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Industry News: Information and Communications
The age of artificial humans is hereedit
By Prasid Bannerjee
While research into artificial humans isn’t particularly new any more, the topic recently made news as Samsung’s advanced research division, STAR Labs (Samsung Technology and Advanced Research), announced a project called NEON at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, US, this past week. What Soul Machines calls Digital Heroes, STAR Labs calls NEONs.
AIRoboticsRPAIndia: Intermediary Liability Under Indian Copyright Law: A New Takeedit
The Internet of Things (IoT) is the use of sensors and other communication technology embedded into physical devices which enables such devices to collect and exchange data, track and controlled over the internet.2 This integration of the physical device into computer based system improves the efficiency and accuracy and reduces human intervention.3
IoTsmart devicesComplex cyber crime threats to continue in 2020: Check Point 2020 Security Reportedit
Cybersecurity company Check Point has published its 2020 Security Report highlighting last year’s trends of cyber attacks and how industries across the globe could thwart them. According to the report, cryptominers dominated the malware landscape across industries last year.
Cyber crimeCyberSecurityArtificial Intelligence To Spot Low Glucose Level Without Fringerprick Testedit
Researchers have developed a new artificial intelligence (AI)-based technique that can detect low-sugar levels from raw ECG signals via wearable sensors without any fingerprick test. Current methods to measure glucose requires needles and repeated fingerpicks over the day. Fingerpicks can often be painful, deterring patient compliance.
AIHealthcaresmart wearablesArtificial intelligence for the win: New AI tool can predict gestational diabetes risk before pregnancyedit
Among these women, glucose tolerance testing had established that 4 per cent of them had gestational diabetes. The researchers used a machine learning (ML) method, a form of artificial intelligence (AI), to health records on some 4,50,000 pregnancies in women who gave birth between 2010 and 2017.
AIHealthcareMLAre Disruptive Technologies A Good Strategy? Or Is It Just A Solution?edit
By Gairika Mishra
With the adoption of Artificial Intelligence (AI) taking over the global business, days ahead might be quite a tech enabled. As per a report by PwC, AI’s potential contribution to the global economy could reach $15.7 trillion by 2030.
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Road Ministry not open to relax norms for electric two-wheelers, here’s whyedit
By Pritish Raj
The transport ministry is understood to have turned down the suggestions made by Niti Aayog to relax the conditions which make electric two-wheelers eligible for incentives under the FAME-II scheme, a government’s subsidy programme, sources said.
EV PolicyFAME II PolicyNITI AayogGreen vehicles to dominate auto expoedit
The latest edition of auto expo — The Motor Show 2020 — will be dominated by vehicles with clean energy technology, mostly electric vehicles, which will be showcased by global and local automobile companies, according to the organisers. Since the BS-VI regime will kick in from April 1, 2020 in India, almost all conventional vehicles makers will be displaying their BS-VI range, a technology targeted at reducing carbon emissions.
e-mobilitygreen mobilityFlying taxis are real but not quite ready for take-off yetedit
Once a part of comic book and movie folklore, flying taxis are expected to be a reality soon. However, commercial take-off may take longer than we think. In most big cities, commuters waste hours on the road because of traffic. Metro rails may be faster than driving to your destination, but there will soon be an option to book a flying taxi using a ride sharing app and fly to said destination.
Future of Mobilitypublic transportBudget 2020 expectations from two-wheeler industry: ‘Reviving rural economy can help tackle current slowdown’edit
The PM Narendra Modi-led government will present the first budget of its second term on 1st February, as many are expecting Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to announce a reduction in GST on EVs, support localisation of battery technology, reconsider GST component in tyre pricing, etc. Electric two-wheeler startup Evolet and TVS Eurogrip have this to say in their pre-budget expectations:
Automotive Sectorelectric two wheelersFuture of MobilityAdopting electric mobility: The ride-sharing modeledit
One giant step in that direction is electrifying our vehicles. Promotion of Electric Vehicles (EVs) need interventions at four levels: Reducing the cost of EVs, longer battery life, adequate charging infrastructure, and incentivizing faster adoption.
e-mobilityEVFuture of MobilityIndustry News: Future of Work
What’s next for the future of work?edit
This year, more and more businesses are embracing new technology and ways to increase productivity. However, according to Asana’s Anatomy of Work Index, workers are spending 60% of their time at work doing avoidable tasks like searching for information or sharing updates on work something we call ‘work about work’.
Future of JobsFuture of WorkWhat will define workplaces in the near future?edit
By the end of 2019, one of the bright spots of the realty sector was the growth seen in the commercial spaces segment. Office purchase and leasing were on the rise, and the sector even saw some of the biggest investments being made towards Grade A commercial spaces
Future of Workfuture workplaceThe future of HR in 2020edit
The advances made in technology have resulted in a dizzying rate of transformation and disruption in the business world and organizations have been forced to be on their toes. As we reach the end of this decade, here are a few trends that will shape the future workforce and human resources industry in 2020.
Future of WorkHRIs AI the Go-to Option For Modernizing a Workplace?edit
AI provides a support system which could answer an employee’s queries spontaneously. Generally, various departments of the organization have a lot of crucial works such as HR team holding the responsibility of improvising the workplace to benefit the employees, IT working on the network and data security, while, the management would focus on conducting events and parties.
AIfuture workplaceHRA look under the hood: Here’s how IT companies are upskilling tech savvy employeesedit
The ground reality, however, indicates that the industry is grappling with a serious skills shortage. India came in at No. 44 on technology skills, out of 60 countries in Coursera’s 2019 Global Skills Index. We ranked low across top skill areas like computer networking (cloud, IoT, blockchain), databases, HCI, security engineering and software engineering.
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Need To Rethink Higher Education In Indiaedit
This has made each of us and the leaders globally nervous. Any strategy can be disrupted tomorrow due to a change anywhere else in the world. There is a need to make sense of the world and understand how one cannot just fit into it but lead the rest. With the worlds youngest population, the biggest impact on India is on education and careers. The education sector needs to evolve to these changing needs. And time has already run out.
Education PolicyHigher EducationHigher education institutions to get weightage for being Fitedit
Higher education institutions across the country have a chance to get weightage during National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) if they receive a star rating for keeping their campus fit. Under the Fit India Movement launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, University Grants Commission (UGC) has announced that it will award points for the grading obtained by the higher education institutions in Fit India Movement while doing NIRF.
Higher EducationUGCFive Strategies That Higher Education Leaders Need In 2020edit
We’ve seen a number of shifts in the higher education landscape over the past few years. The online environment has grown while post secondary enrollment has fallen. Funding for higher education has decreased. The students that these institutions serve are increasingly diverse. The higher education landscape is changing, forcing leaders to adopt new strategies to meet new needs
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