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The IET India Future of Mobility and Transport (FOMT) panel ropes in experts from Coventry University, UKedit
The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) ventures into first ever association with Coventry University, one of UK’s most reputed and leading Universities to onboard experts for its newly launched Future of Mobility and Transport (FOMT) panel, which aims to help transform the future of transport and mobility in India. Professor John Jostins, who set up hydrogen-fuelled car spinout company Microcab and Professor Andrew Parkes, academic director of the university’s Institute for Future Transport and Cities (FTC) will be joining the panel as experts in electromobility and future of cities respectively.
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An Institution for Qualitative, Multifaceted Higher Educationedit
The institute urges the students to not just concentrate on the academics but also to be all-rounders and versatile. An annual sport and cultural week, ‘Aurora’ and Tech Fest VYRO are held. Prestigious national level project, poster exhibitions and paper presentations in association are also held annually. These events offer a platform to students to exercise their research and presentation skills. This year, an international conference on smart cities was conducted in association with Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).
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The health-tech of tomorrowedit
Finally, the potential of AI and Internet of Things is evolving towards a more patient-centric approach by personalising healthcare based on the needs of the consumer. Apple Inc. has, through its wearable tech-gadgets and the Internet of Things (IoT), already managed to successfully capture health data with the aim to improve wellness and effectively manage the lifestyles of its users. This data can be harnessed to create an electronic health record of patients and can subsequently be used to act as a baseline repository of information for preventive treatment.
AIHealthcareIoTOpen data ecosystem can add $22 billion to India’s GDP by 2020edit
But to increase its usage which is less as compared to countries such as Australia, the report recommends steps such as Completeness of Data Stacks opened for usage either through machine readable formats or direct APIs. Moreover, emerging technologies like Blockchain and IoT, can help in automating data collection and reducing manual intervention and therefore the chances of error. It also recommends “Comprehensiveness” of a data stack and “Clustering” of relevant data sets along with building of anchor cases to encourage usage of data.
BlockchainIoTIoT Is An Evolving Field, One With New Technologies, Standards And IPs Being Introduced Every Other Day: Farhana Haque, VP & Business Head, IoT, Vodafone, Indiaedit
IoT can tremendously help India, especially the rural areas, to take advantage of the opportunities in the 21st century. Connected technology can be used in agriculture to enable farmers to harvest, collect, distribute and sell their farm produce at the right time, at the right place and at the right price. They can also get an understanding of the appropriate farming techniques and support for improved productivity. Solutions like asset tracking can unleash the potential of food and empower the agricultural community to reap the benefits of these.
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Businesses are eagerly embracing the Internet of Things and its potential to make new product offerings possible, provide actionable business insights, lower costs, and increase productivity and safety. BI Intelligence predicts that 34 billion devices will be connected to the internet by 2020, up from only 10 billion in 2015, with businesses being the top adopters of IoT solutions. A recent study by International Data Corporation (IDC) projected worldwide spending on the IoT to reach $772.5 billion in 2018, up from $674 billion in 2017, and surpassing $1 trillion in 2020.
AIIoTAI set to revolutionise banking, insurance sectorsedit
Mankind’s quest for Artificial Intelligence (AI) has driven development from times immemorial. It dates back to the architectural astronomy instruments in India to Abacus of Mesopotamia; from mechanical triggering of medieval cannons in China to the emergence of the big World Wide Web; and finally to the 21st century when the Internet of Things (IoT), Blockchain, Robotics and AI are finally a reality. It’s a marvel to construe that machines of today can actually learn, improve over a period of time with an in-built self-learning capability.
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Automobile industry is the new IT for India’s engineersedit
Engineers are quietly giving up on IT as a career choice. The once sought-after sector is losing a chunk to the brick and mortar automobile industry. Queries and CVs from engineers, a lot of them with IT experience, are on the rise for auto companies such as M& M, Ashok Leyland and Maruti NSE -0.89 %, according to a TOI report. The state underscores the predicament Indian IT is facing at present.
AutomobileIsrael’s Chakratec develops innovative EV charging techedit
Ilan Ben-David, CEO, Chakratec said: “Chakratec has developed an innovative EV charging technology that obviates the need for upgrading the power grid, enabling rapid deployment of fast EV charging systems. The company is currently conducting pilot projects with three global energy providers that see our technology as the solution for reduced EV charging times, and a facilitator for global market penetration by electric vehicles.” The company was established in 2013 by three entrepreneurs – Ilan Ben David, Nir Zohar and Dudi Pincu – who claim to have pivoted their careers for clean technology.
