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RNL @ SXSW, March 2013

RNL presented at the 2013 South by Southwest (SXSW) festival in Austin, TX, which offers the unique convergence of original music, independent films, and emerging technologies. On Wednesday, March 6, Dr. Humphreys presented at “Drones.edu: Hands on the Future in the Classroom.” On Friday, March 8, Dr. Humphreys presented “Extreme GPS: Limits of Security & Precision”To listen […]

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gizmag: Beyond Google Glass: Creating next generation augmented reality, March 2013

“Todd Humphreys and his students at the University of Texas in Austin are tired of waiting for augmented reality that meets the promise of the technology we’ve been hearing about and seeing in science fiction for years now. So they set out to build it themselves, and presented a very rough prototype for the first

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Zak Kassas Wins Research Excellence Award, March 2013

Austin, TX—Zak Kassas received the Research Excellence Award, which is awarded by the Graduate Engineering Council at the Graduate and Industry Networking (GAIN) Event. This award is granted to the best 10 graduate engineering research presentations out of 75 presentations at the GAIN Event as judged by representatives from the industry and faculty. GAIN is a broad Networking

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Diane Rehm Show: Debate Over The Use Of Domestic Drones, February 2013

“Many say it’s only a matter of time before unmanned aircraft, otherwise known as drones, are used routinely for such tasks as traffic monitoring, battling forest fires and looking for lost children. The government already uses surveillance drones to monitor our border with Mexico. Some police departments and a few universities have permits to use

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myFOXaustin: Lawmakers to target drones, safeguard privacy, February 2013

“State lawmakers may decide to ban drone surveillance of private property in Texas. A University of Texas professor fears that bill could hurt the research being done on those eyes in the sky. The university has an $80,000 drone that has been used by engineering professor Todd Humphreys to prove that the security of drones

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NYT: Lawmakers Aim to Limit Drones and Safeguard Privacy, February 2013

A drone, no bigger than a toy airplane, hovered north of the Texas Capitol, floating over the heads of lawmakers who were momentarily distracted from their morning meetings. Several of them gathered beneath it, faces tilted skyward, marveling over a pair of goggles that allowed them to watch live video of the craft’s panoramic bird’s-eye

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Dr. Humphreys Testifies on Privacy Issues Surrounding Drones at the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security, October 2012

Houston, TX—On October 25, 2012 at 10:00 am Assistant Professor Todd Humphreys will appear as a witness before Congress during a field forum to discuss the appropriate domestic use of drones. The forum will be hosted by U.S. Congressman Ted Poe and has been sanctioned by the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism and Homeland

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RNL Hosts Location Panel at Texas Wireless Summit, October 2012

The 10th annual Texas Wireless Summit continues the tradition of providing a forum for industry leaders to discuss emerging technologies and business models that will shape the industry over the upcoming two to three years. Co-hosted by the Austin Technology Incubator and The University of Texas at Austin’s Wireless Networking and Communications Group (WNCG), The Summit has direct access

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