May 8, 2019

News for the IET

India’s digital pathway: Not roses all the way, thorns aplenty, tooedit

The Financial Express

Improve broadband speed and capacity to enhance economic benefits: While mobile broadband take-up is high, we need to understand that our mobile broadband speeds are only about one-third the global average of 23.6 Mbps (EY). If we are so vis-a-vis global average, one can well imagine how poorly placed we’d be compared to the better regimes. One must also realise that high broadband speeds are required to extract maximum economic benefits from broadband and reduce the quality issues that plague us.

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News for other PEI

Researchers build cathartic robots you can beat to take out your frustrationedit

ANI News

Catharsis takes place when one feels purged out of the emotions which overwhelmed them. As explained on IEEE Spectrum, to help one take out their negative emotions, researchers have built cathartic objects including a rag-doll like robotic device prototype that encourages expressing emotional state physically.

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Employ, Engage And Empower: Three Ways To Retain Your Data Science Talentedit

Forbes

By Sanjiv Patel

As data science has emerged to become arguably one of the most in demand job skills of this decade (according to Indeed, via IEEE), businesses of all types and sizes have been scrambling to find top talent. But what has blindsided many of these same companies is that hiring people with data science skill sets isn’t necessarily the biggest issue its often keeping these high value individuals engaged, empowered and on the job

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Industry News: Information and Communications

Bionic Yantra to accelerate physical rehabilitation of patients through IoTedit

BW CIO World

EverestIMS Technologies recently announced its collaboration with Bionic Yantra, Indias first medical robotics company. The integration of Everests IoT platform with Bionic Yantras Robotic Exoskeleton Assisted Rehabilitation Systems (REARS) will help hospitals gain greater insights from the data collected from a specially abled person.

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How the traditional channels are preparing to stay relevantedit

The Asian Age

This is done through access to more than 35000 Point of sale machines across stores in their malls that track customer transactions through the 2 banks. IoT sensors installed across their premises track customers through the malls giving them information that is used to create valuable offerings to the customer.

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Healthcare industry shows increased affinity for hybrid cloudedit

Express Computer

Healthcare public cloud usage outpaces other industries for IoT: The healthcare industry is embracing public clouds at about the same pace as most sectors, reporting a 13% penetration compared to the 12% global average. However, healthcare companies outpace the averages for certain applications, such as ERP/CRM, data analytics, containers, and Internet of Things (IoT).

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First Artificial Intelligence centre for excellence coming up in Patnaedit

The New Indian Express

By Rajesh Kumar Thakur

In an ambitious move, the Bihar Entrepreneurs Association (BEA) has decided to set up East Indias first Artificial Intelligence Centre of Excellence, in Patna in next few weeks in association with some overseas placed top executives. A blueprint on this has been readied by the BEA in the last six months to bring this project in physical reality.

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Emerging technologies and geopolitical contestationedit

ORF Online

By Harsh V Pant and Aarshi Tirkey

Further, operational aspects of 5G like its reliance on artificial intelligence, cloud networking, and greater integration of core and non-core network infrastructure, will make it difficult to impose tight cyber security controls. With 5G poised to become the backbone of the new digital revolution, there is a need to ensure that the network is not vulnerable to espionage and security breaches.

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Data rests with users but must flow free: IBM Indiaedit

Business Standard

That is the real commercial value which will transform businesses. The current magic in the fields of Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning (ML), Internet of Things (IoT) and Cloud is being created via only 20 per cent of the data. Imagine the potential with hundreds of millions of customer interactions that are sitting captive in my database, Bajwa emphasised.

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Cryptography to form the core in quantum computing era’edit

The Hindu Business Line

By V Rishi Kumar

Imagine the prospect of a pacemaker hacked, a large financial transaction intercepted, an autonomous car gets remotely controlled or a closed circuit camera network compromised resulting in major security breach. These are not hypothetical scenarios but potential realities in the world of connected devices, including mobile phones linked by Internet of Things (IoT).

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Build 2019: Microsoft Word AI to now improve writing beyond basic grammaredit

Times Now News

By Ashri Khandelwal

To help its users overcome the deadlines, work pressure and growing security threats, Microsoft 365 also uses Artificial Intelligence. While announcing the new changes, Microsoft in a blog post said, Writing requires a dash of uniquely human creativity. Artificial intelligence alone cannot do it for us, at least not very well.

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B2B startups jump fourtimes to 3,200 in 2014-18edit

Live Mint

The report observes that 70% of these B2B tech startups are in the space of enterprise tech (41%), fintech (19%) and healthtech (9%), with software as a service, customer relationship management, alternative lending, expense management, medical internet of things, artificial intelligence enabled predictive platforms being some of the other segments.

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Artificial Intelligence can detect signs of anxiety, depression in speech patterns of young childrenedit

Times Now News

Researchers have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) based system that can detect signs of anxiety and depression in the speech patterns of young children. The research published in the Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics suggests a machine learning algorithm might provide a fast and easy way of diagnosing anxiety and depression conditions that are difficult to spot and often overlooked in young people.

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5 key Location Intelligence trends for 2019edit

Geospatial World

By Aditya Chaturvedi

It is expected to further spike as the age of automation is ushered. Emerging technologies like Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Deep Learning and IoT will deliver optimum outcome and help in developing new frameworks that cater to industry requirements only when they work in sync with location.AIDeep LearningIoTMachine Learning

Industry News: Future of Mobility

FAME Needs to Be Supplemented With Steps to Boost Electric Vehicle Adoption: CIIedit

News 18

Policies like FAME need to be supplemented with measures such as domestic manufacturing of vehicles, batteries and components to boost mass adoption of electric vehicles by 2030, industry body CII said. Quoting a study by the Centre, the chamber said India can save 64 percent of anticipated road-based mobility-related energy demand and 37 percent of carbon emissions in 2030 by pursuing a shared, electric, and connected mobility future.

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Industry News: Future of Work

How emerging technology is transforming PRedit

The Asian Age

IoT & Wearable Technology: With each passing day, newer technology advancements are creating innovative platforms for consumer interaction. The rise of voice assistant devices and smart home tools, for example, has already created a rush among brands to explore customized content to engage with their consumers.

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