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The 2022 ACCelerate Creativity
+ Innovation Festival

We invite you to attend the 2022 ACCelerate Festival, a celebration of creative exploration and innovative research happening at the intersection of science, engineering, arts, and design from across the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) and the Smithsonian Institution. ACCelerate is programmed by Virginia Tech’s Institute for Creativity, Arts, and Technology and the Smithsonian Institution’s Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation. Hosted at the National Museum of American History, the multi-day festival is free and open to the public. Make plans to attend and experience 25 incredible interactive installations demonstrating cutting-edge creative work!

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saluteselma Salute Selma, Inc. @saluteselma ·
23 Apr

Thank you @au_cadc and @GT_SoA for taking time to #SaluteSelma at the 2022 @Smithsonian #ACCelerateFestival! Selma exhibit wins People’s Choice Award at Smithsonian research festival https://t.co/m7w84iuugc

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cabreraangel Ángel Cabrera @cabreraangel ·
22 Apr

The amazing team that successfully represented @georgiatech at @theACC #AccelerateFestival at the @smithsonian with Walking in the Footsteps of History, a powerful interactive experience about the 1965 Bloody Sunday in Selma https://t.co/H7gz6A0BIJ

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vtresearch Virginia Tech Research and Innovation @vtresearch ·
21 Apr

It's World Creativity and Innovation Day and what better way to #celebrate than to show off the amazing creativity and innovation that goes on at @virginia_tech!

@ICATatVT recently attended the #ACCelerateFestival where they showed off unique exhibits from Tech students.

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exhibits

BOSTON COLLEGE
Seeding the Future: Automation, Plants, and Computation

BOSTON COLLEGE
Bioreactor Simulator: Textiles & Environmental Injustice

CLEMSON
Building Brains: Neuronal Circuits on a Microscope Slide

CLEMSON
Fargates for bridging people, places, and digital content

FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY
Penguineering Robotics

FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY
Shared Space, Shared History

GEORGIA TECH
Walking in the Footsteps of History

GEORGIA TECH
Heart Sense: Reflections on Physiology and Embodiment

UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE
Astrosurgery (AKA Surgery in Space)

UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE
Floating Room

NC STATE UNIVERSITY
Bio-inspired Textiles and Objects for Sustainable Fashion Displays

NC STATE UNIVERSITY
Redesigning systems of postnatal care to better enable all families to thrive

UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH
Making the largest maps of the Universe

UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH
Touch the invisible: 3D-printed macromolecular complexes

SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY
Innovation, Design, and Startups @ Syracuse University

SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY
Kairos: The Artifact

UNC CHAPEL HILL
LiRA

UNC CHAPEL HILL
Chapel Thrill Escapes

UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA
_mpathic design

UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA
What can robots learn from fish?

VIRGINIA TECH
Benthos 360

VIRGINIA TECH
LACE

VIRGINIA TECH
Celestial Garden

WAKE FOREST
Viral Outbreaks: Preparation and Prevention in a Connected World

WAKE FOREST
Fake News, Fact-checking, and
Facebook: Teaching misinformation and disinformation in the perfect storm

SMITHSONIAN
The Draper Spark!Lab at the National Museum of American History