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5G is a mix of stillevolving technologies as CTAs own 5GThe Future is Now descriptor shows. This lil cartoon tutorial video from the IEEE Spectrum is a good burst about 5G.Deployment is both a great opportunity and challenge.
IEEEIndustry News: Information and Communications
Key technologies set to impact businesses in futureedit
Businesses need technology today and are probably running perfectly fine with the current generation tech they may be using. However, to sustain a strong and stable future, they need to constantly keep themselves up to date with the upcoming technology and ensure that they are well used in time to have a stable growth.
AIMachine LearningEffect of Automation on Retail Industry: Benefits from Automated Shippingedit
E-commerce stores could never have been a success without merchants willing to sell on online and merchants could never have thrived selling online without using automated shipping. Automated shipping effectively automates a merchant’s supply chain.
AutomationRetailDigital Tech Trends: Internet of things, AI, Blockchain are 3 tech set to have a huge impact in 2019edit
This global survey examines global business leaders’ hopes and fears about emerging technologies, and reveals which technologies they are actively implementing to drive the digital transformation of their business—versus which ones are yet to live up to the hype. Based on our findings, I see several technologies continuing to lead the way in 2019, namely Internet of Things (IoT), Artificial Intelligence (AI) and blockchain.
AIBlockchainIoTIoT devices proliferate, from smart bulbs to industrial vibration sensorsedit
The Internet of Things has spawned a broad range of sensors and monitors that make for smart home conveniences and also make businesses run more safely and cost-effectively.
Internet of ThingsIndustry News: Future of Mobility
Government officials urged to switch to electric vehicles againedit
In a bid to promote environment-friendly transport, the government has once again urged ministries and departments to use electric vehicles instead of fuel cars. The government, in a notification dated December 22, said the ministries and departments are ‘encouraged to switch to electrical mobility from petrol and diesel cars in respect of vehicles taken on lease/hire for official purpose’.
Electric VehiclesFinance ministry to deploy 15 electric vehicles, save up to 36,000 litre of fuel annuallyedit
EESL has also installed 28 charging points, including 24 slow charging points which can charge in 6 hours and four fast charging points that can charge in 90 minutes, at North Block for charging these vehicles
Electric VehiclesElectric vehicles to create jobs, reduce dependency on oil import: Jaitleyedit
Adoption of electric vehicles will reduce dependence on oil imports and promote power capacity addition in India thereby enhancing energy security of the country
Electric VehiclesIndustry News: Education
How disruptive technologies will play a key role for Higher Education in 2019?edit
The internet, which has turned businesses (from newspapers through music to book retailing) upside down, is set to upend education too. Now the online programmes revolution, is offering students the chance to listen to star teachers and get a degree for a fraction of the cost of attending a University-on- campus.
Higher EducationHow tech is helping education move beyond the classroomedit
More and more people in India are beginning to go for online courses to learn new skills or improve their existing knowledge base. Indeed, e-learning is bringing personalised services in the education sector.
e- learningEducationDigital economy: Tech essential to bridge India’s skill gapedit
A new report from Accenture outlines an approach to bridging the skills gap that, if not addressed, could result in India forgoing as much as $1.97 trillion in gross domestic product (GDP) growth promised by investment in intelligent technologies over the next decade.
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India’s renewable energy capacity addition to grow 50% this year on new tendersedit
India’s total addition of new renewable energy generation capacity, including both solar and wind resources, is likely to grow by 50 per cent to 15,860 megawatt (Mw) in 2019 mainly on the back of improved tender activity.
Renewable EnergyNeed policy framework to further promote solar energy in dairies:Ministeredit
Speaking at a workshop organised by the National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) here, Singh “stressed on the need of creating an enabling policy framework to further propagate usage of solar energy, utilising the dairy cooperative network for the benefit of farmers”
PolicySolar EnergyRenewable energy: ‘Economic moats’ to drive further growthedit
The renewable energy sector in India has been dynamic in the last two decades, and especially over the last few years, with ambitious targets. That said, recent bottlenecks the sector has faced suggest that businesses in the sector require to focus on creating “economic moats” to enable the next phase of growth.
Renewable Energy