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Education in India. The Great Betrayal!
“Education is the difference between humans and animals. It is what enables us to think, reflect, and transcend our basic instincts.” Education in India. The…
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Great Expectations! The cover story of The Economist June 24.
The Economist, one of the most credible and influential weekly magazines worldwide, published a “Dawn of the Solar Age “cover story on June 24th. *|MC:SUBJECT|*…
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Water: A Billion Tragedies
Indian Sub-continent, 7000 BCE- 1900 BCE Over 10,000 years ago, a mighty river, Saraswati, flowed from the Shivalik Ranges in Himachal Pradesh through modern *|MC:SUBJECT|*…
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China’s increasing dominance in Electric Vehicle technology ignites global concern.
Please also read *|MC:SUBJECT|* *|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|* China’s increasing dominance in Electric Vehicle technology ignites global concern. Vol 27 28th May 2024 Please also read https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/global-auto-giants-team-up-chinas-tech-providers-share-kumud-goel-r3jac/?trackingId=ZmyzSDIqv2uhizJNe%2BIr0w%3D%3D Or…
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Global Auto Giants Team Up with China’s Tech Providers for a Share in World’s Largest Car Market
The Beijing Auto Show 2024 concluded last week. It showcased state-of-the-art EVs from various Chinese companies. China is the largest producer and market for EVs.…
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Electric Vehicle Lithium Batteries: Human and Environmental Cost
EVs using Lithium batteries are essential in our quest for a cleaner environment and to achieve a Net Zero emissions goal. *|MC:SUBJECT|* *|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|* Electric Vehicle…
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Update – TikTok and Tesla
On April 23rd, 2024, the United States Senate passed a bill with bipartisan support to ban TikTok’s Chinese parent company, ByteDance Ltd. The ban is…
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Human Microbiome: A New Science For Our Health
From the beginning of civilization until the 1950s, major killer diseases included smallpox, measles, typhoid fever, cholera, tuberculosis, influenza, and other viral and bacterial infections.…
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China’s Xinchuang initiative.Mandates indigenous PC, O/S, and application software for Government and Party use
China has launched indigenous PCs, O/S, and Microsoft Office equivalent. PCs are identified with Intel / AMD technology, Microsoft Windows, and Office software worldwide. Intel,…
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Fusion Energy breakthrough: Commercial scale plants 10-15 years.Promise of clean, cheap, limitless energy!
When the BBC asked Professor Stephen Hawking what world-changing idea he would like to see humanity implement, he said, “The development of fusion power to…
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What should everyone know about the Anthropocene?
Our knowledge, decisions, and actions regarding the Anthropocene will directly impact our lives. This is more crucial than current world events, politics, the economy, entertainment,…
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Three Weddings and a Funeral, Microsoft vs. Apple on AI
Microsoft is making significant strides in AI initiatives. On Tuesday, 19th March 2024, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella announced the hiring of Mustafa Suleyman, the CEO…
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TikTok- Caught in the US China Crossfire?
On 13th March 2024, US Congress passed an Act titled, ‘‘Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act’’. It has yet to be approved by…
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Plastic Pollution A Planetary Scourge
The world has produced 8 to 11 billion metric tons of plastic since the 1950s—more than one ton per human! This amount surpasses the biomass…
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Apple: Quo Vadis ?
Apple has not launched a big-ticket, mass-market product since it released the iPhone in 2007. There is no visible breakthrough growth driver.The smartphone market has…
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In the last eighteen months, a constant barrage of information on Generative AI, large learning models, and the astronomical valuations of some US technology companies have heightened humanity’s expectations of ushering in a new revolution more potent than the Industrial Revolution. This revolution will redefine work and provide multifold opportunities and economic gains. Techcrisp does a deep dive into some critical issues in the context of the Global South.
