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NASA's Curiosity rover tests new drilling method on Mars
After a mechanical problem took NASA Mars rover Curiosity's drill offline in December 2016, it has now successfully tested a new drilling method on the Red Planet, making a 50-millimetre deep hole in a target called "Duluth", NASA has said.
Facebook unveils three-pronged strategy to fight fake news
To stop false news from spreading on its platform, Facebook has said it put in place a three-pronged strategy that constitutes removing accounts and content that violate its policies, reducing distribution of inauthentic content and informing people by giving them more context on the posts they see.
3D-printed, driverless boats developed
MIT scientists have designed a fleet of 3D-printed, driverless boats that could ferry goods and people, helping clear up road congestion in waterway-rich cities such as Amsterdam, Bangkok and Venice - where canals run alongside and under bustling streets and bridges. The autonomous boats offer high maneuverability and precise control. They can be built using low-cost printer, making mass manufacturing more feasible. In the future, the researchers also envision the driverless boats being adapted to perform city services overnight, instead of during busy daylight hours, further reducing congestion on both roads and canals. "Imagine shifting some of infrastructure services that usually take place during the day on the road - deliveries, garbage management, waste management - to the middle of the night, on the water, using a fleet of autonomous boats," said Daniela Rus, from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the US. The boats - rectangular 4-by-2-metre hulls equipped with ...
Indian firm develops email service in Korean script
An Indian IT firm has developed an e-mail service that would enable Korean people to get email IDs in their own linguistic script.
NITI Aayog, ABB India to collaborate on AI, digitisation
The NITI Aayog on Wednesday entered into a partnership with technology company ABB India to work together towards realizing the government's ambitious vision of 'Make in India' through advanced manufacturing technologies that incorporate the latest developments in robotics and Artificial Intelligence (AI).
Mobiistar debuts in India with budget smartphones (Lead, correcting headline)
Vietnam-based smartphone maker Mobiistar on Wednesday debuted in the Indian smartphone market with "XQ Dual" and "CQ" priced at Rs 7,999 and Rs 4,999 respectively.
Facebook wants users to give nude photos to stop revenge porn
It may sound audacious to some but Facebook thinks that sharing with a trained employee of the company the intimate images that you fear might go viral in the social networking platforms can help it stop their spread, thereby protecting your privacy.
Cabinet apprised of MoU with Angola for cooperation in electronics, IT
The Union Cabinet was today informed about an agreement between India and Angola for promoting bilateral co-operation in electronics and information technology field. The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) intends to promote closer ties in areas of e-Governance, human resource development for IT education, information security, electronics hardware manufacturing, IT embedded software industry and telemedicine, an official release said. "The Union Cabinet...has been apprised of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between India and Angola for promoting bilateral cooperation in the field of electronics and Information Technology," it said. The IT Ministry -- mandated to promote international cooperation in the emerging and frontier areas of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) -- has inked pacts with various countries to promote close cooperation and exchange of information in this field, the release added.
Eye movement can help gauge English proficiency
MIT scientists have uncovered a new way of telling how well people are learning English: tracking their eyes. Researchers used data generated by cameras trained on readers' eyes. They found that patterns of eye movement - particularly how long people's eyes rest on certain words - correlate strongly with performance on standardised tests of English as a second language. "To a large extent (eye movement) captures linguistic proficiency, as we can measure it against benchmarks of standardised tests," said Yevgeni Berzak, a postdoc at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the US. "The signal of eye movement during reading is very rich and very informative," said Berzak. The researchers suggest the new method has potential use as a testing tool. "It has real potential applications," said Roger Levy, an associate professor at MIT. The researchers used a dataset of eye movement records from work conducted by Berzak. The dataset has 145 students of English as a second language, ...
Cabinet apprised of the MoU between India and Angola for promoting bilateral cooperation in the field of Electronics and Information Technology
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IBM announces new hiring in France as CEOs meet Macron
PARIS (Reuters) - IBM announced new recruitment in France before a meeting between President Emmanuel Macron and the bosses of IBM and Microsoft.
