May 2, 2019

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Business Today 

ADA is further guided by its onarm camera and tactile sensor and can be fitted to a wheelchair. The research was published in a series of papers and also in the IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters. If it can be mass produced, such a robot could relieve caregivers of routine tasks and help them focus more on critical aspects.

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Is your pocketfriendly and energy efficient LED light affecting your health Yes!edit

The Times of India 

The key observation made by the study was that respondents who were exposed to the light with the least flicker rate got fewer headaches when compared to those exposed to a high flicker rate. According to US Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), the healthiest light is one that does not flicker, like the natural daylight.

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Telangana Govt urged to enact Air Quality Actedit

The Hans India 

The one day seminar on Air pollution and its impact on safety and health at work held at Institution of Engineers here on Tuesday called for enactment of a law Air Quality Act to implement measures to free the air of pollutants. This was mooted by Durga Prasad Dora, DGM, Toshiba Plant and Services, at the seminar on the raging issue which is of serious concern to all.

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Meitu Wins the 2019 CVPRNTIRE 2019 Image Enhancement Championshipedit

Yahoo Finance

Meitu Imaging and Vision Lab (MTlab) won first place in the Image Enhancement Challenge and third place in the Image Dehazing Challenge at the 2019 New Trends in Image Restoration (NTIRE) conference. The conference was held in conjunction with the 2019 IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR), the worlds premier conference in the field of Artificial Intelligence (AI).

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How To Prevent AI Ethics Councils From Failingedit

Forbes 

Multiple noteworthy organizations and countries have proposed guidelines for developing trusted AI systems going forward. These include the IEEE, World Economic Forum, the Future of Life Institute, Alan Turing Institute, AI Global, and the Government of Canada. Once you have your guidelines in place, you can then start educating everyone internally and externally about the promise and perils of AI and the need for an AI ethics council.

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Industry News: Information and Communications

When Home Cooking Thrives On Techedit

Business Today 

We are generally overwhelmed by the number of technology features available on our smartphones. Or often wonder at the frequent use of jargons such as AI (artificial intelligence) and IoT (Internet of Things). However, unknown to many of us, technology has quietly invaded our kitchens, impacting what we eat and who we become as a result of that.

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This Device Uses AI To Turn Your Thoughts Into Speech, And Revolutionize How We Communicateedit

India Times 

Elon Musks Neuralink looks to bridge the gap between computers and people, so we can control them with our minds. Theres another group of researchers however trying something different. They want to make machines able to read our thoughts

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Technology, Innovation Defining NewAge Banking in Indiaedit

Bfsi Elets Online

To stay ahead in the competition, exponential technologies like Deep Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Automation and Digital Workspaces are helping organisations come up with innovations, says Abhijit Shah, Chief Technology Officer, DCB Bank, in conversation with Elets News Network (ENN). (cyber security)

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Tech Investment is Inadequate, Peoples Empowerment Vitaledit

Bfsi Elets Online 

Digital Banking encompasses all the latest technology including Robotic Process Automation (RPA) based reconciliation, APP based Point of Sale Machines, Use of Blockchain etc. As a bank we are trying to get into every aspect for topend digitisation. We have already completed Exchange to Exchange (E2E) digitisation for MSME loans as well.

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Supreme Court ruling on privacy first step to make India ready for artificial intelligenceedit

CNBC TV18 

A panel comprising government officials and industry experts participated at the event. All big companies like Amazon, Facebook, Google are biggest consumers of AI and at the same time their usage of technologies leads to concerns as well, Gopalakrishnan added. rney.

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Just How Much Are Financial Institutions Spending on Cybersecurity An Average of About $2,300 Per Employee, Deloitte Survey Findsedit

IT News Online 

Financial institutions spend an average of around $2,300 per fulltime employee on cybersecurity annually, reveals a survey released today by Deloitte and the Financial Services Information Sharing and Analysis Center (FSISAC).

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Geospatial the 4th most prominent technology to impact development in 5 yearsedit

Geospatial World 

By Aditya Charurvedi

Other major trends as per the survey are Big Data, IoT, Platform Economy, Drones, AI, BLockchain, and Virtual Reality. Even though geospatial isnt directly a part of these technology sectors. But it is emerging as a game changer in all of the aforementioned sectors due to reliance on technological integration, convergence and the trend of incorporating a location and spatial component for delivering the desired output.

