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LEGO’s campaign to let children learn about engineering experiencesedit
The need for young people with STEM skills has never been greater and the Year of Engineering provides us with a brilliant platform to showcase the fantastic opportunities available to those who follow a career path into the profession.
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Industry News: Information and Communications
Smaller firms see a bigger space in industrial internetedit
Startups in the industrial internet of things (IIoT) space, who so far have been focused on serving clients abroad, are now training their sights on the domestic market.
IIoTStartupsAI and IoT – Facilitating better decisions for more productive outcomesedit
Artificial intelligence plays a crucial role to enable the ability of machines to behaves like humans. The main advantages of using AI are learning (supervised or unsupervised), taking self-decisions based on the processing of complex data (organised or unorganised).
AIIoT26% Agribusinesses cite security as key challenge in delivering IoT project: GlobalDataedit
While IoT systems in agriculture are growing exponentially, security issues have emerged as a major cause of concern for agribusinesses, according to GlobalData.
AgricultureIoTIndustry News: Future of Mobility
Carmakers Seen Wasting Billions on Electric, Autonomous Vehiclesedit
Automakers are in a pickle. If they don’t invest in electric cars and self-driving technology, investors shun them. If they do, they risk burning billions of dollars on cars that won’t make money, according to a new study from consulting firm AlixPartners.
Autonomous CarsElectric VehiclesElectric vehicles push copper demandedit
Demand for copper is expected to grow with demand for electric vehicles. The metal is a highly ranked conductor of electricity, used in energy generators, motors, renewable energy systems as well as in Lithium-Ion batteries that are used in EVs
Electric VehiclesAll-electric vehicle plans lack infra support: Bosch Chairman Volker Denneredit
India’s aspiration to make the country an all-electric vehicle market in the coming decade seemed to be a far cry, given the poor state of infrastructure to support growth of these vehicles, Volker Denner, chairman of Bosch Group, said on Wednesday.
Electric VehiclesIndustry News: Education
Many get into Engineering just for ‘B-Tech-tag’edit
B.Tech being perceived as a difficult and expensive degree raises the pressure on candidates to have a job quickly. The desperation to have a job, often makes the candidate choose any stream of engineering, irrespective of their area of study
EngineeringAnother Blow to the Higher Education System: UGC Regulations Make Ph.D. a Mandatory Qualification for Assistant Professorsedit
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Gujarat govt announces wind-solar hybrid power policyedit
In a bid to ensure optimal use of land and transmission infrastructure, the Gujarat government today announced a policy to promote setting up of wind as well as solar power projects at one location.
Solar EnergyGovt to bring out single solar bid of 1 lakh MW: Minedit
Union Minister RK Singh today said the government will bring single solar bid of 1 lakh MW, which would also include storage and solar equipment manufacturing components.
Solar EnergyA changing energy landscapeedit
India, home to 18 per cent of the world’s population, uses only 6 per cent of the world’s primary energy. This, however, is rapidly changing and the energy landscape in India is evolving like never before.
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