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Love Artificially A human and an AI boyfriend embrace. The AI boyfriend if made up of text bubbles with empty space between them. The text reads, "Love Artificially."

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Love Artificially

Falling for fake, people are increasingly turning from real relationships to digital companions.

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Tech Matchmakers

At BYU's Tech Transfer Office, students and professors turn their ideas into patented products.

Playful, hand-drawn Illustration of a laptop on a desk showing a grid of cartoon faces in a video call, arranged like a 3×3 gallery. The characters have simple, round faces with varied hair colors and skin tones; a few have small heart icons near them, suggesting friendly or affectionate reactions. On the desk beside the laptop is a white mug with a blue “Y” logo, and behind the screen is a blue BYU pennant.

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Technically in Love 

Sometimes love is in the air, digitized, and shared via Wi-Fi. 

Friction stir welding machine. Photo by Bradley Slade.

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Driving Efficiency

New welding advancements are improving Toyota's efficiency and reducing their carbon footprint.

Mind the App
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Ever-present devices are swiping students’ attention, disconnecting IRL relationships, and dimming minds. Learn ways to
Identity Police
Spring 2024
Professors at BYU develop an identity verification system that can analyze user identities based on keystroke patterns.
AI at the Y
Winter 2024
Here’s how BYU faculty and students are leveraging transformative AI tech in medicine and business.
Yesterday: Hardware and Student-Wear
Fall 2023
A BYU brochure from 1981 uses this photo to highlight student dress standards.
Not So Fast, Not So Furious 
Fall 2023
BYU took first at the Shell Eco-Marathon with a vehicle that could drive from Provo to Atlanta on one gallon.
I, Chatbot
Spring 2023
How worried should we be about the arrival—and impact—of chatty new AI machines? BYU experts weigh in.
Capturing the (Cyber) Flag
Winter 2023
A team of talented BYU cybersecurity students place first at DEF CON, an international hacking conference.
By Small and Simple Things
Winter 2023
BYU engineers use new technology to etch the entire text of the Book of Mormon on a palm-sized silicon wafer.
BYU in 80,000 Images
Spring 2022
BYU engineering student leads team in creating a virtual 3D model of BYU campus using over 80,000 images.
Power Chips
Fall 2021
A team of BYU researchers took the lead in a global race to create power-efficient, high-speed electronics.
Tiny Wiper
Fall 2021
Amanda Bartschi and Jacob Sheffield won the 2021 Student Innovator of the Year award.
Toddlers, Tantrums, and Tech
Fall 2021
Helping kids manage their emotions well means media shouldn’t be the go-to pacifier.
Sci-Fi in Real Life
Summer 2021
Using tiny particles, lasers, and motion parallax technology, BYU engineers make sci-fi dreams a reality.
Meet Mr. Curiosity
Summer 2021
With the mind of an engineer and the humor of a 12-year-old, an alum is making the internet better, one prank at a time.
Deet Diggers
Spring 2021
Today it seems that everybody online wants to know all about you. BYU experts share how to secure your online life.
Underwater Computing
Spring 2021
For two years computer engineer Spencer Fowers tested a data center in an unlikely place—the Scottish seafloor.
Putting Down STEM Roots in Ghana
Spring 2021
Robotics kits donated to the Bountiful STEM Foundation in Ghana become powerful vehicles for education.
Space Selfies
Winter 2021
This NASA-sponsored “selfie space cam” cheaply and safely monitors the condition of spacecraft.
Fighting Fire with Fiber
Fall 2020
With wildfires a perennial problem, BYU students developed a tool to quickly detect fires and reduce response time.
Phone Smarts
Winter 2020
Want to be a better device user? BYU experts say to focus more on how you use it and less on how much.