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New prosthetic foot to help tackle tough terrainedit
A better prosthetic limb could improve not just mobility but overall quality of life as well, according to the study published in the journal IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering. One area of particular interest is making prosthetic limbs that can better handle rough ground
IEEEChina Computer Federation to cut ties with division of IEEEedit
The CCF said on Thursday it would suspend dealings with the publications division of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), a day after the latter confirmed it will bar Huawei staff from participating in certain aspects of the peer review process for its research papers.
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Smart City Mission: IoT making things smoother for citiesedit
The bottomline is that IoT helps track usage trends and gain insights into urban living, allowing governance bodies to come up with policies that address citizen needs with focus and efficiency. Since the corpus of smart city funds is much larger than their traditional municipal budgets, it is the tier-II and tier-III cities that are turning out to be the biggest beneficiaries of SCM, making use of IoT to improve urban systems.
Smart Cities MissionAI to double innovation rate in India by 2021: Studyedit
The session will be addressed by data scientists and AI experts from companies such as Flipkart, Reliance Jio and InMobi that are leading the way in transforming their businesses and the industry with technology, Microsoft said. To meet the AI skills required by business leaders, Microsoft had announced the launch of its AI Business School earlier this year.
AI10 Industries Redefined by Big Data Analytics | Analyticsedit
Analytics, data science, and big data have helped a number of cities to pilot the smart cities initiative where data collection, analytics and the IoT combine to create joined-up public services and utilities spanning the entire city. For example, a sensor network has been rolled out across all 80 of the council’s neighborhood recycling centres to help streamline collection services, so wagons can prioritize the fullest recycling centres and skip those with almost nothing in them.
Big Data analyticsIndustry 4.0: Embracing digital twin technology can push India’s manufacturing sector to a historic highedit
What exactly does digital twin mean? It is a concept where digital replicas of physical assets and systems are created. This process is the convergence of our physical and virtual worlds where all industrial devices and products get their own digital imprint. Digital twin models will incorporate all the other important technologies like Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning (ML), Internet of Things (IoT) and Big Data. These cost-effective systems lead to better access, management and maintenance of assets using quality data.
AIBig DataDigital TwinIndustry 4.0IoTMachine LearningFuture Of Medicine Powered By Cloudedit
Imagine a hospital stores crores of digital images of different test and scan of patients on a daily basis. Study says, presently, only medical imaging makes for about 90% of healthcare data. With the growing adoption of IoMT (Internet of Medical Things), edge computing and diagnostic technologies, you can be assured that the data pool is only going to grow at a whopping rate.
cloudHealthcareInternet of Medical ThingsThe mix of AI, RPA is turning business process automation smartedit
“There are no use cases which will go all the way across yet,” says Gartner analyst Moutusi Sau, referring to RPA adoption in the financial services industry. “There have been some chatbot engines out there, and AI decisioning tools, but you cannot build momentum on one particular solution.
AIRPATata Communications pioneers an IoT ecosystem with first-of-its-kind IoT Marketplace in Indiaedit
The IoT Marketplace will bring together IoT practitioners and enterprise customers on a single platform; setting the ground for customers to tailor their IoT solutions and drive innovation within their business, while enabling vendors and partners on the platform to discover new market opportunities.
IoTStrong faith on Artificial Intelligenceedit
In India, a NITI Aayog paper last year had identified five focus areas where the gains could drive not just growth but greater inclusion-healthcare, agriculture, education, urban-/smart-city infrastructure, and transportation and mobility. The Microsoft-IDC study showed that to move ahead on their AI journeys, business have to create the right organizational culture.
AINITI Aayog 2.0: Restructured Or Not, The Indian Think Tank Is Set To Ride The TsuNaMo Waveedit
From working closely with numerous tech behemoths to keeping their ears on the ground to understand the grassroots reality in a diverse country like India, the NITI Aayog has had their hands full with their work with technologies like artificial intelligence, internet of things, machine learning and data analytics, among others.
