Tag: Tech
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Georgia Drone Summit: A Success Story
On October 20-21, the Georgia Drone Summit went above and beyond, bringing more than 570 industry professionals, drone enthusiasts and NMI students to a new level of drone knowledge. From entertainment to ethics, the Summit covered it all. Speakers and panelists took the stage sharing valuable insights about the future of drones and their innovative applications. Throughout the…
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What’s New With the Emerging Media Masters
This semester The Emerging Media Master’s program enters an exciting second year! Although we’ve had bittersweet goodbyes with our recent graduates, we are thrilled to say hello to a new group of EM students and a brand new Emerging Media Design Lab. Successfully completing their capstone projects this July, the program celebrated its first graduates. Emerging Media Masters…
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A New Season of Stickers
You may remember that this time last year, the NMI and UGA Athletics teamed up to release the NMI’s first native iOS app and UGA’s first iMessage sticker pack. UGA Stickers takes advantage of the new features added to iMessages in iOS10. The app allows users to “peel” stickers of their favorite Georgia sayings, logos, and images and stick them…
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Ebb: A Capstone Project Goes Global
The adage “what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger” proved very true for one of our Fall 2016 Capstone teams. When circumstances no longer allowed them to pursue their project, the team was forced to develop a new game plan mid-semester. Within a week of intense brainstorming and heavy collaboration, an ingenious idea was born.…
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Changing the Culture Behind Concussion Reporting
Concussions are a growing problem in athletics across all types of sports, and convincing athletes to report these incidents and symptoms when they occur has proven to be quite the challenge. The NCAA and the Department of Defense recognized this issue and decided to do something about it. Offering a series of eight grants to various…
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Fave
Everybody is on the hunt to find the very best but this search comes at a cost. People spend countless hours crawling the web and reading reviews from complete strangers in the hopes that they will find a new favorite. They bounce around from site to site to research entertainment, restaurants, travel destinations and more,…
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GemQuest
GemQuest VR is a virtual reality game that starts with the player finding themselves on a fantastical island with their fox companion. To destroy the simulation holding the world captive, players will solve puzzles and battle monsters using full motion tracking and a kickass enchanted sword. As players explore the many worlds of GemQuest VR,…
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Another SLAM Success: Spring 2017
On a balmy Saturday afternoon here in Athens, NMI friends, family and alum came together to participate in the Spring 2017 SLAM! After months of hard work on 15 different projects, our students were eager to show off the creative ways they used emerging technologies to tackle their clients’ needs. We saw city walking tours…
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Georgia Aquatic Hall of Fame
Overview The new and improved Georgia Aquatic Hall of Fame (GAHOF) website aims to better celebrate the history of aquatics in Georgia and to showcase the achievements of athletes and coaches from the state who have excelled in aquatic sports. The website is now an updated and aesthetically pleasing online hall of fame, which is…
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Film Norcross
How do you get a small town on the big screen? Easy, right? Atlanta, Georgia has the third largest film industry in the country. As a result of this fast-paced growth, the industry now stretches beyond the Atlanta perimeter and into the area’s booming suburbs. The quaint suburb of Norcross is located just 20 miles…