'Electric vehicles could save billions on energy storage'
Using electric vehicles (EVs) as mobile power storage could eliminate the need to build costly stationary grid storage for energy from renewable sources, a study has found. Using California as a case study, researchers from the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) in the US looked at the issue of large-scale deployment of renewables across the energy grid. They analysed the associated problems of variability (daytime overproduction, or evening surge demand), and how controlled charging of mandated EVs could help to mitigate these problems. "By removing the need to build new stationary grid storage, EVs can provide a dual benefit of decarbonising transportation while lowering the capital costs for widespread renewables integration," said Jeffery Greenblatt, co-author of the study published in the journal Environmental Research Letters. "These benefits are not limited to California, but are applicable worldwide whenever EVs and renewables generation become widespread," ..
PUBG Mobile reaches 10 million daily active users milestone
Tencent and PUBG Corp. announced that wildly popular game PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds MOBILE (PUBG MOBILE) has surpassed 10 million daily active users (DAUs) around the world (excluding China).Tencent and PUBG Corp. have announced the impressive DAU milestone for PUBG MOBILE, the mobile version of the massively popular game that was released on the App Store and Google Play Store internationally on March 19th. In addition, PUBG MOBILE has claimed the most downloaded spot in more than 100 countries and areas. It took PUBG MOBILE less than a week to become one of the fastest games to achieve this performance.PUBG MOBILE has been met with a positive response from players and critics alike. It has been nominated for "Best Breakthrough Hit" and "Best Community Building Game" at the 2018 Google Play Awards, and was the only game to be nominated for two awards.The PUBG MOBILE development team is focused on delivering the original PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds PC version's core excitement ..
New tech may lead to easier-to-use prosthetic hands
Scientists have developed a new technology to make prosthetic wrists and hands easier for patients to use. The technology developed by researchers from North Carolina State University in the US relies on computer models that closely mimic the behaviour of the natural structures in the forearm, wrist and hand. It could also be used to develop new computer interface devices for applications such as gaming and computer-aided design (CAD). Current state-of-the-art prosthetics rely on machine learning to create a "pattern recognition" approach to prosthesis control. This approach requires users to "teach" the device to recognise specific patterns of muscle activity and translate them into commands - such as opening or closing a prosthetic hand. "Pattern recognition control requires patients to go through a lengthy process of training their prosthesis," says He Huang, a professor at North Carolina State University. "We wanted to focus on what we already know about the human body," said ...
Mobiistar debutes in India with budget smartphones
Vietnam-based smartphone maker Mobiistar on Wednesday debuted in the Indian smartphone market with "XQ Dual" and "CQ" priced at Rs 7,999 and Rs 4,999, respectively.
Workplace automation to double in India: Survey
The use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and robotics at workplaces is expected to double in India in the next three years from current 14 per cent to 27 per cent -- which is higher than the global and Asia Pacific (APAC) average, a survey said on Wednesday.
GDPR law will herald a new era in consumer trust: Microsoft India
With the European Union's (EU) General Data Protection Regulation or GDPR coming into effect on Friday, Microsoft India has said that the law will herald a new era in consumer trust.
Advanced camera exhibition targets Tokyo Olympic 2020
The CP+ Camera and Photo Imaging Show, better known as "CP Plus Show" was held in Yokohama, Japan.This four-day annual trade show has attracted over 68,000 visitors this year, showcasing the hottest products and technologies in the market by major Japanese camera makers.The event aims to further promote and develop photographic culture and its surrounding industries."I was able to re-appreciate the sophistication of these Japanese camera makers. Take the shutter speed for example; it is set to fire specific times per second. They are dedicated to the precision of their products," a visitor said.Each company's booth provides a stage with different themes and models and the visitors can freely test shoot its newly promoted products.On the stage, there are performances by professional athletes who will be competing for the Tokyo Olympic in few years.The maker aims to respond to the special needs for these people in the upcoming Olympic Game."As a long-time top sponsor of Olympic Games, ..
Microsoft showcase AI bot that makes phone calls to humans
While Google Duplex, which lets AI mimic a human voice to make appointments and book tables through phone calls, has mesmerised people with its capabilities and attracted flak on ethical grounds at the same time, Microsoft has showcased a similar technology it has been testing in China.