AIData AnalyticsIoTMachine LearningNew AI Algorithm Can Now Guess What You Look Like Based Just On Your Voiceedit
The authors of this paper, trained a neural network using millions of videos on the internet. During training, our model learns voiceface correlations that allow it to produce images that capture various physical attributes of the speakers such as age, gender and ethnicity.
AIIndia Makes A Remarkable Growth in Artificial Intelligenceedit
It is normal that AI could broadly help in the social and economic advancement of the nation. Alongside this, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology additionally settled four panels on numerous parts of artificial intelligence. Strikingly, this has likewise introduced solid enthusiasm for some technical professions to seek after an artificial intelligence course.
AIEnd user base is well aware and talk a lot about cloud security in India: Rajpreet Kaur, Principal Analyst, Gartneredit
Rajpreet Kaur, Principal Analyst, Gartner gives insights on the ways of safeguarding cloud infrastructure from advanced cyber threats. She also touched upon cyber-attacks that are unique to cloud along with the point of keeping cybersecurity a priority in a company’s cloud strategy.
cloudSecurityCurrent telecom infrastructure growth rate may play spoilsport to India’s 5G partyedit
“There would be an increase in consumption of data due to the Internet of Things (IoT) proliferation. In order to produce more data faster, a strong backbone is needed that can be built on fiber,” the Swiss company’s executive added.
5G TechnologyIoT in TelecommunicationsBenefits of Blockchain in IoTedit
It’s so rare to come across an outstanding combination like Blockchain and the Internet of things. ‘A kickass fusion’ is the phrase that comes to mind when I think about it. Well, I will start, as I always do, by offering a brief explanation of how blockchain and the internet of things work so that we’re all on the same page
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Kerala to quit petrol and diesel vehicles; Travel guide to Britainedit
Kerala is one of the first states to bring a comprehensive electric vehicle (EV) policy in the country. On October 4, 2018, British High Commissioner of the State welcomed the Chief Secretary and discussed with Chief Secretaries and other officers and expressed desire to participate in the Kerala Government’s plan to develop EV ecosystem in Kerala.
Electric VehiclePolicyHow do you teach a car that a snowman won’t walk across the road?edit
Human drivers aren’t the only ones who need common sense; its lack in artificial intelligence (AI) systems will likely be the major obstacle to the wide deployment of fully autonomous cars. Even the best of today’s self-driving cars are challenged by the object-in-the-road problem. Perceiving ‘obstacles’ that no human would ever stop for, these vehicles are liable to slam on the brakes unexpectedly, catching other motorists off-guard.
AIFuture of MobilityAI set to drive Uber’s India plansedit
Ride-hailing app Uber’s calls, routed through the Internet, will be used to train its internal artificial intelligence (AI) engines in local Indian languages, Business Standard has learnt. Uber began rolling out the in-app calling feature through voice over internet protocol (VoIP) in October last year. It was introduced in India early this year and was hailed as being a security measure that provided greater anonymity and privacy to both the rider and the driver.
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Unemployment trend moves up age brackets, higher in 20-29 age groupedit
More rural females also opted for education in the 15-19 age group, with 64.1 per cent share in 2017-18 as against 47.1 per cent in 2004-05. In the 20-24 age group, share of rural females as students went up to 13.8 per cent in 2017-18 from 7.5 per cent in 2004-05.
employabilityFuture of JobsEducated People Find It More Difficult To Get A Job In India, Reveals Govt Surveyedit
Only 2.1% of illiterate urban men were unemployed in 2017-18, but 9.2% of men with at least secondary education didn’t have a job. The gap was even wider among urban women — 0.8% of those uneducated were jobless whereas 20% women with secondary or higher education were not employed.