Significant issues facing the Global South and how AI can help.Poverty, Food and Hunger, Health and EducationWater, Energy, Climate Change, Bio-Diversity, Democracy, and Materials we…
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Apple announces scraping of autonomous EV car project code-named “Project Titan” after a decade and investment of US$ 10 Billion. Apple was discussing its car project as late as 2023, announcing a delay until 2028.
Apple announces scraping of autonomous EV car project code-named “Project Titan” after a decade and investment of US$ 10 Billion. Apple was discussing its car…
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Semiconductor News from the Far East
The US – China chip wars and uncertainty with Taiwan have Japan taking measures to revive its semiconductor market. Its supplies have fallen to no…
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Chandrayaan-3, India’s Moon Lander ( US$ 75 Million), landed perfectly on the Moon in August 2023, fulfilling its mission objective. Since 2023, Russia, Japan, and one moon landing mission by the USA failed. Yesterday, February 22, 2024, the second US-based lunar lander, Odysseus (US$ 118 Million), landed on the Moon, the first by the USA since 1972.
With a proven space program encompassing many decades and the successful moon landing (Only India, USA, and China have moon landers in place at this…
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Science.org declares – the 2023 Breakthrough of the Year to be a weight loss drug that can combat Obesity. Analysts predict the diabetes and weight loss market will be worth $100-150 billion by 2030.
Novo Nordisk A/S, a Danish pharmaceutical company, has become the largest publicly traded company in Europe with a market value of over $540 billion, following…
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AI investment juggernaut gains momentum unleashed by the Mangs. Incredulous Limited Partners and VCs sit on US$ 311 Billion dry gunpowder.
AI investment has become a high stake All In play. Mang’s- A group of Silicon Valley investors invested US$ 23 billion in AI in 2023.…
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Present state of Artificial General Intelligence – A thought experiment !
Alison Gopnik developmental psychologist at UC Berkeley “Until we solve the basic paradox of learning, the best artificial intelligence’s will be unable to compete with…
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As Gordon Moore’s law hits technical limits. Lego inspires the new breed of Semiconductors
Gordon Moore, co-founder of Intel, predicted in 1965 that the number of transistors in an integrated circuit (IC) would double about every two years. Since…
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Sam Altman – Open AI. The Pied Piper of Silicon Valley?
A news article in the Financial Times of the UK this week raised several eyebrows. Sam Altman is reportedly in talks to raise US$ 5…
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News Volume 5
Satya Nadela, CEO of Microsoft Corp, predicts that the Indian economy shall see a value-added of US$ 500 Billion in GDP due to AI in 2025; India hopes to…
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AI in Primary Healthcare- A panacea for developing countries
Walk into a lower-middle-class suburb in New Delhi. Enter a chemist’s shop. Invariably, the chemist will not be a qualified pharmacist. Within minutes, you shall…
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Why India needs to rethink its Semiconductor Policy! Timely initiative.The generation of long-term IPR by start-ups is the key.Sinking billions of US$ in capital expenditure with large Indian conglomerates who have no technical skin in the game, adds no value. Another perspective is presented.
In 2022, the Government of India announced,The India Semiconductor Mission (ISM) to establish itself as a global player in the Semiconductor market to reduce import…
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MIT Technology Review, Jan- 2024 names CRISPR among 10 Breakthrough Technologies that could have a real impact on our lives. Experts predict an IT-like economic boom scenario in 5-10 years.
GMO- Genetically modified organisms (Plants and Animals) have been around since the 1990s, first approval for human consumption was given in 1994 in the USA.…
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Huawei – SMIC KRIS 9000S 5G phone, 7-9 Nanometre Semiconductor launch – Chip Wars Accelerate.
Since 2018, the USA and China have been engaged in a trade war. Semiconductor technology has been a key point. US exports of semiconductors to…
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Will the Apple Vision Pro Spatial Computer be “Open Sesame” to Aladdin’s Cave and The Metaverse Ver 2?
The technology industry has been infatuated with 3D and Virtual reality for decades. In the field of Computer Aided Design and Engineering; the design of…