News for the IET
Plastic roads, prison tech, Nintendo Switch VR and more: best of the week’s newsedit
What are the issues that get the public most excited? I’d say Brexit is up there pretty high still – people say they’re sick of it but keep reading because it’s like watching a car crash in slow motion; very slow motion. Plastic is a big public issue right now, and rightly so. Our next issue is all about plastics – from the latest on the size of the problem to the pros and cons of alternatives and what engineering is doing to help with the growing pollution problem. It will also be our first issue to arrive in a compostable, starch-based wrapper, trying to do our own little bit to help.
IETIET Venues celebrate International Women’s Dayedit
This International Women’s Day IET London: Savoy Place are raising the profile of women in STEM (science, technology, engineering and maths) through two exhibits which celebrate female trail blazers by showcasing their discoveries and contributions to the field. The hope is to create new female role models and to inspire and empower the next generation of girls into careers in STEM.
Guests visiting the exhibits can read more about the rich history of women in STEM and discover more about women like Ada Lovelace, the British mathematician and writer of the world’s first computer programme, and Katherine Coleman Goble Johnson, the mathematician for NASA, which Hidden Figures was based upon. The exhibit will be running until Autumn ...IET
Call to celebrate inspirational female engineers on International Women’s Dayedit
To mark International Women’s Day, the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) has launched the call for entries for its 2019 Young Woman Engineer of the Year Awards (YWE). The Awards celebrate women working in modern engineering – and aim to help change the perception that engineering is predominantly a career for men by banishing outdated engineering stereotypes of hard hats and dirty overalls.
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News for other PEI
IIT(ISM) develops 5G antenna for mobile phonesedit
He said a team comprising three students — T Shreenath Reddy, Tanjir Alam, Mohammed Ameen — and two professors — Raghvendra Kumar Chaudhary and Ravi Gangwar — developed the 5G antenna. It is expected that 5G will utilise three new technologies (Massive-MIMO, beam forming and cognitive radio technologies) to offer higher data speeds as compared to the current 4G technology. Chaudhary said once the article is published in the journal, it would be used by mobile manufacturers for commercial purpose.
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Industry News: Information and Communications
The truth about the 5G revolution – What we know and what we don’tedit
The 5G technology has already set the stage for some monumental shift in the wireless industry and the global hype-machine is in full swing. Top smartphone makers like Samsung, OnePlus, Huawei have already spoken about a 5G phone and we could have one in our hands soon. Companies working on the 5G technology tell us that it will change the way we live. We are told about 3-D holographic video calls, Internet of Things (IoT), faster speeds, lower latency etc. So, with the new 5G phones coming in 2019, are we only few months away from the next digital age? Well, sorry for being the Negative Nancy but not all is great with 5G and more importantly, ...5G
The Role of Artificial Intelligence In Education System Marketedit
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a machine that works and reacts like human beings and helps in smooth functioning of overall educational process. Artificial intelligence demonstrates the main principle of education learning, reasoning, and problem-solving. AI in the education market is expected to be driven by factors such as integration of the Intelligent Tutoring System (ITS) in the learning process. ITS is one of the advanced applications of AI aimed at providing immediate and personalized feedback and instructions to learners without the intervention of a human tutor.
Artificial IntelligenceIndustry News: Future of Mobility
India Offers $1.4 Billion In Subsidies To Support The Domestic Electric Vehicle Industryedit
To encourage the growth of the electric vehicle (EV) industry in India, the government has developed a two-pronged strategy aimed at both buyers and manufacturers: $1.4 billion in subsidies are to be offered, followed by a hike on import tariffs within the next year to spur domestic companies to build the vehicles. The new policy, which was cleared by the cabinet late last month but the details of which were not available till now, kicks in with the new financial year in April. The scheme promises to lay out $1.4 billion in subsidies over three years for electric buses, three-wheelers, four-wheelers that are registered as commercial vehicles as well as private motorbikes and scooters.
EVCabinet clears Transformative Mobility and Battery Storage mission for phased manufacturing of EV batteriesedit
Finally, the writing’s on the wall. The Union Cabinet, under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has come forward with a planned electric vehicle (EV) strategy. The government is planning to set up a National Mission on Transformative Mobility and Battery Storage to bring clean and connected technologies that can usher in an era of shared and sustainable EV infrastructure in the country. Apart from this, the government, which aims to have the country EV-ready by 2024, has introduced the Phased Manufacturing Programme (PMP) to set up integrated battery Giga plants in India to supply batteries for electric vehicles.
EV BatteriesElectric cars dominate Geneva Motor Showedit
The 89th Geneva International Motor Show (GIMS) was officially opened to the public, with many automakers rooting for electric cars for the industry’s future development. As the first annual European car show, GIMS is known as a vane of the automotive industry. Nearly half of the 150 world and European premieres launched at the show were pure electric vehicles or plug-in hybrid vehicles. The world’s major automakers such as Audi, BMW and Mercedes-Benz all unveiled their electric or hybrid models, Xinhua news agency reported on Friday.
Electric Cars upto Rs 15 lakh to get cheaper by 1.5 lakh! FAME 2 Details outedit
The Government approved the FAME 2 Scheme recently with a much bigger budget than was previously expected. However, while the news had outlined the scope of the FAME 2 Scheme not a lot was furnished in terms of details. Now, a notification from the government has revealed details of the benefits of the FAME 2 in full detail. Aside from aides for infrastructure and public transport the FAME 2 scheme also introduces benefits for consumer electric vehicles including cars, two-wheelers and three-wheelers.
FAME 2Industry News: Skilling
Indian workers need skill boostedit
A recent report by the World Economic Forum has revealed that at least half of the Indian workforce will need re-skilling by 2022, to meet the talent demands of the future. Every worker will require an extra 100 days of learning, on an average, according to the report. Currently, there are more jobs in the informal economy than in the formal economy, which constitute 80 per cent and 20 per cent of our economy respectively. This is projected as one of the major challenges pertaining to employment skills in the country.
Re-skillingUpgrade your skills constantly to keep your job secureedit
Upskill at office – Constant change and disruption in the market is affecting your employer’s business and your career. Both can evolve to face the challenges by upgrading capabilities. Since most employers prefer to upskill their existing workforce rather than hire new employees, your office is the best place to start your learning journey. Choose from the compulsory and voluntary training options, including e-learning courses. In addition to formal courses, practical learning at office comes from finding a mentor and mentoring others.
UpskillingHow AI And Machine Learning Helps In Up Skilling To Better Career Opportunitiesedit
There are at least two clear trends that show a demand-supply mismatch in tech jobs in cutting-edge IT fields such as Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning. One is via industry predictions that estimate growth in the AI market from $21.46 Bn to $190.61 Bn between 2018 and 2025.
Year on year growth is projected to be an impressive 36.62% during the same period. The second trend is more subtle. Big Indian IT firms in the US are reportedly ‘hoarding’ employees in these two fields as they foresee a shortage of skilled experts. They also fear a corresponding rise in the cost of hiring employees for tech contracts they have bagged for the future.