Tag: Unnathi Prakash

  • Comet Robotics aims for Mars

    Unnathi Prakash | Mercury Staff Through the jungle of 3D printer filament, wires and scattered tools, hidden in the UTD Makerspace lab is a rover built for Mars. Founded to develop battle bots, Comet Robotics has embarked on its newest project to compete in the Mars Society University Rover Challenge.  Officially founded in 2021 as…

  • Opinion: We need more freaks behind the camera

    A razor slices across an eyeball. Thin clouds move through the moon; jellied insides spilling out of a lamb’s eye. When the world needed weird movies most — they disappeared.  “Un Chien Andalou” has a striking opening scene that heralds an infinitely more confusing short film. Co-created by Luis Buñuel and Salvador Dalí, painter of…

  • A bee in our bonnets: UTD’s journey to sustainable living 

    Correction, Aug. 22: The graphic accompanying this article incorrectly states how much of UTD’s energy consumption comes from nonrenewable sources. The correct figure is 64%. The graphic also includes a quote from Garapaty that was not attributed. Correction, Sept. 1: A previous version of this article incorrectly stated which location Chandu Garapaty said had poor…