Technology
-
Unconventional Duo of Candidate, 19-Year-Old Leads to Barrow County Primary Win
Will Stevens was sitting in his freshman dorm at the University of Georgia when his phone lit up with a notification. It was a text from a number he didn’t know. The 19-year-old political science and public relations major doesn’t get random messages often, but this one was different. It…
-
From Roadsides to Oceans: How an App is Making Waves in Litter Abatement
https://youtu.be/J42fZIb8jX8 By adopting a highway, KACCB and its volunteers are driving positive change one mile at a time. (Video/Harper Lawson) Keep Athens-Clarke County Beautiful (KACCB), a local 501c3 nonprofit organization, is at the forefront of environmental stewardship with its innovative Adopt-a-Highway program. This initiative involves local volunteers adopting stretches…
-
Grady Newsource Introduces New Tool to Measure Impact
A widget has begun to pop up on several of Grady Newsource’s articles, raising questions. Three students at the University of Georgia, Sarah Fredrickson, Allison Mawn and Jesse Wood, have made it into the final 10 for the 2024 Reynolds Journalism Institute Student Innovation Competition representing UGA’s Grady College of…
-
AI on Campus: Exploring Generative AI’s Impact on UGA
The primary learning experience for BUSN 5000 students at the Terry College of Business involves coding exercises with R. While these can be daunting tasks for business and economics students with little to no coding experience, generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools like ChatGPT have emerged as valuable tutors that…
-
Danish Researchers Look to AI for Sustainable Future
GPT-3, the groundbreaking artificial intelligence language model, puts out more than just human-like responses to your questions — it’s estimated to release the same amount of carbon it would take to travel around the equator roughly 18 times in an EU-registered car, according to research from 2022. Raghavendra Selvan and…
-
Rural Communities Express Worries as Georgia Becomes a Hub for Electric Vehicles
On a quiet Sunday afternoon in the small town of Rutledge, Georgia, over 100 people opposing Rivian Automotive, an up-and-coming electric vehicle manufacturer, gathered in a community effort to protest the California-based company’s expansion into their neighborhood. The Sept. 11 rally, organized by members of the thousands-large Facebook group…
-
County Connectivity: Madison County Lacks Reliable Internet Access
A perfectly curated photo begs to be shared. In a millisecond, with the click of a mouse, a human commands a computer to upload the photo to the internet. The computer displays a loading symbol, but no signs of progress. The photo might finish uploading in the morning, but the…
-
Movie Preferences and Adaptations Taking Control of Literary World
What do you prefer — the book or the movie? If you answered movie, you’re right there with the majority of people. Most people say they like the film adaptation better than the book — and authors are taking notice of this trend. Based on data from Goodreads and Netflix,…
-
Quantum Computing 2.0: How a UGA Physicist Builds on a Century of Knowledge to Research the ‘Impossible’
Assuming you’ve used the internet before, you may have heard some of the buzz about quantum computing. For instance, you may have heard that it’ll change the world as we know it, that it will drastically impact an array of industries, and maybe even that it will cause a “technological…
-
How Digitization Is Tearing Up Traditional Tickets
There are certain moments all entertainment fans want to remember forever. To evoke this sense of nostalgia, ticket stubs are often saved as treasured mementos. Preserving these keepsakes matters for fans like University of Georgia professor Keith Herndon, who hasn’t missed a home football game since 1979. “This is…