based PhD candidate and game designer looked around his apartment: I was surrounded by cardboard. I thought: How could I make a game out of that?
Researchers from ATLAS Institute's Unstable Design, THING, Living Matter and Superhuman Computing labs presented four papers, including three that received Honorable Mention awards, at the ACM conference on Designing Interactive Systems (DIS '22).
Prior psychology findings show humans can communicate distinct emotions solely through touch. In this award-winning work presented at DIS'22, THING Labresearchers hypothesize that similar effects might also be apply to robotic touch.
Exploring biofoam as a Material for Tangible Interaction, authored by Eldy S. Lazaro Vasquez, Netta Ofer, Shanel Wu, Mary Etta West, Mirela Alistar and Laura Devendorf introducedthe DIS audience to biofoam, a water soluble and biodegradable material thatcan be made conductive.
An Introduction to Weave Structure for HCI: A How-to and Reflection on Modes of Exchange, authored by Assistant Professor Laura Devendorf, director of the Unstable Design Lab, Sasha De Koninck, an ATLAS-affiliated PhD candidate,and Etta Sandry, weaver-in-residence, received aBest Pictorial Honorable Mention award at theACM SIGCHI Conference on Designing Interactive Systems (DIS '22).
Knitting Access: Exploring Stateful Textiles with People with Disabilities, authored by Annika Muehlbradt (PhD Comp. Sci22) and researchers Shaun Kane, director of the Superhuman Computing Lab, Laura Devendorfdirector of the Unstable Design Lab, and Gregory Whiting, associate professor of mechanical engineering, won a DIS22 Honorable Mention award.
ATLAS PhD student Peter Gyory'sresearch aims to bridge the gap between game developers and Alt Controls through the use of everyday materials and crafting techniques.
In this paper, ATLAS PhD student Sandra Bae discusses the current challenges of data physicalization and addresses three areas where data physicalization can aid other research thrusts: broadening participation, supporting analytics and promoting creative expression. The paper exemplifies each approach through the lens of the authors work.