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Embracing digital tech across industryedit

The Financial Express 

Throughout the world, there is an increasing adoption of exponential technologies such as artificial intelligence, robotics, blockchain and Internet of Things (IoT) across industries. The mainstream adoption of exponential technologies is not only transforming the way businesses are managed, but is also creating new sources of revenue and business models.

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Digital Transformation Efforts are Putting Sensitive Government Data at Riskedit

IT News Online 

Agencies struggling with cloud complexity as demand for digitally transformative technologies outpaces security adoption Despite increase in data breaches, proper investment in data protection is low for agencies Report finds data privacy and regulatory compliance are driving need for encryption and tokenization.

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Deploying an IoT Platform that Manages your Supply Chain and Optimizes Operationsedit

IT News Online 

An enterprise deploying an internet of things (IoT) solution has to address many challenges from both the operational and IT perspectives. These barriers are amplified by the risks associated with an IoT environment. Decisions of build vs. buy and the high level of fragmentation in the industry are core considerations that cannot be ignored.

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A robot figures out toolsedit

The Hindu Business Line 

The decisive step in the transition from ape to man, observed Friedrich Engels, was when the ape figured out that hands had different functions than the feet when climbing. Human intelligence has not been the same ever since. Is artificial Intelligence reaching this stage? There are reasons to believe it is.

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A Promising future: How AI is making big strides in breast cancer treatmentedit

Business Standard 

As yet, there has been little research into the public perception of AI in breast cancer screening, but more general studies into AI and healthcare have found that 39% of people are willing to engage with artificial intelligence/robotics for healthcare. This rises to 55% for the 18 to 24yearold demographic.

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Opinion | Product liability unsuitable for Artificial Intelligenceedit

Live Mint 

When she refilled her glass with ginger beer, Donoghue noticed decomposed remains of a snail floating in the bottle. She fell seriously ill and decided to sue. Since her friend had paid for the meal, Donoghue had no claim for damages against the cafe owner. Her only recourse was to sue the manufacturer of the ginger beera gentleman called David Stevensen.

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Nasscom, GE Healthcare partner to bring digital healthcare solutions to the marketedit

Business Standard 

The National Association of Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM) through its Center of Excellence Internet of Things (CoEIoT) announced a strategic partnership with GE Healthcare. The partnership is intended to flourish the startup ecosystem in the country and work with them to bring digital healthcare solutions to the market, Nasscom said in a statement.

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How Mumbai Airport has enabled itself with technologyedit

Express Computer 

CSMIA also leverages emerging technologies by integrating them to the systems, making it more advanced and smarter for passengers. The airport is working towards the implementation these technologies, be it upgrading AI, VR or machine learning under the IoT umbrella catering to every aspect of the offering within the airport, the spokesperson says.

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Five platforms using Artificial Intelligence to augment the industryedit

The Statesman 

Apps, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Intelligence, Machine Learning, Startup, AI/ML, Internet of Things, IoT AI has opened new avenues in offering solutions to different areas like industry, automobiles, real state, IT, and even arts.

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Digital Technology is the Future for Jobs according to ESIC Business and Marketing Schooledit

Youth Inc Mag 

In that sense, ESIC Tech has just launched an advanced learning space for aspects such as robotics, virtual and augmented reality or the internet of things, which will be basic work tools for the now students. All this, without forgetting the importance of personal skills, essential to develop personally in complex, global, highly competitive and highly changing environments.

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Data analytics to become the core tech disruptor in tax functionsedit

The Financial Express 

A Machine Learning (ML) model can be deployed within the invoice accounting automation for tax determination, and the model would have access to all past data to learn from them. Finance and tax functions need to move forward in their digital journey to keep pace with both the external and internal environments.

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Can India Step Up Its AI Hardware Game To Build A Robust Ecosystemedit

Analytics India Mag 

When we talk about the Indian startup ecosystem, it is mostly about software technologies from chatbots to AI enabled solutions that dominate the news cycle. Pegged as one of the largest startup ecosystems in the world, India seems to have a major catching up to do when it comes to the hardware ecosystem.

