Peter Rosen
University of Utah engineers build bionic hand with an AI brain
Peter Rosen, KSL | Posted Dec. 10 - 7:15 a.m.
University of Utah engineers have given a bionic hand a mind of its own with the assistance of artificial intelligence.
A Utah man's death-defying pivot to the circus arts
Peter Rosen, KSL | Posted Dec. 7 - 3:00 p.m.
Until he was diagnosed with cancer, yoga was "something for older people," not him, he said.
Veterans with flutes: Utah vets use their talents to help others heal
Peter Rosen, KSL | Posted Nov. 16 - 3:00 p.m.
Some Utah veterans have turned to an unusual therapeutic tool to help soldiers and other vets with post-traumatic stress syndrome – Native American flutes.
Are any jobs safe from AI?
Peter Rosen, KSL | Posted Nov. 5 - 2:00 p.m.
These days, a lot of workers have been asking themselves whether AI is coming for their jobs.
The insect artist: How this Utah bug lover made it a business
Peter Rosen, KSL | Posted Nov. 3 - 6:17 a.m.
No one is more enthusiastic about a cicada, their physical feats or insects as a whole, than Nicole Parish. And that's in part due, she says, to the fact that she has autism.
Building community with (Turkish) coffee
Peter Rosen, KSL | Posted Oct. 13 - 7:41 a.m.
It's not just a cup of coffee. Not if your name, Elif, your family — and your coffee is from Turkey.
Taking the weight off his shoulders: Utah man lifts weights in nature to help lift his spirits
Peter Rosen, KSL | Posted Sept. 22 - 4:05 p.m.
To seek relief from anxiety, Clay Cooper hikes and lifts weights — at the same time. In May of 2020, the Saratoga Springs man was feeling especially anxious due to the ongoing pandemic.
The man behind the iconic 'Welcome to Utah' and 'Asteroid City'
Peter Rosen, KSL | Posted Aug. 10 - 10:30 p.m.
Millions of people — every time they drive into Utah, fly into Salt Lake City or watch one particular Wes Anderson movie, have seen David Meikle's artwork, but few know his name.
Bananas helped save Brian Higgins' life
Peter Rosen, KSL | Posted July 20 - 5:00 p.m.
This is a story about a child caught in the crossfire of sectarian violence and the aftermath of post-traumatic stress disorder that, as an adult, almost destroyed him.
The art of sound: 2 artists who see what they hear
Peter Rosen, KSL | Posted May 25 - 10:36 a.m.
In a small percentage of the population, the senses are wired a little differently.
It's not junk, it's movie magic: How a Ponzi scheme led to the passing of a foley artist's 'torch'
Peter Rosen, KSL | Posted May 18 - 8:29 p.m.
A coffee pot, an old Slinky, a shovel. To the untrained eye, it looks like junk. But to the few people who understand, it represents a life's work searching for movie magic.
Pictures of the future: How a photographer is joining the movement to save the Great Salt Lake
Peter Rosen, KSL | Posted May 9 - 9:32 p.m.
It is a possibility that's easy to ignore: the Great Salt Lake could dry up. But photographer Nick Pedersen is trying to put it right in front of Utahns — on a couple of billboards.
The science of keeping people with Parkinson's moving
Peter Rosen, KSL | Posted May 4 - 8:39 a.m.
Saturday morning at Liberty Park, people were on the move for the Parkinson's Foundation's annual fundraising event. A study is working to determine if high-intensity exercise slows the progression of the disease.
A girl named Messi
Peter Rosen, KSL | Posted April 6 - 9:40 p.m.
At home, her name is Romisha Adhikari, but on the field she's also known as "Messi."
The sound of Puerto Rico … in Utah
Peter Rosen, KSL | Posted March 3 - 3:08 p.m.
Dr. Miriam Padilla, one of about 12,000 or so Utahns who call themselves Puerto Rican, knows Utah is pretty distant. So she learned to sing and dance what's called Bomba.
A conductor's path from Cuba to Salt Lake City
Peter Rosen, KSL | Posted Feb. 24 - 10:24 a.m.
At one time in her life Jessica Rivero Altarriba planned to be a salsa singer. Instead, she became assistant conductor at the Utah Symphony.
A 2nd first kiss. A Valentine's Day story
Peter Rosen, KSL | Posted Feb. 14 - 10:47 p.m.
You never forget your first kiss. Jim Brewster, 89, and LaNae Brewster, 87, didn't — not even after 75 years apart.
Demonstrating the magic of physics at the University of Utah
Peter Rosen, KSL | Posted Jan. 5 - 9:12 a.m.
To some people, physics might just be a magic trick. For University of Utah professor Adam Beehler, it's his life's work.
A local piano tuning mystery is solved
Peter Rosen, KSL | Posted Nov. 4 - 2:34 p.m.
The man behind a piano tuning mystery at the Gina Bachauer Piano Foundation has finally come forward.
From disliking to loving vegetables, Utah couple runs nonprofit to help people grow their own
Peter Rosen, KSL | Posted Oct. 21 - 12:10 p.m.
John and Holly Trimble used to dislike vegetables. Not only do they love them now, the Ogden couple runs a nonprofit to help other people grow their own.
Futura: A 100-year-old font of the future
Peter Rosen, KSL | Posted Sept. 29 - 8:02 a.m.
According to BYU professor and graphic designer Doug Thomas, the Futura font has an interesting history.
Utah woman works to revive monarch butterfly populations
Peter Rosen, KSL | Posted Aug. 19 - 8:07 a.m.
A Utah woman, on a quest to revive declining monarch butterfly populations, has become kind of a "Johnny Appleseed" of the milkweed plant.
What being a sniper taught Henry Becker about graphic design and life
Peter Rosen, KSL | Posted July 24 - 3:15 p.m.
Henry Becker took a pretty nontraditional route to graphic design and higher education. He got there, he says, through his experience as a sniper in the Iraq War.
The trick to Utah woman's world-class juggling: Her living room
Peter Rosen, KSL | Posted July 8 - 7:35 p.m.
A Salt Lake City woman has been making a big name for herself in the juggling world and has been called a "phenom" and "the best female juggler ever."
