In The News: Howard R. Hughes College of Engineering

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UNLV students have created what looks like something straight out of the movie "Transformers."
Las Vegas Weekly
Don’t know how to play the violin? Want to surf the longest waterslide in the world? Can’t find your kid’s must-have toy in the mess?
Las Vegas Review Journal
Not only could unmanned aerial systems deliver packages to a home or office some day, they may also drive the conversation on the issue of personal privacy, a panel of drone experts agreed Wednesday.
Las Vegas Sun
A table that lifts itself up at the push of a button, a handheld device that protects fragile phone chargers, a drone that detects pollution, a gigantic 2,500 foot water slide and a robot that automatically detects intruders.
New York Times
Gail Kaiser has spent much of her life here on Lake Mead, with its crystal blue water pouring into canyons and splintering off like blood vessels into coves and bays, forming the vast reservoir that stretches into two states.
Las Vegas Sun
Robots build cars, vacuum floors and complete sophisticated, minimally invasive medical procedures. But there’s still one thing they can’t do, a scientific head-scratcher that continues to distinguish machines from human beings: While a robot might outsmart a single human, it cannot defeat two.
Las Vegas Weekly
Robots build cars, vacuum floors and complete sophisticated, minimally invasive medical procedures. But there’s still one thing they can’t do, a scientific head-scratcher that continues to distinguish machines from human beings: While a robot might outsmart a single human, it cannot defeat two.
Imagination is releasing a free version of its Linux-ready MIPS MicroAptiv CPU to universities called “MIPSfpga,” which will offer fully transparent RTL.
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Nevada leads the nation in drone technology, as now there is more proof that the future of robotics is right here at UNLV.

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The new UNLV Drones and Autonomous Systems Lab is in the back of a 99 Cents store building across the street from the Clark County Library on Flamingo.
Las Vegas Sun

Without a government buy in, and soon, Nevada could miss the drone rush.

Las Vegas Sun

When you ask UNLV robotics professor Paul Oh how long his laboratory took to create, he can’t help but laugh.