Artificial intelligence

23 Mar

Eco-friendly scooter for last mile delivery and personal commute

The News Horizon0 CommentsAutoArtificial intelligence, Connected Vehicles, IIT Delhi, IOT, Mobility, S&T, Smart Vehicles

New Delhi: Rising pollution and increase in prices of petrol and diesel have prompted the manufacturers to develop eco-friendly and better fuel-efficient vehicles. Working in this direction, the electric scooter 'Hope' has been launched by Gelios Mobility, an Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi, incubated start-up. With a running cost of around 20 paisa per kilometre this scooter is found to be best suited for the last mile delivery and personal commute. HOPE comes with a portable charger and a portable Li-ion battery that can be charged through a normal domestic socket found in homes, eliminating the requirement of a…

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…