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Beware of LED lights, cautions expertedit
Prolonged exposure to blue light, which is 10% more in LED than in CFL lighting, will lead to eye strain, and vision problems, Lighting Designer and Educator Anil Valia said, during his keynote address in a debate organised by the Institution of Engineers here on Tuesday. The CFLs contain about 25% of harmful blue light and LEDs contain about 35% of the same. The whiter the LED, the higher the blue light proportion, he mentioned.
Institution of EngineersIndustry News: Information and Communications
Enterprises need a new security architecture: Graeme Beardselledit
By Sanjay Gupta
The first challenge is an explosion of network and device types—by the end of 2018, close to 11.2 billion devices are projected to be connected worldwide—a number expected to nearly double by 2020—and the Internet needs to support an increasingly diverse set of interactions that range from web and mobile to machine-to-machine communications and wearable tech.
CyberSecurityRise of blockchain: an unintended consequence of cryptocurrency?edit
Blockchain technology has the potential to streamline and accelerate business processes, increase cybersecurity and reduce or eliminate the roles of trusted intermediaries.
BlockchainTechnologies that might disrupt IT risk management in a big way in 2018 and beyondedit
New technologies are enabling us to create smarter homes, smarter cities, smarter machines and devices. However, they come with a host of security and privacy risks that people are only beginning to understand.
CyberSecurityIndustry News: Future of Mobility
Electric Vehicles (EV) – Decoding “The Car of Tomorrow”edit
While EV’s market share in global, light-vehicle segment is still minuscule (less than a percent), the growth has been exponential with just 40,000 vehicles in 2011 to over a million vehicles sold in the year 2017.
e-vehiclesWe expect to launch electrical vehicle in next 3-4 years: Prashant Jain, JSW Energyedit
Talking to ET Now, Prashant Jain , Joint MD & CEO, JSW Energy , says they wanted to venture into the new generation businesses and thereby decided to enter into electric vehicle as well as the energy storage businesses.
e-vehiclesIndustry News: Education
Vocational education mostly ineffective in India: Surveyedit
The vocational education ecosystem in its current form has not succeeded in creating adequate employable job seekers in India as more than 60 per cent candidates and employers find these courses ineffective, according to a survey.
Vocational EducationIndia’s tech workers, students are betting on data for a better careeredit
Coders and job aspirants alike are making a beeline to data science training shops in Bengaluru and Hyderabad, and to open online courses, in the hopes of updating their skills and landing jobs with comfortable salaries. But is the training enough?
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How solar power can benefit India’s healthcare industryedit
Irrespective of the kinds of systems hospitals might have in place, the best way to guarantee constant clean power is having a reliable, long term, renewable power-generating unit that is installed, operated, and located ideally within the hospital’s compound.
Solar EnergyIndia’s green energy generation grew 22 per cent in April-December current fiscaledit
Electricity generation through renewable sources — including wind, solar, biomass, small hydro and bagasse – stood at 78,256 million units (MUs) between April 2017 and December 2017 as compared to 64,042 MUs generated in the same period last fiscal (2016-17).
Renewable EnergyKarnataka: World’s largest solar park to be inaugurated tomorrowedit
The Pavagada Solar Park, with a 2000 Mega Watt (MW) capacity spread over 13,000 acres, will be inaugurated by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Thursday. The park, located in the bone dry region of Pavagada, will help 2,300 farmers earn up to Rs 21,000 per acre of land and has been executed at a cost of Rs 16,500 crore.
Solar Energy