Can training methods from the Performing Arts be used to prevent falls and fall-related injuries
In later life, physical changes to our body make it more difficult to maintain mobility and independence. For example, adults over the age of 65 commonly experience a loss of strength, along with impaired balance and gait. These changes lead to an increased risk of falling and fall-related injuries. In fact, falls are the leading cause of fatal and nonfatal injuries among adults 65 and older (older adults) (1). An estimated 29 million falls among older adults occur annually in the United Stated (2), with Medicare costs exceeding $30 billion (3). Falls and fall-related injuries remain a major problem despite substantial and widespread efforts to reduce their occurrence. New exercises or training methods are thus needed to help reduce these falls and injuries.
Virtual IAWA
This new visualizing tool provides an interactive platform that assists one to browse the collections of the International Archive of Women in Architecture (IAWA) to gain multiple cross-readings from the breadth of the archive.
Be the Data: Embodied Interaction in Bayesian Visual Analytics
Be the Data promotes creative interactive data exploration through the novel combination of the physical and virtual worlds.
Puppy Project
The planned project is to employ safe, noninvasive motion capture and 3D visualization tools to study canine puppy socialization behaviors in a newly developed portable motion capture unit.
Developing SmartSense: A Robotic Platform for High Throughput Phenotyping and Genome Wide Association Analysis
We will develop innovative robotic technology which can collect phenotypic data from the field. Computer vision and machine learning algorithms will be developed to recognize flowers, pods, leaves and weeds from images collected. Genomic data and statistical analysis will be performed to identify key genetic variations that associated with these desirable traits.
Marenostrum @ The Spacial Music Workshop & Cube Fest 2018
The Spatial Music Workshop 2018 was held August 4-9, 2018. It was organized by Eric Lyon with the collaboration of Tanner Upthegrove and DJ Malinowski. The workshop included full-day sessions of technical presentations (e.g., Reaper, Max, SuperCollider, Bukvic’s D4, Upthegrove’s spatial audio mastering techniques, Malinowski’s music production tools, or Lyon’s use of Myo’s bracelets, among others).
Virginia Tech Science Festival returns Oct. 27
The Virginia Tech Science Festival returns to campus Saturday, Oct. 27, with 93 free hands-on, minds-on learning interactive booths and activities that showcase dozens of science education and research programs throughout the university, including physics, space, engineering, communication, geology, health and medicine, history, transportation, computers, chemistry, and more.
Engineering and arts join forces at Moogfest
It’s not often an engineer is featured on the lineup schedule for a music festival, but Mike Roan, a professor of mechanical engineering in the College of Engineering has done it as part of Moogfest, a community of futurists who explore emerging sound technologies in Durham, North Carolina.
‘Badstar’ offers an immersive, experimental, and visually rich concert
he Virginia Tech School of Performing Arts will present “Badstar,” a one-of-a-kind musical and visual experience, in the Cube at the Moss Arts Center on Oct. 11–13 at 7:30 p.m.
The collaboration for the performance began in 2017, when violinist Charles Nichols, an assistant professor in the School of Performing Arts, and video artist Zach Duer, an assistant professor in the School of Visual Arts
We are a collection of artists, designers, engineers, and scientists coming together in a living laboratory that fosters creativity and promotes critical reflection.
The Cube is highly-adaptable and has been used to create immersive environments, intimate performances, audio and visual installations, research, and experimental investigations of all kinds.
Proposals must be transdisciplinary in nature and explore some aspect of technology and at least two of the following areas represented by the Institute and its studios...
