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The magic of turning food waste into paint pigments , articleYoon Choi, assistant professor in Virginia Tech’s College of Architecture, Arts, and Design, launched the Food Magic project in 2023. The project utilizes a multi-stream recycling approach to capture food waste that can be transformed into natural powder pigments for art.
Date: Jul 08, 2024 -
Video ItemVirginia Tech creates immersive display for 80th anniversary of D-Day , video
The Institute for Creativity, Arts, and Technology partnered with the National D-Day Memorial Foundation to create an immersive narrative display that was projected on the National D-Day Memorial during the 80th anniversary of the historic event.
Date: Jul 03, 2024 -
Video ItemMovement festival brings artists and scientists together , video
Visiting researchers, students, faculty, and Blacksburg community members came together for the inaugural Science & Art of Movement Festival, hosted by Julia Basso and Rachel Rugh. "I just really hope that we can continue to find more innovative ways to connect arts and sciences," said Rugh.
Date: Jun 24, 2024 -
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Connecting the arts to engineer job skills , articleFunded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Institute for Creativity, Arts, and Technology's current project is all about applying the intersection of arts and engineering to the modern business world by expanding upon an old formula with a new twist, called da Vinci's Cube.
Date: Jun 24, 2024 -
Video ItemResearching how stress spreads during evacuations , video
Evacuating a space quickly and safely during an emergency has life-saving consequences, but it is known that feeling stressed impacts a person's ability to exit a building quickly. Nicole Abaid, associate professor in the department of mathematics, is working alongside graduate students from Northern Illinois University and the University of Virginia to develop a model that could help understand how to make evacuations safer.
Date: Jun 11, 2024 -
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Student research bridges gap between art and technology , articleJacqueline Bruen, a computer science doctoral candidate in the College of Engineering, collaborated with a professional dancer to turn movement into visual and auditory expression. This project is the beginning of what collaborators hope will be a tool to expand the depth of performance.
Date: Jun 06, 2024 -
Video ItemFocused ultrasound makes movements on the stage , video
The arts and science has been a passion for Shima Shahab since childhood. Since 2018, Shahab has been working with Billie Lepczyk in the School of Performing Arts using dance to help better visualize complex engineering concepts. In this collaboration, dancers represent the movement of particles in an acoustic hologram forming the shape of an eagle.
Date: Jun 06, 2024 -
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Virginia Tech creates immersive display for National D-Day Memorial, 80th anniversary of D-Day , articleJune 6 marks the 80th anniversary of the Allied forces' invasion of Normandy, France, during World War II and the first time the ceremonies at the national memorial located in Bedford will include moving pictures and sound.
Date: May 30, 2024 -
Video ItemCreativity and Innovation Day , video
ICAT Creativity + Innovation Day is hosted by the Virginia Tech Institute for Creativity, Arts, and Technology to engage and connect the public to the latest creative and innovative works of students and faculty members. Projects from transdisciplinary courses, and those affiliated with ICAT, and community projects are on display for the public.
Date: May 22, 2024 -
General ItemApplications sought for Future of Work Student Summer Research Grant
Applications are wanted for this student research grant opportunity.
Date: May 22, 2024 -
Video ItemIntegrating art and technology , video
Jacqueline Bruen, a Ph.D. student in Industrial Systems Engineering, and researcher Myounghoon Jeon, are working with a local dancer named Sumin to integrate technology with performance art. While Sumin performs, sensors detecting movement and breathing change the sound design and visual playback on computer screens.
Date: May 07, 2024 -
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Virginia Tech to exhibit at the AI Expo for National Competitiveness , articleChaired by former chief executive officer of Google Eric Schmidt, the expo serves as a forum for industry, government, and academic research entities to exhibit some of the latest technological breakthroughs in areas such as artificial intelligence, biotech, energy, networks, compute, microelectronics, manufacturing, and augmented reality.
Date: May 03, 2024 -
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Creativity + Innovation Day returns , articleThe April 29 event will feature projects spanning science, engineering, arts, and design and ranging from technology and innovation to art and culture to sustainability, education, and research projects.
Date: Apr 25, 2024 -
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Music therapy hits a high note with community choir , articleThe Beat Goes On, a community choir that includes individuals with with dementia and their caregivers, will make its concert debut April 29. The event starts at 5:45 p.m. inside Virginia Tech’s Creativity and Innovation District performance hall.
Date: Apr 23, 2024 -
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Virginia Tech hosts national summit on creativity, empathy, and AI , articleMore than 70 experts in the arts and technology convened in the greater Washington, D.C., metro area to discuss and share their usage of artificial intelligence in the arts.
Date: Apr 18, 2024 -
Video ItemIDPro's interdisciplinary "Bacon Team" , video
A team of students and faculty are working together in the Interdisciplinary Projects class (IDPro) to help characterize and optimize an industrial bacon press for a food-processing equipment manufacturer.
Date: Apr 17, 2024 -
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Invasive species sound off about impending ecosystem changes , articleA team of researchers led by Grace O’Malley, Ph.D. candidate in biological sciences, and Gabrielle Ripa, Ph.D. student in plant and environmental sciences, have discovered that the silent growth of non-native invasive plants can affect the soundscape of an ecosystem.
Date: Apr 17, 2024 -
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New Music + Technology Festival launches international exchange and cutting-edge technology , articleThe festival will run April 9-13 at the Creativity and Innovation District living-learning community and multiple spaces in the Moss Arts Center and will showcase innovations in the field of music technology and spatial audio, including a new international partnership founded by the Institute for Creativity, Arts, and Technology.
Date: Apr 05, 2024 -
Video ItemBrain Day encourages students to make healthy decisions , video
Brain Day is a collaboration between the Virginia Tech Department of Psychology and the Department of Neuroscience. The workshop and demonstrations encourage Pulaski County High School students to learn about substance use prevention with an educational focus.
Date: Mar 29, 2024 -
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University Libraries Prototyping Studio resurrects dinosaur cousin skeletons bone by bone , article3D scanners and printers are constructing strikingly realistic replicas of the extinct Teleocrater rhadinus using fossils from more than 240 million years ago. Funded through an Institute for Creativity, Arts, and Technology grant, a team of experts is showing how technology can illuminate the past and bring long-extinct organisms face-to-face with the present.
Date: Mar 18, 2024
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