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TERI is working with the government of West Bengal in identifying suitable locations for public charging stations,” said A N Biswas, power department commissioner and nodal officer for the state’s EV policy, at a symposium on ‘Future Mobility: E vehicles in India’ organised by the Institution of Engineering and Technology.
IET FoMTConference on future of workedit
Institution of Engineering and Technology India is organising a one-day event on the Future of Work at Taj Land’s End in Mumbai on October 22. To register and for more information, log on to fow.theietevents.com.
Engineering the Future of WorkIETIndustry News: Information and Communications
Utilisation of IoT and Computer Vision in Public Sectoredit
The Internet of Things (IoT) has turned into a guide of digital transformation for some companies across industries. The disruptive innovation enables organizations to remain associated with their users to give a definitive customer experience. For instance, in view of the insights it can uncover, companies can come up with one of a kind, creative approaches to appreciate and impact customer movement including behavior and purchasing patterns.
IoTpublic sectorSmall businesses not invincible to cyber security attacksedit
The scenario is such that 33 percent of small businesses lack centralized cyber security management in their organisations while ensuring safety on a specific computer system. Indeed, even as huge ventures have for the most part been the casualties of information breaks in view of the hugeness of the client information they approach, little and moderate size organizations (SMBs) are likewise seeing a gradual increment in such episodes yearly.
cyber attacksCyberSecurityRobotics, AI & Data Analytics are now a major part of hospitality world; Educational establishments must adaptedit
Technologies such as robotics, artificial intelligence and data analysis are becoming a major part of the hospitality world. Educational establishments must ensure that their students are introduced to these technologies during their education. Their curriculums need to be regularly updated to adapt to these changes.
AIBig Data analyticsRoboticsRobotics demand: Whos buying and wheres the growthedit
The worldwide robotics market revenue has touched $16.5 billion from 422,000 units (+6 percent) in 2018.Robot markets in 2019International Federation of Robotics (IFR) forecasts robotics shipments in 2019 will recede from the record level in 2018, but expects an average growth of 12 percent per year from 2020 to 2022.
AIRoboticsRetailers using tech, AI to target niche consumers: Deloitte reportedit
Tribetailing allows retailers to use artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning, and social media analytics to gain information about consumers shopping history.
AIIoTRetail IndustryInterconnectivity between smart lighting and IoTedit
The use and role of the internet are quite clear to everyone. Nowadays, answers to all our questions are available on the internet, but the concept of the internet has been taken ahead with the Internet of Things.
connected devicesIoTSmart HomeHow IoT Can Be Used for Preventing Firesedit
IoT is now often referred to any small, internet-connected device that can record specific data and transmit the recorded data to a central location or device for further interpretation. The sensors used are capable of recording audio, video, temperature data, location data, etc. In today’s time, the predominant applications of IoT include driverless cars and home appliances.
disaster managementIoTHow Artificial Intelligence has influenced your smartphone usageedit
2019 is undoubtedly the year that artificial intelligence (AI) captured the public imagination and people became aware of the potential for the nascent science. The vast promise to revolutionize areas like healthcare and transportation has been tempered by uncertainty regarding when these developments will be ready for widespread implementation.
AIsmart devicesData flows and our national security interestsedit
Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his historic ‘Howdy Modi’ rally in Houston this week has referred to ‘data’ as the new oil and the new gold. Indeed, the transformative potential of Digital India is becoming increasingly evident. India is a destination for artificial intelligence pursuits, with the availability of quality skilled resources.
cyber attacksCyberSecurityCrack ‘AI for health’ puzzleedit
Simply speaking, an AI programme is a computer code that can learn from real world situations and tweak itself to perform more efficiently. This requires that it be fed large datasets to learn, find patterns and draw conclusions. There are multiple concerns that the Government has in unlocking data, some legitimate but easily solvable and others deeply embedded, which require a shift in culture.
AIHealthcareBig digital push needed to reach $5trillion economy: IMAI reportedit
Data governance, cybersecurity, encryption and surveillance along with technologies like cloud computing, artificial intelligence and Internet of Things are the core areas requiring policy focus for India.
CyberSecurityDigital EconomyArtificial Intelligence applied to make complex eye scans easier: Studyedit
Researchers have used artificial intelligence (AI) to develop a more accurate and detailed method for analysing images of the back of the eye, an advance that can help ophthalmologists better detect and track eye diseases like glaucoma, and age-related macular degeneration.
AIHealthcare36% smaller firms witnessed data breaches in 2019 globallyedit
While data breaches threaten small companies with painful consequences, the survey by cybersecurity firm Kaspersky revealed that security measures taken by them to prevent such incidents are often insufficient.
CyberSecurityData ProtectionIndustry News: Future of Mobility
Battery swap for cost slash: The buzz stops hereedit
Here are some illustrative numbers. In Bengaluru, an AC diesel bus will incur a cost of 85 a km; an e-bus will need 20 less. For nonAC buses, the numbers are 55 and 40. Another estimate, made by Prof Swamy, seems to be less generous to ebuses. In a 2018 paper on Financing of eBuses, he estimates the typical costs of diesel and electric AC buses at 68 and 61, respectively.
battery swapElectric VehiclesCoadopting hydrogen fuelled EV with battery-operated ones could bring about disruptive transitionedit
In the days following the 2015 Paris Agreement, several governments drafted their new climate commitments to limit the global mean temperature below 2 degree Celsius. To achieve these new targets and to adopt a low-carbon pathway, a disruptive transition which shakes up the established systems and paves the way for new, cleaner and more sustainable technology was needed.
Electric VehicleDriverless cars won’t be allowed in India, says Nitin Gadkariedit
Automated or driverless cars might be a distant dream for Indians. On Tuesday, road transport and highways minister Nitin Gadkari said driverless cars will not be allowed in India because the government will not promote any technology that comes at the cost of jobs.
Driverless carTo popularise electric vehicles, make it easy to charge themedit
To fully appreciate the tremendous potential electric vehicles have, for India in particular, and the world in general, one needs to go back 10 years. That was when a bright senior executive of SAP Inc Shai Agassi was persuaded by the late Shimon Peres (former Prime Minister of Israel) to quit his job and start a venture in Israel for making electric vehicles (EVs). The new venture was called Better Place
Electric VehiclesAuto industry stakeholders look up to Industry 4.0 for future growthedit
Industry 4.0, Internet Of Things (IoT), Predictive Machine Maintenance, CBM, Quality Data Mgmt System & Traceability, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Data Analytics, Realtime Safety Monitoring were some of the subjects that were discussed.
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Why gig economy needs a new labour gigedit
California recently passed an important legislation classifying gig economy workers (such as Uber drivers) as “employees” of the platforms on which they seek work, that is, only if such companies have control over the hours and nature of work. Workers can, now, claim benefits under existing labour laws. While labour groups hail this as a victory, platforms claim that this will reduce flexibility.
Future of WorkGig EconomyIndustry News: Education
Critical data on Indias higher education is out but only Modi has hijacked headlinesedit
The eighth annual All India Survey on Higher Education 201819 was released by the Ministry of Human Resource Development last week. It coincided with the release of fourmonthly report Unemployment in India A Statistical Profile for MayAugust 2019 by the Centre for Monitoring India Economy.
Higher EducationWhy Are Engg Graduates Going Jobless AICTE Chief Explainsedit
AICTE Chairman Anil Sahasrabudhe has blamed the mushrooming of technical institutions for the high employment rate among engineering and management graduates in the country. According to a media report, he said more than 2,500 new technical colleges had come up in the country between the 1990s and 2012. This increased the number of technical institutes in the country from 8,000 to 10,400.
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