EducationJob OpportunitiesNavigating The Workforce Of Future: How To Manage And Motivate Millennials Betteredit
Nurturing, retaining and motivating the Generation Y today is more difficult than ever before. Rise in automation, shifts in technology and innovation headways are forcing business models to adapt to quickly evolving industries, rendering greater value in developing skills that are unique to people.
Future of WorkworkforceWork and Skills What will be the future of skilling and upskillingedit
Last but not the least, whether that be upskilling or reskilling, it warrants for a continuous and sustained effort, and cannot be limited to an annual appraisal or a yearly need assessment exercise. The business context is ever evolving and changing and this requires organizations to constantly be sensitive and in the lookout for economical, scalable and sustainable efforts towards skill developmental efforts.
SkillingUpskillingIIT Delhi inaugurates electric vehicle research centreedit
Prof. B.K. Panigrahi from the Department of Electrical Engineering, who has been appointed as the first Head of CART, said,The prime focus of CART is to carry out interdisciplinary research in EVs and associated areas. We will strive hard to have collaborative research among academia and industry for the benefit of the present and future societal needs.
Electric VehicleEXCLUSIVE: Ather Energy aims to beat petrol station density with charging pointsedit
Express Drives recently interacted with Tarun Mehta, CoFounder & CEO, Ather Energy who gave us an insight into the companys upcoming plans and why he is optimistic on the future of electric vehicles in India. Here is what all Ather Energy has in store.
EV Charging InfrastructureDelhi Govt To Likely Announce Incentives For Electric Vehicle Use By Delivery Servicesedit
Delhi government is looking for yet another way to boost the use of electric vehicles in the union territory. After appointing several electric buses in the state transport and allotting a fund of Rs 100 crore, a new report indicates that the Delhi government will be launching a scheme to promote EV use by delivery services.
Electric VehicleAuto companies need to accept that like technology, millennials are here to stayedit
Like many other industries, for the commercial vehicles segment as well, the first and foremost challenge is that of skills. While the government of India has announced that by 2030, all vehicles on the road will be electric vehicles but skills around EVs are absent in India.
Auto Industry TrendsAutomationElectric VehiclesReskillingUpskillingArtificial Intelligence will double employee productivity gains in Indiaedit
Within two years, Artificial Intelligence (AI) will more than double the rate of innovation improvements and employee productivity gains in India, according to a survey of business leaders done by Microsoft-IDC Asia/Pacific. While 77% of business leaders polled agreed that AI is instrumental for their organization’s competitiveness, only one-third of organizations in India have embarked on their AI journeys.
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New Education Policy 2019: Key takeaways from the draft proposal – changes recommended summarizededit
After years of wait, the Draft New Education Policy 2019 proposal has been submitted by the committee set up to ascertain the changes required in the education system. The committee, headed by by Chairman Dr K Kasturirangan submitted the draft on Friday, making educational reforms a key component of the newly formed government’s 100 day agenda
Education PolicyEducation policy seems more ‘daft’ than ‘draft’edit
The policy’s pro-Hindi and anti-English thrust is once again sowing the seeds of discord. As a free nation, we are 72 years old. Before Independence, English was the democratising link language that also united Indians against the British Raj. The usefulness of English as a universal language in the modern world that is changing fast thanks to Artificial Intelligence, the Internet Of Things and robots easing production cannot be overstressed
AIEducation PolicyIoTrobotsEmployability Of Engineering Graduates In India: A Challenge Needs To Addressedit
Though OBE addresses so many challenges regarding the improvement of teaching-learning process and quality of graduates produced by Institutes, but implementation of OBE alone cannot change the present scenario. If we consider other professional courses like Medical Sciences, Law, Chartered Accountant; they complete duration of internship or apprenticeship before they are professionally enrolled.
employabilityengineering educationHow Artificial Intelligence is making the education system Betteredit
If I told you artificial intelligence can make education better, what would you say Artificial Intelligence (AI) is affecting numerous aspects of our lives. As weve noted previously, AI is present everywhere and the education sector is also experiencing changes because of AI.
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