February 13, 2019

News for the IET

Greenpeace challengeedit

The Tribune

The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) is calling young entrepreneurs to enter a global challenge to develop an innovative solution to help clean up the estimated 18 billion pounds of increasing plastic waste that enters our oceans each year. Partnering with Greenpeace and GreenSeas Trust, the IET has set two very different challenges, with teams needing to solve one of them to be in with the chance of working with organisations that can make a real difference. The closing date for the entries is March 14, 2019.

The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET)

News for other PEI

Robot watches soap Emmerdale, learns to spot dementiaedit

The Morning Standard

Ardhendu has presented the research to Alzheimer’s Research UK, palliative care organisations, the IEEE — the world’s largest technical professional organisation for advancing technology — and other universities. The robot can be used as a companion to the young and old following anything from how many times they have a drink and take medication to how active they are, researchers said.

IEEE

Industry News: Information and Communications

How AI and ML are Changing the Technology Landscapeedit

CIOL

The Artificial Intelligence (AI) landscape has been evolving for the past couple of decades now. Today, we are at the tipping point of irreversible change which is coming to our lives due to the development of AI and ML. To put it simply in the words of Prof. Andrew Ng, AI is the new electricity.

AIMachine Learning
Blockchain provides security, traceability for smart manufacturing: NISTedit

Express Computer

Blockchain, first used for Bitcoin a decade ago, is an expandable list of records, or blocks, that each contain data representing an individual transaction by members of a network. Each block consists of the data set, a time stamp, a cryptographic hash (an algorithm serving as a cybersecurity fingerprint) and the hash of the previous block to mathematically link the two together.

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Is Your Automation Strategy Powered By Artificial Intelligence?edit

Express Computer

As per McKinsey Global Institute report, ~50% of current work activities are automatable by adapting current automation technologies. Robotic Process Automation (RPA) is one such technology that can execute rule-based activities and automate business processes. By 2030, between 400-800 million works could be displaced by automation and need to switch occupation.

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Industry News: Future of Mobility

‘Infra-wise connected mobility easiest to adopt in India’edit

ET Auto 

Among the top three trends that will take up fastest in the Indian automotive industry is connected mobility, said a top official at Continental Technical Center India (TCI). Autonomous, connected and electric are the emerging mobility technologies where the Indian auto market is gravitating at a swift rate.

Connected Mobility
Electric mobility: PMO steps up efforts to expand charging ecosystemedit

Money Control

Slowly but steadily, the electric vehicles’ industry is receiving support from the government which it had been demanding, with Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) stepping up efforts to bring clarity in the ecosystem. In a meeting held at the PMO, decisions regarding timely clearance for setting up of charging stations and selective subsidy rollout were taken, sources said.

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All the Cities in India With Electric Bus Service – Lucknow, Hyderabad, Sabarimala, Delhi and Moreedit

News 18

Replacing the conventionally fueled vehicles (gasoline/ diesel/ CNG) with electric vehicles needs a lot of R&D effort, infrastructure cost and willingness of consumers to spend extra on vehicles. In a market like India, all three possibilities will take years of hard work and constant effort from both central and state governments. What can be done, though, is implement the EV policy on commercial vehicles like intra-city buses.

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Phase-II of FAME not finalised yet: MoS DHIedit

ET Auto

Brushing aside the speculations around the roll out of much awaited FAME II scheme by February 2019, the Department of Heavy Industries (DHI) on Tuesday said that it has not finalised the second phase of the scheme yet while responding to a number of questions asked by three members of Lok Sabha.

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Industry News: Education

5 Ed-tech Startups That Are Disrupting Educationedit

CXO Today

Blended learning is emerging as one of the hottest trends in education. It an educational approach which combines aspects of both- the traditional education as well as online learning. Blended learning is an attempt to deliver “the best of both worlds”. When compared to other models of learning, blended learning appears to be disruptive as it offers an innovative way of education which is replacing the conventional classroom with a student-centric design.

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Advantages of Artificial Intelligence on Education: Can Lead to a New Future!edit

CIOL

The current era is deeply affected by technology and AI has a huge role in almost every sector and is going to impact deeply on education as well. New AI-based technologies are going to push toward a positive evolution of our society.

Artificial Intelligence

Industry News: Skilling

Automation and what it heralds for jobs in the futureedit

People Matters

How AI is not drowning the current potential workforce and will, in turn, enhance human creativity with the right reskilling and upskilling programs for the employees.

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