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Autoware – open source self-driving coming of age?

Autonomous cars have been one of the most interesting technical challenges in the last few years. The problem seems to have attracted the smartest brains across technical universities and industries alike. In fact, there was even a time when self-driving car engineers’ salaries had become a discussion point as they had shot up so much …

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Real-time intent prediction of pedestrians for Autonomous Vehicles

Autonomous Vehicle testing in a civic atmosphere has become regular scenery across California, Detroit, Arizona, London, Beijing and diverse parts of the world. The tests indicate that autonomous technology is getting promoted from a long distance thought to near future action. In the near future, Autonomous vehicle will share the road with: Manual automobiles (Bus/Cars/ …

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The Agricultural Revolution begins with the help of AI and Robotics

Almost all the process of agriculture has been automated to some extent. Harvesting has also been done mechanically for decades in crops such as potatoes and wheat. But, for crops like iceberg lettuce, tomatoes, strawberry, and other delicate fruits and vegetables, it is still challenging. Currently, available types of robots can’t be employed in the …

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The race to become an EV battery supply chain giant

Electric vehicles have been the recent attraction and in trend while in search of alternatives to fossil fuel. Many technologies have been realized to replace fossil fuels and their emissions to ensure emission-free clean energy generation to reduce carbon footprint. Focusing on mobility, the candidates racing are Hydrogen and Electric solutions. Amongst the two, Electric …

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Smart Glass: Innovative technology for the future of buildings

Owing to the rising environmental concerns, today, many organizations are adopting smart technologies to reduce energy consumption and improve the comfort of their occupants. Building owners are making everything in their building smart and connected and soon the windows and walls or partitions could be also hit with the smart tag too. Smart glass windows …

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Human-in-loop to make the AI applications possible

Artificial intelligence is gaining new grounds. The use of AI is increasing in various traditional fields like monitoring on the factory floor, automating customer service communication, analyzing vast amounts of data generated for business intelligence, marketing, operations covering almost all aspects of a business. It has also given rise to new areas like autonomous vehicles, …

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The next best thing in the construction industry: 3D printers and eco-friendly concrete.

The fundamentals of construction have remained more or less unchanged since the last few decades, buildings/structures have been constructed. This includes a mason piling bricks with cement mortar mix. Few inherent challenges of the process are that it is highly dependent on the skills and speed of the manual worker. It takes a lot of …

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Bionics 3D Printing - WhatNext

Bionics 3D Printing

The field of bionics is the best example of the fact that science and technology are largely inspired by nature. While bionics can be broadly defined as biologically inspired engineering, it emphasizes on imitating certain biological functions that can be seen in nature. For instance, technologies like sonar, radar and medical ultrasound are inspired by …

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