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Community Member Spotlight: Mark Wasiele
Meet Mark Wasiele, Tech Square Investor and Operator for TEQ Charging, which started through Tech Square’s very own CREATE-X. As part of our community member spotlight series, we sat down with Mark during our Tesla Battery Day Fireside Chat last month to learn more about TEQ Charging and what they are working on.
TEP Power Meal: The Meaning of Space Exploration
There’s so much emphasis on space exploration as of late. So we asked George N. Tzintzarov, a fourth-year PhD student in electrical and computer engineering at Georgia Tech, to host a Power Meal around the meaning of space exploration. And in order to make a deep impact, we invited some of Tech Square ATL (TSQATL) Social Club’s biggest enthusiasts and experts from all our different communities (Centergy One, ATDC, Tech Square Research Building, Georgia Tech) to safely gather over lunch at Technology Enterprise Park (TEP) to discuss the topics at hand.
Exclusive Access: A Look Inside Amazon Fresh
Last month we revealed that Amazon Fresh, the first brick-and-mortar of its kind, was slated to open to the general public in the very near future. Well wait no further – the new concept, which is located in Los Angeles’ Woodland Hills neighborhood, features smart carts, Alexa guides, and challenges for traditional grocery stores and big-box retailers. Most importantly, it’s now available to all. That is, if you live on the west coast. Fortunately, close friends of Tech Square ATL Social Club, Charleen Madrona and Cyrine Madrona, gave us an exclusive look into the tech-centric shopping experience.
TEP Talk: The Languages Spoken Among Us
The hallways at Technology Enterprise Park (TEP) are always abuzz with friendly greetings and conversation. Out of our curiosity for the many languages spoken in our community, we hosted a Coffee Talk to catch up with TEP early birds on a bright autumn morning.
Coffee Talk - Staying Power: Etch-A-Sketch
Last Tuesday we hosted a safely distanced Coffee Table in the Centergy lobby, where we had community members stop and appreciate the simple (tech) things in life and test out there drawing skills.
The Science of Tenet: Entropy, Inversion, and the Turnstiles
Tenet is the latest time-warping, mind-knotting movie by Interstellar and Inception director Christopher Nolan. You might be wondering – how far from reality are the scientific concepts found in the film?
Community Member Spotlight: Rohan Sohani
Meet Rohan Sohani, a third-year Aerospace Engineering student at Georgia Tech. He is also a Tech Square ATL (TSQATL) Social Club member and a recent panelist for the TSQATL Space Soirée last month. Outside of academia, he enjoys playing golf and has even recently picked up cooking during quarantine.
Aerospace Experts Lead Panel Discussion at Space Soirée
Astronauts and aliens alike gathered at mission control (The Clubhouse) for the TSQATL Space Soirée – a themed evening full of complimentary refreshments, guest speakers, networking opportunities, games, prizes, and more.
Robots and AI: Will The Future Be Automated?
Are robots going to take over the world? It has been seen in many sci-fi movies over the years: robots taking over the world, replacing humans left and right, and thus, the end of the human race as we know it. Sure, it’s a bit dramatic, but we might not be far from a reality where robots become more than another helping hand.
Community Member Spotlight: Venus Desai
Meet Venus Desai, co-founder of Nugen Systems (ATDC). As part of our community member spotlight series, we sat down with Venus during our Tesla Battery Day Fireside Chat last month to learn more about Nugen Systems and what they’re working on.
Local Innovators Safely Come Together to Discuss the Future of Electric Vehicles at Fireside Chat
To celebrate Tesla’s Battery Day last Tuesday, Tech Square ATL Social Club joined in on the hype to host our first hybrid (both in-person and virtual) event since the pandemic.
Etch-a-Sketch: From Top Toy to Nostalgia
Nostalgia hit hard! We decided to take a look into how the Etch-a-Sketch has become what it is today and look into the meaning of nostalgia and why we have certain feelings when it comes to objects that remind us of our past.
Machine Learning: Google Translate’s Odd Outputs
It’s a common quizzical experience: once you type in a foreign phrase, Google Translate spits out an approximation far from what you intended to say. Why is Google Translate so inaccurate?
Winners of the 2020 IISP Cybersecurity Student Demo Day Finale
On Thursday, September 24, Georgia Tech Cybersecurity Ph.D. students presented their cutting-edge solutions to a panel of judges at this year’s Institute for Information Security and Privacy (IISP) Cybersecurity Student Demo Day Finale. As IISP’s live streaming partner, Tech Square ATL Social Club helped bring this annual event online.
Community Member Spotlight: Lorenzo Migliara
Meet Lorenzo Migliara, current Georgia Tech student. He is also Tech Square ATL (TSQATL) Social Club’s recent rocket stomp challenge winner.