Electric VehiclesFirm plans EV charging stations within 4 km driving distance in Bengaluruedit
As part of its plan for a smooth entry into electric two-wheeler segment, Hero MotoCorp and Flipkart-backed Ather Energy on Monday announced the launch of their charging infrastructure for electric vehicles (EVs), AtherGrid, in Bengaluru. The company, known for its proposed electric scooter S340, has begun installations of the intelligent and connected charging stations across Bengaluru and nearly 30 charging points will be set up by the end of May
charging stationsElectric VehiclesDealerships trash talk electric cars: studyedit
They report that to an astonishing degree the dealers denigrated electric vehicles (EVs), misinformed customers on specifications such as range or charging requirements, and omitted EVs from their sales pitches. “In two-thirds of all shopping experiences, sales personnel strongly or solely oriented the customer to select a petrol or diesel vehicle, and actively dismissed EVs,” the study concluded.
Electric VehiclesCapturing the imagination: The fully robotic caredit
However, smart mobility’s ambition cannot be merely narrowed down to healing the wounds of the current situation. The need for such smart mobility solutions is amplified and continues to become more densely populated. Naturally fully autonomous and connected vehicles outfitted with myriad of sensors, play a major role. These cars will not only function by connecting to other cars, devices, people and infrastructure but also understand the complex environment and navigate through traffic signals, busy streets, locate vacant parking slots and even detect an approaching ambulance by pinpointing the location of siren that can otherwise, only be heard.
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Path to global education through Research, Technology and Innovationedit
Development in the field of bigdata, IOT and AR/VR are our prime focus. The facility also has an advanced ground station and tracking system in campus for satellites. I-lab is the hi-tech centre at Atharva campus to help in idea generation in a focused manner.
Big DataEducationIoTNumber of Indian students joining US engineering colleges declinesedit
The number of students from India enrolled in graduate level programmes in computer science and engineering in the United States has declined by 21 per cent from 2016 to 2017, according to a study by the National Foundation for American Policy (NFAP), based on data from the US Department of Homeland Security.
engineering educationIndia is in the middle of an engineering education crisisedit
While Prime Minister Narendra Modi promotes his Make in India mission and the country hopes to reap a demographic dividend through its predominantly young population, quality of engineering education plays a spoilsport. India’s problem of substandard engineering education is now widely known. Except IITs and other prestigious technology institutes, most engineering colleges are unable to provide education to engineering student that would get them suitable jobs.
engineering educationEngineering: How a dream career choice has fallen out of favouredit
Not long ago, engineering, along with medicine, was a student’s ticket to success in life. The standard question to children used to be: Will you become a doctor or engineer? Not any more. There is a glut of engineers in the country and most of them are not employable. Old problems of low-quality education and outdated curricula have become more pronounced with automation and emerging technology reshaping businesses.
AutomationEngineeringEngineering with problemsolving edgeedit
I had been a faculty in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the IIT-Dhanbad, Jharkhand, (Indian School of Mines) for nearly nine years before joining as head of the department of mechanical and aerospace engineering at Bennett University. Prior to IIT Dhanbad, I had also served at a US multinational company and worked as scientist at ICAR.
EngineeringUse engineering talent of cityedit
Chandigarh is inhibited by hundreds of engineers, both serving and retired. This huge engineering talent is an asset, which is not being used. On the other hand, we are desperately looking for an engineering solution to the water and silt problem in the city. The Institution of Engineering, whose headquarter is situated in the city, too has remained a silent spectator to it. I suggest that the Chairman of the institute arrange a debate on the subject after giving it a wide publicity. The result of the debate will provide a solution to the problem.
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Storage’s the next big thing in energyedit
Think the plummeting costs of solar and wind are transforming the energy landscape? Then you should be betting on ways to warehouse that power. To understand why, consider: Unlike almost all their rivals in the energy-generation space, solar panels and wind turbines are mass-produced goods.
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The biggest push has been in renewable energy. When the National Solar Mission began in 2010 (targeting 22,000 megawatts (Mw) by 2022), total installed capacity was 17.8 Mw. The renewables goal was revised in 2015 to 175,000 Mw (capacity had crossed 69,000 Mw by March 2018). Whereas many European countries pushed renewables through consumer subsidies, India adopted reverse auctions and competitive bidding for solar (and, more recently, wind), with tariffs now among the lowest in the world.
Renewable EnergyComment | Hybrid wind-solar policy Tackling state electricity boards issue will be key to successedit
By Shishir Asthana
The much-awaited wind-solar hybrid policy has been announced by the government. The industry had been asking for a hybrid policy that would help earn a better return on their capital, and its prayers have finally been answered. To boost renewable power generation, the policy aims to promote new projects as well as make some of the existing one’s hybrid. Under the policy, solar farm and wind farms will be connected to a common grid, thus efficiently utilising the transmission infrastructure and the land bank.
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