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Lightform
Our team is organizing a projection-mapped stage design for the fall semester 2020 TEDxUGA event. Fitting with the event’s theme, Next Level, TEDxUGA is pushing the boundaries of stage design with the introduction of Lightform: a newly released projection mapping design software. Lightform creates illuminated augmented reality light projections that leave the audience with an…
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Home Depot Smart Home
The smart home industry is growing, with new products entering the market every day. Smart devices are set up using an app from the brand or manufacturer of the product, with the ability to pair with smart hub platforms such as Alexa or Google Home. With such a diverse range of smart home products available…
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Forto Coffee
Forto Coffee began when the founder, Neel Premkumar, was looking for an on-the-go option for energy. While the company was founded in 2015, Forto Coffee has experienced fast growth. Within just the last 5 years, Forto products can be found in over 50,000 stores nationwide. The company produces 3 different drink sizes: 100MG caffeine drinks, 200MG…
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Athens Farmers Market
The Athens Farmers Market wants to make healthy food a plausible reality for every citizen in Athens. This is possible through their weekly markets at Creature Comforts on Wednesday, as well as at Bishop Park on Saturdays. In the wake of COVID-19, the market has moved completely online, with vendors now selling their produce in…
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Arch Ready
UGA’s Career Center is dedicated to helping prepare their students for the workforce. One of their programs, the Arch Ready Certificate Program, allows students to go to various presentations throughout the school year and learn about professionalism in the workforce. Overall, the Arch Ready Professionalism Certificate is designed to develop a strong sense of professionalism…
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Spring 2020 Space SLAM
Last month, a crew of over 160 tech-stronauts boarded the NMISS for Space SLAM, an end-of-semester showcase unlike any other. Intergalactic guests were treated not only to the typical fleet of 16 wow-worthy projects and student innovations but also to plenty of space-centric cheesiness—er, thematic content. A huge shoutout to our faculty for making the…
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#myNMIatHome
The NMI believes in making things work, then work better — and that holds true for distance learning too. Even though we’re missing the fourth floor, our students, faculty, and program assistants are maintaining the NMI spirit in their own homes. On Instagram, we’re using #myNMIatHome to document collaboration and innovation wherever it’s happening — at desks,…
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School Is In For Summer
This summer, we’re breaking records with more classes and students than ever before! In the last few years, we’ve steadily expanded our summer offerings so the trek to becoming technowledgable never has to stop. It all started with the first online section of New Media Production where students mastered the art of web dev from…
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Emerging Media Online
At the NMI, we’re always striving to make our courses, events, and programs work better and better, and the Emerging Media Masters is no exception. From Double Dawgs integration to Innovation District collaboration, our faculty have made some impressive changes since the Emerging Media Masters launched in 2016, and we’re not done yet! Grady College recently featured the Emerging Media Masters…
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Home Depot Happenings
We’re always looking for opportunities to collaborate with and learn from industry innovators, and a group of NMI Capstone students recently took a trip to Atlanta to do just that. The team traveled alongside NMI faculty members John Weatherford and Kyla Sterling to The Home Depot headquarters, where they met with top innovators and learned exclusive industry…