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30 Mar

SBI Foundation to help deploy two indigenous innovations for COVID care

The News Horizon0 CommentsHealth & Fitness, Lifestyle, Techbiomedical, biotech, C-CAMP, COVID-19, CSR, cutting-edge, global, Healthcare, hospitals, indigenous, innovation, life-saving, market, medtech, national, pandemic, primary health centres, quarantine, respiratory, SBI Foundation

New Delhi: Bengaluru-based Centre for Cellular and Molecular Platforms (C-CAMP) has inked a pact with SBI Foundation for CSR (corporate social responsibility) support towards boosting existing public healthcare efforts in light of a resurgent COVID-19 pandemic. Through this joint effort, they will bring two new, potentially life-saving technologies in assisted respiratory devices and contactless remote vitals monitoring categories for deployment across the country. The innovations developed by two of India’s medtech startups, Coeo Labs and Turtle Shell Technologies will be deployed in several cities worst affected by the pandemic. Dr Taslim arif Saiyed, C-CAMP CEO and Director said, “The C-CAMP-SBI…

25 Mar

Researchers devise digital method to process Sanskrit texts

The News Horizon0 CommentsEducation, TechAI, Artificial intelligence, Computational processing, Digital resources, IIT Kharagpur, Indian Institute of Technology, languages, linguistics, regional languages, Sanskrit

New Delhi: While various digital resources have improved the accessibility and use of world languages and even regional languages, Sanskrit presents unique challenges in automated computational processing. In addition to the sheer volume and diversity, both stylistic and chronological, found in these texts, the linguistic peculiarities expressed by the language, pose several challenges in making these works accessible to the world. Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur are making Sanskrit accessible with their Artificial Intelligence (AI)-based system for processing Sanskrit texts. Researchers led by Dr Pawan Goyal have developed a digital infrastructure for the efficient processing of…

24 Mar

CSIR-CMERI transfers COVID related technologies for commercial production

The News Horizon0 CommentsHealth & Fitness, Lifestyle, TechCentral Mechanical Engineering Research Institute, CMERI, Commercial production, COVID Technologies, CSIR, innovations, Municipal Solid Waste Disposal System, Oxygen Enrichment Unit, S&T, Technology Transfer, UVC LED Sterilizer

New Delhi: Along with scientific and technology-based innovations, their commercial production is equally important. In a recent initiative, CSIR-Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute (CMERI), Durgapur, has transferred its COVID-related technologies to Sai Enviro Engineers Pvt Ltd (SEEPL), Tamil Nadu, Zen Medical Technologies Pvt Ltd, Telangana, and Trinity Microsystems Pvt Ltd, New Delhi respectively. CMERI is a constituent laboratory of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR). COVID- related technologies transferred by CSIR-CMERI include Integrated Municipal Solid Waste Disposal System in modular form, Oxygen Enrichment Unit and Intelligent UVC LED Sterilizer Unit. Prof. (Dr) Harish Hirani, Director, CSIR-CMERI said “There…

19 Mar

ISRO to establish ‘Space Technology Incubation Center’ at NIT Rourkela

The News Horizon0 CommentsNational, Science, TechIndian Space Research Organisation, ISRO, National Institute of Technology, S-TIC, Space mission, space technology, Space Technology Incubation Center, Start-up

New Delhi: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is going to establish a ‘Space Technology Incubation Center’ (S-TIC) at the National Institute of Technology Rourkela to carry out research and product development in space technology and applications. This Centre will enable start-ups to build applications and products that could be used in future space missions. NIT will extend its state-of-the-art laboratories, facilities and expert faculties to meet these objectives. The upcoming centre will promote startups, capacity-building, innovations and research in Space Technology in the States of Odisha, West Bengal, Bihar and Jharkhand besides the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The MoU…

17 Mar

CSIR scientists develop sensor to monitor health status on the go

The News Horizon0 CommentsHealth & Fitness, Science, Techanalysis, biomarkers, chemical markers, circuit board, CSIR-CECRI, Department of Science and Technology, electrode, health, high-throughput, INSPIRE, Karaikudi, lactate, monitor, physiology, potassium, real-time, saliva, skin, sodium, supercapacitor, Tamil Nadu, tissues

