Graphic of muscle contraction

Researchers scale up tiny actuator inspired by muscle

Nov. 12, 2020

Professor Franck Vernerey and ATLAS Assistant Professor Carson Bruns received $477,000 from the National Science Foundation to begin research on a new kind of biocompatible actuator that contracts and relaxes in only one dimension, like muscles.

Photo of tattoos person in lab coat with stethoscope

Dynamic tattoos promise to warn wearers of health threats

Sept. 24, 2020

ATLAS Assistant Professor Carson Bruns discusses how nanotechnology can give tattoos biomedical applications. He discusses recently-published research on tattoos that alert an individual when their skin needs protection by employing ink that is only visible when exposed to UV light.

Embedding a tattoo on pigs skin

Carson Bruns speaks at Colorado Tattoo Convention & Expo

Sept. 20, 2019

Carson Bruns , assistant professor of mechanical engineering with the ATLAS Institute, speaks at the Colorado Tattoo Convention & Expo , Sept. 27-29 at the National Western Complex in Denver. His talk will address the future of tattoos, a subject he also covered in a TedXMileHigh talk last November.

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Carson Bruns discusses STEAM careers at Denver's Belmar Library

Sept. 18, 2019

Carson Bruns , assistant professor, discusses careers in STEAM at the Belmar Teen Science Café at the Belmar Library in Denver on Sept. 25. Bruns will discuss the potential of technologically enhanced tattoos and allow some hands-on experience with tattoo-ink at the café, which offers Jeffco-area teens opportunities to meet...

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Carson Bruns presents at the "me Convention" in Frankfurt, Germany

Sept. 4, 2019

Assistant Professor Carson Bruns presents at the "me Convention," in Frankfurt, Germany, Sept. 11–13. A collaboration between Mercedes-Benz and South by Southwest, the event describes itself as, "a ‘future lab’ for exploring major issues and promising ideas for society, business, science and our planet."

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Carson Bruns speaks at Children’s Hospital Colorado

Sept. 4, 2019

Carson Bruns speaks at Children’s Hospital Colorado during a biomedical summit for Boettcher Foundation college scholarship recipients and foundation investigators that runs Sept. 11–13.

Photo of Carson Bruns standing next to paintings.

CU Engineering Interviews Carson Bruns, assistant professor and director of the Laboratory for Emergent Nanomaterials

Aug. 29, 2019

"A creator of color-changing tattoo inks and shape-shifting molecular machines, chemist/artist Carson Bruns uses nanoscience to invent new materials and technologies."

Carson on stage during TEDx talk

Futuristic tattoos that react to the world around you

Feb. 28, 2019

Tattooing is an ancient practice and the technology used today is fundamentally the same as it was thousands of years ago. In this jaw-dropping TEDx talk, Carson Bruns, assistant professor and director of the Laboratory for Emergent Nanomaterials at the ATLAS Institute, demonstrates futuristic tattoos that are both beautiful and...

Carson Bruns in his Laboratory for Emergent Nanomaterials.

Inked talks with the creator of the new "Smart Tattoo" that can indicate when you need to apply sunscreen

Dec. 18, 2018

Carson Bruns hopes smart tattoos will help people stay healthy and more informed about their bodies, while also giving them new ways to express themselves creatively.

Person tattooing pig skin

Carson Bruns shares Tech Tattoos project on CBS4

Dec. 13, 2018

Carson Bruns discusses health and expressive potential for tattoo inks that change color in response to different stimuli.

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