Author: News Desk
In India, social life is not easy for the disabled. Many public places are not accessible to them as the concept of inclusivity is still a novel concept in the nation. The Bengaluru-based startup RampMyCity started by Prateek Khandelwal, who suffered paraplegia due to a spinal cord injury in 2014, attempts the fill this gap. His accessibility startup strives to improve the quality of life of the physically-challenged people across India so that they can enjoy life at its fullest. Prateek started RampMyCity in 2018 following his spinal cord injury in 2014. His wheelchair-bound life inspired him to launch this idea. He realised that the buildings in India are not designed in a way to…
The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur has created a compressed air-based pipeline system for delivering coal and minerals that is both time and money efficient and offers round-the-clock monitoring. The material loss, delivery time unpredictability, and air pollution issues will all be addressed by the cargo-based hyperloop system created by Professor Bishakh Bhattacharya and research scientists Kanhaiya Lal Chaurasia and Yashasvi Sinha at the Department of Mechanical Engineering. In addition to reducing transportation time, an energy-efficient pipeline infrastructure for coal evacuation, which contributes for almost 75% of India’s electricity consumption, will also lessen dust pollution at the mine sites…
Chief executive of India’s Akasa Air has announced that the company will place a “significantly” sizable order for brand-new narrow body aircraft this year as it seeks to capitalise on increasing domestic demand and launch international service. Out of a total order for 72 aircraft that must be delivered by March 2027, the 200-day-old airline has already taken ownership of 17 Boeing 737 MAX aircraft. The newly placed order would be for narrowbody aircraft, according to the co-founder of Akasa and former CEO of the now-grounded, bankrupt full-service airline Jet Airways. The order plans come at a time when travel…
Google created the Google Bard AI (Bidirectional Encoder Representations from Transformers) language model to create higher-quality text by foreseeing the next word in a given phrase based on context. It is trained on a large text corpus and can be tailored to able to synthesize text in a specific style or domain using smaller datasets. GPT-3 (Generative Pretrained Transformer 3), the third version of Open AI’s language model, was trained on large amounts of text data and is capable of producing, summing up and translating text, responding to queries, and performing a variety of other natural language tasks. Both ChatGPT…
Elon Musk said on Wednesday that he has hired a dog to take over as CEO of Twitter. Musk wrote in a tweet, “The new CEO of Twitter is great,” including a photo of his pet dog “Floki” sitting in the CEO’s chair.It was followed by, “So much better than that other man!”The dog “has style,” according to Musk, and is “excellent with numbers.” Regarding Musk’s article, several users commented. One person commented, “I guess he was the only one insane enough to take the job,””He is perfect for the job,” Musk retorted.Another user questioned whether Twitter would introduce the…
Pune will build the first-ever solid waste to hydrogen factory in the nation. The Pune Municipal Corporation will establish the plant for 430 crore rupees. The Green Billions Ltd (TGBL), a company that offers sustainability solutions, will set up the facility under a 30-year contract with the PMC. The plant will be set up to process 350 tonnes of solid waste per day by the end of the next year, according to information supplied by PMC officials. The project will be implemented by Variate Pune Waste to Energy Pvt Ltd, a fully-owned subsidiary of TGBL, with project management consultancy provided…
Chennai- based start-up Garuda Aerospace unveiled its latest tech marvel SURAJ, a solar-powered drone, designed specifically for surveillance operations, at Aero India 2023.Dr Satheesh Reddy, former DRDO chairman and current principal scientific advisor to the defence minister unveiled the drone. SURAJ is an ISR (intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance) high-altitude drone designed specifically for surveillance operations, providing “real-time information to the high command and protecting Jawans on the ground.” The drone’s unique J-shaped wings are equipped with solar-powered cells that serve as its primary fuel source, while an auxiliary battery provides additional propulsion or decreased speed as required. The drone will carry…
Founder of ‘Thenga’ Maria Kuriakose, gleams with pride while talking about the world she created for herself from coconut shells. From her childhood, Maria Kuriakose, now a successful young entrepreneur hailing from Kerala, always dreamt of starting something of her own and have always been fascinated and curious about how products are created, how they are priced and many other aspects of it. So after pursuing her Master’s in Business administration from Spain and working in Mumbai for 4 years, Maria couldn’t wait to delve into the unknown and start her own company. Keeping apart her ardent desire to create…
A dedicated Web3 specialist ecosystem called Hub71+ Digital Assets was introduced by Hub71 on Wednesday. More than $2 billion in funding has been committed to finance Web3 businesses and blockchain technology from the capital of the United Arab Emirates. Hub71+ is a specialised ecosystem devoted to developing particular technological fields. The rise of digital assets and the unlocking of Web3’s disruptive potential will be the main priorities of Hub71+ Digital Assets.Hub71 in Abu Dhabi Global Market will be the home of Hub71+ Digital Assets (ADGM). The project’s anchor partner is First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB), the biggest bank in the…
Piaggio Vehicles Pvt Ltd., the Indian subsidiary of Italian auto major Piaggio Group, on Tuesday announced the entry of its electric three-wheeler Ape Electrik in the Philippines for last-mile mobility. The electric three-wheeler will be manufactured at the company’s Baramati manufacturing facility in Maharashtra. The company will be deploying the Ape E-City and Ape E-xtra vehicles equipped with Sun Mobility’s battery-swapping technology. The electric 3-wheelers will be available in the Philippines through Philippinerimex, a subsidiary of Rusco Motors Inc. Mr. Ajay Goel, Co-Founder and Executive Director, SUN Mobility, said, “SUN Mobility is the leader in battery swapping for 2 & 3 wheelers in India and has deployed 300 Swap Points in 18 cities across the country, powering over 68 million kms and 3.7 million swaps so…