New Delhi: A team of scientists at Council of Scientific and Industrial Research’s Central Electrochemical Research Institute (CSIR-CECRI), Karaikudi, Tamil Nadu, has developed a flexible low cost, wearable sensor that can monitor the health and physiological status of the human body on the go by just analysing the sweat. The microfluidic sensor can be used for on the spot monitoring of several biomarkers such as lactate, Sodium, and Potassium simultaneously from sweat samples. It analyses the biomarkers without any transfer of signals. The high-throughput sweat sampling ability of the sensor facilitates continuous capture and transport of the sweat over the…

03 Mar

DGPS based technology to Improve fertilizer application

The News Horizon0 CommentsAgriculture, Techagriculture, DGPS, farmland, fertilizer application, Food security, Geospatial, IIT Kharagpur, Mapping, Soil maps

New Delhi: Geospatial mapping is a buzzword today with the Govt. of India liberalizing the sector. There is another side of mapping that could transform the food security program of India; soil maps, which could be accessed using differential GPS (DGPS), developed by researchers at (Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur) IIT, Kharagpur for a variable rate of fertilization application in farmlands. Spatial variations in soil type and mineral content in large agricultural tracts are a common phenomenon that leads to a dynamic need for resources such as fertilizers, pesticides, herbicides and even water. Farmers have been collecting information on these…

02 Mar

“Data and Artificial Intelligence are growing sectors among new job clusters”

The News Horizon0 CommentsScience, TechArtificial intelligence, Data Science, IBM India, IBM Research India

New Delhi: Data and artificial intelligence are the fastest growing clusters and these sectors need to be included in schools, colleges, and university curricula, said Director IBM Research India, and CTO, IBM India and South Asia, Dr. Gargi B Dasgupta. She was discussing the jobs that would stay for the next ten years, at a special lecture on National Science Day (NSD) on the theme ‘Future of STI: Impacts on Education, Skills and Work’. She spoke about the future of jobs and the urgency of science, highlighting the recent study by the World Economic Forum (WEF) on the new emerging…

24 Feb

Novel technique may help in early detection of Cancer, Alzheimer’s, and Parkinson’s

The News Horizon0 CommentsScience, TechDNA Modification, nanopore, new technique, RRI

New Delhi: Scientists from Raman Research Institute (RRI) have developed a new technique to measure DNA modifications that can have applications in the early diagnosis of multiple diseases like Cancer, Alzheimer’s, and Parkinson’s diseases. DNA conformation, in particular, it’s supercoiling, plays an important structural and functional role in gene accessibility as well as in DNA condensation. Alteration in DNA affects their expression and functions. DNA controls cell survival through the genetic code as well as via modifications to its structure. The scientific community was looking for a technique with very high resolution to measure such modifications of DNA structures and…

24 Feb

‘Crowd and Mask’ Monitoring System to prevent COVID-19

The News Horizon0 CommentsHealth & Fitness, Science, Tech‘Crowd and Mask’, Artificial Intelligence (AI), COVID-19, IISER, innovators, Monitoring System

New Delhi : Innovators at Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Bhopal have developed a unique ‘Crowd and Mask’ Monitoring System to prevent COVID-19 fromspread. This one-of-its-kind low cost Artificial Intelligence (AI)-enabled device is portable and easy to deploy across various locations, says a statement released by the institution. Wearing masks is among the primary precautions adopted to prevent COVID-19 from spread along with social distancing. With the Institute commencing the process of bringing students back to campus in phases, this AI-powered system will help to maintain a minimum of three feet of social distancing. In an initiative…

17 Feb

Scientists devise new method for accelerated evaporation of droplets

The News Horizon0 CommentsScience, Techbiological samples, biomedical engineering, diagnostics, Droplet, Evaporation, IIT Guwahati, Ink-jet printing, Surface patterning

New Delhi : Indian Institutute of Technology (IIT), Guwahati researchers have developed an advanced technique for rapid evaporation of droplets. It is a novel method of controlling the overall lifetime of droplet. The inferences drawn from this study could have far-reaching implications ranging from biomedical engineering to biological sample diagnostics, ink-jet printing, surface patterning and many more, say researchers. “We have seen in our daily life that fluids are transported either by using pumps and compressor, but with the advent of miniaturization, a small fluid volume can be transported whatever the distance it is, from one place to another place,…