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AI to Spot Diabetic Retinopathyedit

The Economic Times 

New York Equipping a smartphone to capture retinal images and using AI to interpret it may help overcome barriers to ophthalmic screening, says a study. Diabetic retinopathy is a condition that can lead to permanent vision loss if not detected early.

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A Sharing Economy Entrusting its Core to AI and Biometrics Technologiesedit

Analytics Insight 

The technologies are well prepared to power the digitally identified businesses in the times ahead. Not only operating over data collected from government issued IDs but big data, AI and Biometrics as a whole has a lot to serve businesses for frictionless experience and build trust.

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50% Of Tech Patents Filed By Indian Firms In US Are Related To AI, IoT, Cloud & Securityedit

Analytics India Mag 

By Prajakta Hebbar

107 IoT patents88 cloud computing patents Under AI, machine learning was the leading subdomain in AI with over 70% share. NASSCOM President Debjani Ghosh said the report is the first in a series to understand how Indian technology companies are creating IP assets in its largest market.

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Industry News: Future of Mobility

EV sales in India cross 7.5 lakh mark in FY2019edit

Auto Car India 

For India Auto Inc, FY2019 may have been a dampener for overall internal combustion engined vehicle sales, given that they recorded singledigit growth. In comparison, albeit on a much lower base, the countrys nascent electric vehicle (EV) industry notched handsome numbers, but the green vehicle segment may not have reason to celebrate in the future.

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Electric cars: should you rapid or home charge What if you live in a flatedit

Top Gear 

After that, forecasters foresee that once electric vehicles become 10 per cent of the cars on the road (EVs count for just one per cent now) there will be a viable business in putting strings of slow chargers along the streets where people park overnight. It neednt mean digging up the whole road. More like the installation of broadband. That too happened slightly ahead of the demand curve.

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Diesel is dying, but electric vehicles are too expensiveedit

The Telegraph 

The cost of an electric vehicle is still too high for India where the bulk of vehicles sold are small cars. This might make them unpopular in spite of policy support that offers upfront incentives on the purchase of EVs along with efforts to modernize infrastructure.

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Indias automotive test centers to facilitate industry demand in new tech eraedit

Devdis Course 

Director, ICAT, Dinesh Tyagi, said that ICAT R&D team is comprised of highly qualified, competent, innovative and self motivated engineers backed by state of theart testing and development facilities. He said that the Centre has started undertaking advanced industry sponsored R&D projects in the areas of frontier technologies like the use of Artificial Intelligence and robotics.

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Dockless bikesharing platforms bring lastmile connectivity to Indiaedit

Business Standard 

By Bibhu Ranjan Mishra & Peerzada Abrar  

The company makes all its scooters keyless by replacing the standard lock with its proprietary remotely controllable lock. It then installs the keypad, the communication module, the GPS unit and a bunch of internet of things powered sensors for the helmet, fuel tank and the battery unit.

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Artificial intelligence in auto sector has hit speed bump, says Capgeminiedit

Business Standard 

By Romita Majumdar & Shally Seth Mohile

In the absence of the right use cases, artificial intelligence (AI) for the automotive sector in India may not have a bright future, said Ananth Chandramouli, head of local business services at Capgemini India.

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M&M stops producing Indias first electric car model amid flagging salesedit

Business Standard 

Mahindra Electric Mobility, the electric vehicle arm of Mahindra & Mahindra (M&M), has discontinued the production of the e2oPlus, the four-door hatchback based on the Reva platform, for the domestic market amid flagging sales and tightening safety regulations, said people aware of the development, marking the end of the road for India’s first electric car model. Mahindra produced the last unit of the e2oPlus on March 31.

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EV sales in India cross 750,000 units in FY2019 but FAME II may spoil the runedit

Auto Car Professional 

For India Auto Inc, FY2019 may have been a dampener for overall internal combustion engined vehicle sales, given that they recorded single digit growth. In comparison, albeit on a much lower base, the countrys nascent electric vehicle (EV) industry notched handsome numbers but the green vehicle segment may not have reason to celebrate in the future. Heres why.

