Imagine RIT News

  • May 1, 2017

    Student filming project

    Technology turns sandbox into topographic map
    Students from RIT’s Society of Software Engineers will showcase projects they’ve been building throughout the school year, including an augmented reality display that turns a sandbox into an interactive topographical map, during Imagine RIT.

  • April 27, 2017

    Simulated picture of person in living room

    Team introduces second-gen virtual therapists
    RIT is advancing interactive medical technologies to help people dealing with addiction, anger management and violent behavior directed at their family and intimate partners. These digital tools can teach coping skills and keep clients focused on recovery.

  • April 27, 2017

    Two emblems for "2017-10 years of GIS and Imagine RIT" and "Golisano Institute for Sustainability"

    Glimpse into the future of digital manufacturing
    Visitors to the Imagine RIT festival can get a glimpse of what’s in store on the manufacturing horizon when they stop by the fourth floor of the Golisano Institute for Sustainability. They will be able to take home their own personalized souvenir of the festival’s 10th year.

  • April 27, 2017

    Logo for "Vantage News" app

    Vantage News tackles ‘fake news’
    At Vantage News, one of the featured Imagine RIT exhibits, visitor “news junkies” will get to test the new mobile application for information on certain topics to obtain alternate perspectives, historical context and related stories that are critical to getting the big picture.

  • April 26, 2017

    Officers posing for camera

    Survey to gather opinions on opiate addiction
    Center for Public Safety Initiatives students are surveying visitors to Imagine RIT about their experience with prescription opiates in order to help find ways to curb overdoses.

  • April 25, 2017

    People gathered by "Emissions Monitor Ahead"

    Visualize greenhouse gases at Imagine RIT

    Visitors to the Imagine RIT festival on May 6 can see first-hand the effects of car tailpipe emissions using infrared light at the EZ-GAS: Imaging for Car Emissions Characterization exhibit.

  • April 25, 2017

    A student drives the Baja Racing vehicle as the crowd looks on. The car sails through the air after driving over a ramp.

    RIT motorsport teams unveil new race vehicles
    RIT’s three sleek Formula racecars, Baja off-road vehicle, Hot Wheelz hybrid electric Formula car and EVO, the electric motorcycle, all built by RIT students, will be unveiled as part of the Imagine RIT festival on May 6.

  • April 25, 2017

    Logo for "10 Years of Imagine RIT: Innovation + Creativity Festival"

    Students showcase assistive technology projects
    Two teams of RIT engineering students have found “endless possibilities” for second-hand clothing—from insulation and wall dividers to chairs and desks—through two upcycling projects in their senior design classes.

  • April 24, 2017

    Person working on Drone

    Drone gives archeologist a cool tool
    An off-the-shelf drone customized for archeological surveys by RIT students will be on exhibit at the 10th annual Imagine RIT: Innovation and Creativity Festival on May 6.

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