Technology

UT’s Knight Center experiments with building conversational bots

By Sarah Seraj - Updated on February 22, 2018 at 12:02 am

While use of conversational bots in journalism is fairly new, building these bots has never been easier, as demonstrated by an online course through UT’s Knight Center.
Military teams of humans and robots aren’t too far from reality

By Jennifer Liu - Updated on February 15, 2018 at 11:35 pm

In a collaboration with Army researchers, UT-Austin researchers develop a method to train autonomous robots
Virtual reality program allows journalists to tell more immersive stories

By Alastair Talbot - Updated on February 8, 2018 at 11:42 pm

Journalism has found another innovative way of captivating an audience’s attention through a new level of immersive technology: virtual reality.
UT researchers develop thinnest memory storage device

By Stephanie Zeller - Updated on February 1, 2018 at 12:01 am

Last week, a team of electrical engineers at the University of Texas, in collaboration with scientists at Peking University, developed the thinnest ever digital memory storage device.
Meltdown and Spectre are two computer chip vulnerabilities that raise concerns

By Jennifer Liu - Updated on January 31, 2018 at 6:53 pm

Two recently discovered computer chip vulnerabilities pose gigantic security threats to almost all modern computer processors.
Amazon could bring tech jobs to Austin

By Alastair Talbot - Updated on January 29, 2018 at 10:39 pm

Now that Austin is on the short list for the second Amazon headquarters, UT’s tech talent may make the city appealing to Amazon.
Green roof on Dell Medical School incorporates plant life into the city

By Cason Hunwick - Updated on January 29, 2018 at 10:37 pm

Before construction started on the Dell Medical School, inaugural Dean Clay Johnston halted progress and insisted on the addition of a green roof.
Shared autonomous cars could be better for the environment, civil engineers say

By Therese Paoletta - Updated on January 28, 2018 at 11:25 pm

Autonomous vehicles could increase or decrease our carbon footprint depending on human behavior, according to civil engineers.
Student startup creates sun-tracking device for solar panels

By Elizabeth Robinson - Updated on December 6, 2017 at 11:56 pm

UT-student startup allows solar panels to follow sun movements without extra energy cost.
Researchers use supercomputers to study the West Nile virus

By Areeba Khwaja - Updated on November 30, 2017 at 12:53 am

Using the computing powers of the Texas Advanced Computing Center, researchers are making progress on the biological mechanisms of West Nile virus.

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