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Electric Vehicle Production Comes To A Halt Another Roadblock In The Electric Revolutionedit

Drive Spark

New norms requiring recertification of all existing electric vehicles have brought sales of all Electric Vehicles to a halt. Affected by this move are the two and threewheeler electric industries. The need for recertification has been called for by the government and is now a requirement under the FAME II scheme.

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Industry News: Future of Work

Why India needs not 10,000 but one million entrepreneurs for true changeedit

Live Mint 

Thats why my clarion call that India needs one million entrepreneurs, not ten thousand. It needs entrepreneurs who will build sustainable and real businesses at scale, so that each, in turn, will create jobs for one hundred to one thousand more. This also needs a mindset shift, at the family level and in educational systems to prepare and encourage those who pick this path.

Future of Work
How Law Firms Can Get Started with Robotic Process Automation (RPA)edit

Analytics Insight 

Use of robotic process automation for law firms has been empowering companies of all sizes discovering that intelligent automation can significantly change the way they work. Last year we wrote an article suggesting several ways to leverage the potential of RPA in the legal industry by using software robots as assistants.

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How are automation and AI changing human laboredit

News CGTN 

As automation and AI are gradually applied to various industries, it can take a toll on some workers, especially those on the lower level of the value chain. At the same time, it may also create entirely new industries that humans havent conceived of.

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Globalisation is moving from products to services and dataedit

Business Today 

This picture of we will be displaced, machines will do my job and your job, is a false one. Technology can help us address scarcity of skills, jobs and people. In Europe, we are likely to run out of people before we run out of jobs. The same is true of Japan.

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Changing face of global employmentedit

The Hindu Business Line 

Technological advances are transforming the workplace and nations must act quickly to prepare for the effects or face increasing tensions, warns the OECD. (Automation)

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Artificial Intelligence (AI) Job Creators, Not Killersedit

CIOL 

While Artificial Intelligence (AI) is no more a buzz, there is a crescendo of a misconception that it will replace human jobs in future. Though, this will apply only to certain jobs, more that of generic work profiles, but not all. In fact, it will create newer jobs, more than we are yet unheard of.

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Amazon dismisses idea automation will eliminate all its warehouse jobs soonedit

Reuters 

Amazon.com Inc dismissed the idea of running a fully automated warehouse in the near future, citing the superior cognitive ability of humans and limitations of current technology. (Automation)

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Businesses need to reinvent with a human focus, says Deloitte Human Capital reportedit

The Economic Times 

For organisations within India, there are significant implications as they seek to drive stronger business results while focusing on skilling and reskilling large workforces, retaining employees through cuttingedge employee experience designs, winning the war for talent by acquiring and keeping top talent, and leveraging technology to solve for people issues.

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Machines for humans not vs humansedit

The Asian Age 

Smart and intelligent automation can help the humans get rid of the repetitive tasks and they can focus on providing more personalised services requiring a human interface. The tools like OCR or Optical Character Recognition can capture data with which the machine learning software can generate insights, reducing the backoffice processing effort.

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Industry News: Education

MHRD develops 5year action plan for higher education systemedit

The Indian Wire 

Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) has developed a fiveyear action plan named EQUIP (Education Quality Upgradation and Inclusion Programme). The project is made to bring transformation in the higher education system in the upcoming 5 years.

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HRD Ministry ropes in experts for 5year education planedit

The Economic Times 

Ten expert groups, led by the likes of Kant, Adhia and Gopalakrishnan, have presented draft plans on various issues specific to higher education after a threeday brainstorming boot camp at Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration (LBSNAA) Mussorie from April 2224, they told ET.

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AICTE and Taiwan join hands to push academic collaboration between two countriesedit

The Times of India 

All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) and Taiwan join hands to push academic collaboration between the two countries. The collaboration initiated by the Taipei Economic and Cultural Center in India (TECC) – Education division, will focus on offering international opportunities to Indian students and improving the industry and academic cooperation between India and Taiwan.

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How Artificial Intelligence is making the education system betteredit

The Asian Age 

Automation in Grading: There are various educational institutions which are keen on implementing different AIbased computer programs. These programs are extremely helpful as they hold the power of imitating the teachers behaviour to assign grades to tests done by the students.

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