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Digital Brown Bag: Kaiser Permanente’s Adam Cancilla
Last Tuesday, Adam Cancilla spoke with New Media students about his role at Kaiser Permanente as Business Technology Analyst, i.e. “Innovation Hunter.” He says new media and technology are changing the...
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Wellness Wednesday: The Flash Mob that Rocked Herty Field
The TED-MED speaker scared me. Over the course of civilization, life expectancy increased. Knowledge about medicine and health practices helped. But a big contribution to additional life span was...
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Digital Brown Bag: UGA’s NMI Capstone Students
This week, students from the NMI’s Fall Capstone class presented pitches for their team projects. The students are picking up speed, determining what method and development goals are achievable. Thus...
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Fall SLAM: See the “Y” in NMI
"Wouldn't it be cool if…?" Those five words used to jump start every project in the NMI. And, boy, the students ran with it. It was always fun to spin technology to make the wild happen. But then we...
View ArticleNMI Update: SLAM with us on 12/8!
There are beautiful brains all over UGA. Studying, reading, writing, programming. Each day we push, push, push them to be even smarter. But the irony is that these beautiful brains won’t last 10...
View ArticleA New Partner in the New Media Health Innovation Program
Who says I don’t listen to your feedback? Every year the NMI comes out with creative, inventive applications that showcase all the skills they’ve learned. And every year, people want to know where they...
View ArticleSLAM it to you!
If you’ve been by NMI suite on the fourth floor of Grady, you may have noticed a few things. Students huddled around computers. The sounds of furious keyboards clicking until the wee hours of the...
View ArticleSpring SLAM Photo Albums
On Friday May 3, and Saturday, May 4, 2013, the New Media Institute hosted its annual Spring SLAM. All day long, NMI students showed off incredibly cool projects they worked on all semester long:...
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Alumni Spotlight: Emily Feinstein @ Kaiser Permanente
Emily is currently a Senior Consultant in Marketing Communications at Kaiser Permanente. She graduated from UGA in 2003 with a degree in Advertising and a New Media Certificate. Since that time, she...
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acTiVe
Wouldn’t it be cool if you could combat obesity due to a sedentary lifestyle by utilizing TV and commercial time to get actTiVe through the use of a mobile application? Our app, acTiVe, allows you to...
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Wet N’ Wild
Wouldn’t it be cool if there were an interactive book that informed children about healthy drinking habits? We’re talking about a book that changes based on the choices that readers make. We’re talking...
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GymMASTER
It takes a lot of confidence to walk into a weight room and start pumping some iron. For many, it is just too intimidating. Gym intimidation is a real ailment that many anxious gym-goers experience....
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FastAid
It takes a lot of confidence to approach an emergency situation as a first responder. What if you got certified a couple years ago and are out of practice? Or what if you forget the proper steps to...
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Fuel Your Life
Diabetes is a disease that affects 8.3 percent of the US population. This equates to roughly 25.8 million Americans. The disease’s prevalence increased six percent in the last year as obesity rates...
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Team Impact
Wouldn’t it be cool if we could create personalized Facebook messages with OpenGraph Facebook technology to target certain demographics with anti-smoking messages? We at Team Impact KNOW smoking is a...
View ArticlePulse
A healthy lifestyle and an efficiently working body have direct effects on workplace productivity and office morale. Activity is fun, but maintaining an active lifestyle is also among the most...
View ArticlePet Steps
Did you have a Tamagotchi when you were younger? We did and we loved taking care of it. When we were brainstorming ideas for how to get out there and motivate someone to exercise, we thought to create...
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We live in a world where time is of the essence and every second counts. Our society is also particularly fond of multitasking, juggling careers, education, family, everyday chores, social life, and a...
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Fit Gym
Fitgym is an iOS fitness app that uses sensor and Internet of Things technology to inform users of the current capacity of the Ramsey Student Center and transforms the gym from a place that prompts...
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Headstrong
The Problem: Sports are the second leading cause of brain-related injuries of people aged 18–24, with roughly 3.8 million sports-related concussions every year in the US. Of the athletes who show signs...
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