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Jaguar Land Rover Finds The Teenagers Writing The Code For A SelfDriving Futureedit
David Lakin, Head of Education from the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), said: Were in the midst of a digital skills shortage the UK alone requires more than 1 million software engineers to fill the growing demand for roles requiring knowledge of coding, software engineering or electronics
IET (UK)Self DrivingSTEMGlobal photography competition to tackle outdated image of Engineeringedit
In a bid to challenge public misconceptions and the stereotypical image of engineering and technology and dispel its traditional image of hard hats and dirty overalls, the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) has launched its annual photography competition for 2019
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Industry News: Information and Communications
Why no political party can disrupt tech sectoredit
By Leslie D’Monte
Bengaluru’s residents may be tech-savvy and vocal on social media but they are far from being armchair activists. Now millionaires and veterans of industry but once freshers in the startup world such as Infosys founders N.R. Narayana Murthy, Nandan Nilekani, Mohandas Pai, and Kris Gopalakrishnan, Wipro’s Azim Premji and Biocon founder Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw are not only known for their entrepreneurship and philanthropy but also their activism. (IoT, Nasscom)
IoTWhy Indias trojan menace will only increaseedit
By Leslie D’Monte, Abhijit Ahaskar
Wipro and Microsoft are only cases in point. The world over, individuals, companies and governments are being increasingly targeted as we get more digital with a rise in smartphones and more connected devices underscoring the internet of things (IoT) trend.
IoTTech companies introduce new initiatives for women keen to join back the workforceedit
By Sanghamitra Kar
Technology firms including Accenture, Nutanix and Hinduja Global Solutions are putting in place new initiatives aimed at helping women keen on getting back to work after a mid career break, although the participation of women has remained low, especially in senior positions. (Artificial Intelligence)
AIWomen in TechScience in polls, from feel good to feel strongedit
By Richard Mahapatra
With the Balakot episode and later the ASAT declaration, the ruling party has brought muscular science into the spotlight alongside oft repeated claims of ancient India scientific prowess. Scientific feats seem to be emerging as the feelstrong factor in the general elections, a leap from the feel good debate over ancient Indias scientific feats. (Artificial Intelligence)
AIKeeping drivers alert and safe with AI based computingedit
By BV Mahalakshmi
Edgetensor, a Texas based startup with a development center in Bengaluru, has developed a unique Artificial Intelligence (AI) based driver monitoring system for self driving cars. (Artificial Intelligence)
AIsmart carIndian General Election 2019: How Big Data Is Influencing Voters Psychologyedit
By Smriti Srivastava
At times it really gets hard to understand which leader is good for us and we wish that we could read their and pattern. But what if we say leaders have access to your mind and they know what you want Surprisingly, it is true. This election has more to do with brain game than just playing politics. (Artificial Intelligence)
AIHealthcare stakeholders say digital healths unicorns are overvaluededit
By Zoe Larock
This is an excerpt from a story delivered exclusively to Business Insider Intelligence Digital Health Briefing subscribers. Healthcare stakeholders are generally up beat about the future growth of digital health. But stakeholders underlying skepticism could point at the markets overvaluation, per a new survey of 250 respondents from health IT startups, insurers, providers, and investors conducted by venture capital firm Venrock. (Artificial Intelligence).
AIHealthcareGet Ready: Voice Assistants Are Coming to Your Conference Roomedit
By Gadjo Sevilla
Voice assistants can improve productivity and reduce distraction during meetings by taking over rote tasks such as transcribing conversations, taking notes, and even setting tasks in your project management tools. (Artificial Intelligence)
AIEdge Computing Finds Prosperity in the Hyperconnected Industrial Landscapeedit
By 2020, 1.7 billion Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) devices are likely to be connected to edge solutions. Further, we expect that at least 30 percent of the applications will be pushed to the edge within the next five to seven years.
IIoTDeveloping AI is not an end in itself we have to find ways to reconcile data protection and new technologyedit
With artificial intelligence (AI) becoming the buzzword in technology, India and Sweden are looking to collaborate to harness the full potential of this new field. Swedens ambassador to India, Klas Molin speaks to Rudroneel Ghosh about the exciting possibilities: (Artificial Intelligence)
AICyber threats are induced with heterogeneous and complex technologiesedit
With the expansion of technology and magnitude of complexity, increases the risk of cybersecurity breach, says Pankit Desai, Cofounder and CEO of Sequretek. In this interview with Elets News Network, Desai talks about how the threat of cyber attack is looming and the solutions provided by Sequretek to curb this challenge.
