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.

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.

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.

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?

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.

Meet Lorenzo Migliara, current Georgia Tech student. He is also Tech Square ATL (TSQATL) Social Club’s recent rocket stomp challenge winner.

We are in an era where technology is ever changing, adapting, and evolving. Advancements are always occurring, but today we aren’t here to talk about any kind of tech. We are focusing on augmented reality (AR).

We’ve all heard the old adage "A picture is worth a thousand words.” But what is an updated headshot worth? As with everything we do, we wanted to better understand the research and science behind selecting the “best” profile picture. So, last week we got camera-ready and headed over to Technology Enterprise Park (TEP) to take complimentary headshots of our community members for all their digital needs.

Because of our curiosity and excitement with anything related to technology, we at Tech Square ATL Social Club are incredibly excited for Tesla Battery Day – which is only a few days away (yay!) – and what news will come with it. As the insightful thinkers we are, of course we have our own speculations and predictions, so keep reading to find out more on what we expect is to come.

With Elon Musk’s recent demo of Neuralink – and the notion that mind control could be the next generation of touchless tech – we wanted to discuss this topic further with fellow community members to get their input on it all. And what better way to dive deep into the unknown than conversing about a new era of hands-free technology over complimentary beers?

To learn about how people have adapted new routines and technology to avoid high-touch surfaces, we caught up with Technology Enterprises Park (TEP) community members last Tuesday. Over coffee, we discussed their current experience at grocery stores and/or restaurants in order to get a better understanding of the current state of touchless technology.

Last week, we discussed why startups fail as part of the Customer Discovery Theory class in ATDC Educate’s Customer Discovery Badge Program. This week, we attended the second session in the program – Customer Discovery Tools. Intended as a follow-up class, the intent of this course is to get new entrepreneurs ready to move forward in the discovery process.

When Darin Griffith isn’t working on material chemistry solutions at Kemira, you can find him in his backyard oasis, enjoying the beautiful garden he built with his wife.

Have you ever wondered who initially had the innovative idea of artificial intelligence? Keep on reading to find out more about the history of AI.

Every second Tuesday of the month, ATDC Educate hosts the first class in their Customer Discovery Badge Program – Customer Discovery Theory. We virtually joined in with like-minded individuals to learn more about ATDC, their program offerings, and to uncover the essentials of the startup world.