WID Director partners with Distinguished Scholar in radio segment to explore new directions in science [AUDIO]
WID Director David Krakauer joins Distinguished Scholar Anne Strainchamps in a conversational radio segment.
Multimedia
Bringing the Stealth Sculpture Project to life [VIDEO]
We’ve enlivened our workspace for researchers on the third floor of the Discovery building, thanks to the help of Lynda Barry.
Lynda Barry helps us imagine the future of education [VIDEO]
Cartoonist and Discovery Fellow Lynda Barry asks kids and adults to envision the schools and campuses of 2113.
Follow: The Art of Conversation #WIDArtConvo
Track The Art of Conversation workshops and Evening Talk in real time from WID’s social media accounts. Weigh in, share, converse.
Drawing Jam with Lynda Barry [photos]
Last call for the future! Discovery Fellow leads Counterfactual Drawing Jam workshop to help kids imagine the future.
‘Virtual Exertions’ research uses muscle activity to move virtual objects [VIDEO]
A team of WID researchers has developed a way to move virtual objects in an immersive virtual reality environment through the use of muscle activity.
(((clang))): A multi-sensory collaboration [VIDEO]
Through an art demo called (((clang))), Madison artist Andrée Valley and WID researcher, musician and composer Nathaniel Bartlett have crafted an interactive experience that meshes the visual with the acoustical and spatial.
The Future of Discovery is a Nation of Hackers [VIDEO]
Ben Shapiro talks about the rapid development of the social Web and how it offers scientists new possibilities for re-imagining scientific discovery.
Counterfactual Campus: Gamification — education meets play [VIDEO]
At the Counterfactual Campus kick-off event, Anne Strainchamps and Constance Steinkuehler discuss current educational gaming initiatives and how games might revolutionize classrooms in the future.
Counterfactual Campus: University funding of the future [VIDEO]
A panel discussion at WID’s first Counterfactual Campus event focused on the future of university funding.
