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Source: GSU CURVE Blog
URL: Students: Enter a Data Viz in Tableau’s Data Viz Assignment Contest!
Students: Been using Tableau for data visualizations, or want to try it out? You can enter this contest and maybe win a Tableau swag bag! To enter the Contest, complete the following steps – entry deadline is May 30: If you do not already have a copy, download the software at https://public.tableau.com/s/ (a free trial copy […]
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Source: UGA Digital Humanities Initiative
URL: THATCamp Shakespeare
by Maria Chappell, English PhD candidate and UGA HASTAC scholar On Wednesday, April 5, the UGA’s Willson Center Digital Humanities Lab and the Folger Shakespeare Library hosted the THATCamp Shakespeare “unconference.” THATCamps (The Humanities And Technology Camps) are informal conferences…
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Source: GSU CURVE Blog
URL: CURVE Hosts the WIT Girls for STEM Career Event
On a Thursday evening last week, CURVE hosted a group of exceptional young women interested in STEM fields. The high schoolers are part of an organization called WIT, or Women In Technology, which “passionately supports women at every stage of their STEM careers—from the classroom to the boardroom,” according to the WIT website. The girls participate in activities […]
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Source: GSU CURVE Blog
URL: Human Anatomy 3D Showcase
On April 12, students in Dr. Carmen Eilertson’s Biology 4687/6687 Surgical Anatomy demonstrated some of the  3D models of human organs they have created this semester using the NextEngine laser scanner in CURVE’s 3D Modeling Lab.  Here, they are presenting 3D models of a human kidney, brain, and lung.               […]
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Source: Georgia Tech Digital Humanities Lab
URL: Application of Copper Tape to Neoprene Sheets
The determining factor that will ensure that the touch matrix will work when each of the three separate neoprene layers are put together is the accuracy with which we apply the copper tapes to the outer layers of neoprene. Furthermore, the copper tapes have also been soldered with wires that have been measured to a certain length in order to reach the Arduinos that will be stored on the extra neoprene that will be left over on one side of the 1 meter x 1 meter matrix. Thus, the copper tapes have to be applied to the neoprene in a…
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Source: Georgia Tech Digital Humanities Lab
URL: All Things Fabric: Testing, Printing, Pricing
Fabric Testing As outlined in ‘Face’ of the Quilt, I am testing fabric to see how it diffuses, affects affect, and obscures or reveals hardware. I quickly tested a broad array of swatches. Their textures included felt, mid-weight cotton, a polyester-stretch mix, and lightweight linen. The colors included black, brown, grey, beige, and white. The colors are kept neutral because the background of the quilt will be similar to the original beige. I was first intrigued by how introductory physics principles became useful: light colored or white fabrics tended to diffuse light while dark colored or black fabrics tended to absorb light and reveal the shape of the LED beneath.…
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Source: GSU Creative Media Industries Institute
URL: Updates–February 2, 2017
Each week, an update on work in the Creative Media Industries Institute is circulated to GSU faculty, staff, and graduate students whose work connects (intellectually, creatively, or administratively). In a separate note each week, curated links to creativity research circulates to the same group. No content repeats week to week. The post Updates–February 2, 2017 appeared first on Creative Media Industries Institute.
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