Cyber threatSmart CityArtificial Intelligence to help Indian Navy to deal with different threatsedit
By Huma Siddiqui
This combination can be undertaken for the complete Fleet units simultaneously for reorientation and create an impenetrable integrated air defence shield. Indian Navy, Artificial Intelligence, modern naval warfare, Deep learning, data science, Kulshreshtha, latest news on Indian Navy (Artificial Intelligence)
AIDefenceArtificial intelligence comes to healthcare just in time to stem the tide of RN turnover and take advantage of Millennials online predilection, says Arenas David Leonard at AONEedit
Artificial intelligence (AI) is a core solution for the current tight labor market for nurses and is especially tailored to the trends seen in the younger generation of workers, who tend to interact in the job market using technology, David Leonard, senior vice president of growth for Arena, told attendees at the American Organization of Nurse Executives annual conference here last week. (Artificial Intelligence)
AIHealthcareAircraft Sensors Market is Anticipated to Rise at a 6.4 % CAGR, Thanks to an Increase in Air Travel, Noted TMRedit
This makes it an integral part of the functioning of an aircraft, thereby propelling the global aircraft sensors markets growth. Moreover, the adoption of Internet of Things (IoT) for several operations needed to analyze plane health condition and baggage tracking is likely to increase demand for aircraft sensors. Consequently, major companies are increasingly investing in IoT, thus propelling the markets expansion.
IoTAI is not Machines vs Humans but Machines for Humansedit
There has been an interesting shift in the workforce over the years. Employees in any industry do not work just for money but they strive for work life balance and a conducive work environment. It cannot be argued that a happy employee keeps the customer even happier.
AIAI is better than people at tracking biological neural networksedit
AI based automated process can accurately identify and segment neurons in minutes Data analysts have spent hours and hours processing minutes of data, but this algorithm can process a 30 minute video in 20 to 30 minutes (Artificial Intelligence)
AIAI in Indian BFSI sector: Are we on trackedit
By Usha Prasad
While the technology holds high potential, India is at a nascent stage in leveraging AI for BFSI sector, experts argue. In the last one decade, advancement in technology has had a positive impact on the BFSI sector, with Artificial Intelligence (AI) at the forefront of innovations. (Artificial Intelligence)
AIBFSIAI Holds The Key To Detect And Treat Fatal Diseases Early, And Make Healthcare Cheaperedit
By Gwyn D’Mello
According to the Journal of American Cardiology, 34 people die every minute to cardiovascular disease. Additionally, at least 1,300 Indians die of cancer each year according to the National Cancer Registry Programme. (Artificial Intelligence)
AIHealthcareAI assisted stock trading venue plans to use the technology for bigger tradesedit
By John McCrank
Imperative Execution, a startup electronic stock trading venue operator, has found early success using artificial intelligence (AI) to reduce price movements after trades, and now it plans to use the technology to help brokers get larger trades done. (Artificial Intelligence)
AIA Look at Indias Electronics Maker Movementedit
By Partha
And then there was a little dull period during the PC and internet boom, when the Internet of Things was still not born as a standalone technology. During this dull period, Electronics engineers in India gravitated towards lucrative, less risky, and fast growing software coding/programming jobs. Their hands were occupied with computer keyboards instead of soldering irons and wires
IoTIndustry News: Future of Mobility
Waiting for some clarity on FAME-2 before EV rollout in Indiaedit
It is a very important market forus, just like Yandex has done in Russia with Captur, we will like to put our vehicles in the ride sharing market, which will be different from Uber and Ola. These will be self driving cars. We are looking for partnership with some of the companies in Bengaluru and will update in coming future on the venture.
FAME IIsmart carInternational News News India, Newsbaronsedit
It is estimated that far in excess of 120 million vehicles will be produced in 2035.The specialty chemicals company LANXESS sees great application potential for its technical plastics under the brands Durethan (polyamide) and Pocan (polybutylene terephthalate) in the New Mobility growth market.
smart vehicleA growing solution to global warmingedit
By Ashok V. Desai
Many countries are investing heavily in renewable energy, but none is giving attention to growing more wood for bio fuel. If Indian officials were not so busy attending international conferences, they would go and look at the Melia dubia plantation of near Bangalore (Electric Vehicles)
Electric VehicleIndustry News: Future of Work
Veeam is the bright beam for cloud data managementedit
By Yogesh Gupta
We believe that software today should be light and easy to install, whereas the legacy in this space has been A sale after ticking 87 pages of supportability matrices and meeting the data backup team of, say, seven people. My view is putting one person at the center and re-skilling other six in data analytics to take the insights back to the company.
data managementIoTReskillingThree years and a pivot towards audioedit
By Pankaj Mishra
First, the news: we are stopping our long form text stories on Factor Daily from next week. We will, instead, concentrate on podcasts, becoming an audio first storytelling platform. Servicing our intent in this direction, last week we kick started The Playbook podcast and in the week before, launched the third season of The Outliers, our popular podcast. (Future of Work)
podcastIndustry News: Education
Future of engineering education in Indiaedit
By Ashish Gupta, Manas Fuloria and Vineet Gupta
A recent report by MIT titled “The Global State of the Art in Engineering Education” states that the future leaders in engineering education will focus on “work-based learning, multidisciplinary programs and a dual emphasis on engineering design and self-reflection.” It lists three trends which will define the profile of leading programs.
AIApps to help you learn the easy wayedit
Education, English, Apps, AI technology, IITJEE, IAS Technology is playing an important part in the education process. (Representational Image: iStock)Modes of communication and education have evolved with time. At different epochs, both students and parents have had their share of challenges regarding correct and effective ways to study to learn optimum and imbibe most effectively.
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