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Artificial intelligence (AI) has been the talk of the start-up town for a while now. E-commerce major Flipkart plans to create an AI unit called AIForIndia. Online transportation network company Ola recently rolled out an AI-based real-time tracking mechanism for passenger safety. But Unicorns and established players aren't the only ones bullish on this technology. There is a clutch of newbie ventures that have focused their business models primarily around AI. From leveraging artificial intelligence for those in search of a life partner to deploying it for curating gourmet and healthy food menus, start-ups are utilising the much-in-demand technology in the most unique ways. AI offers tremendous growth potential for start-ups, with private sector investment scaling up over the years. As per industry estimates, more than $150 million has been invested across 400 AI-focused start-ups in India over the last few years. Meanwhile, private sector investments in AI in the US have be...

The researchers from Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL) and ETH Zurich in Switzerland drew inspiration from bacteria to design the highly flexible biocompatible micro-robots. HIGHLIGHTS ·          Scientists have developed tiny, smart robots that can swim through blood vessels ·          These devices can pass through narrow blood vessels ·          The robots can be either controlled using an electromagnetic field or left to navigate Scientists have developed tiny, smart robots that can swim through blood vessels, paving the way for ingestible machines that could deliver drugs directly to diseased tissue in the future. The researchers from Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL) and ETH Zurich in Switzerland drew inspiration from bacteria to design the highly flexible biocompatible micro-robots. Since these devi...

SCHOOLS HAVE BEEN GIVEN THE TASK OF HANDING OUT AADHAAR CARD REGISTRATION FORMS TO PARENTS STARTING NEXT WEEK MUMBAI: Schools across Maharashtra have been asked to ensure that no student is left without an Aadhaar card. The education department recently received 816 machines from the government, which will be installed at schools across 408 talukas in the coming days. The circular issued by the education department reads: “While the card is not required for school admissions, it is still an essential document for midday meal, scholarships, etc. It is thus important for students to get the card to avail these facilities.” An official from the state education department said school staff will be trained for the task in the coming days. Students who have an Aadhaar card but are yet to update their biometric details on the portal also need to complete the process soon. Schools have been given the task of handing out forms to parents from the next week. After students regist...

Solutions were presented at Mumbai By Design, a festival organised by a city-based academy From building sensors to gauging traffic congestion in an area to magnetically levitated pods providing public transport, college students came up with innovative design-based solutions for transport-related problems in the city. The solutions were presented at Mumbai By Design, a festival organised by Pearl Academy — an education institute from Andheri — last week to celebrate the diversity and distinct cultural influences in the city. One of the competitions titled ‘Design Intervention’ invited design-led innovations to solve daily issues such as traffic management and rail efficiency. Students from 15 institutes present innovative measures and futuristic ideas to address these problems. Rajat Kushwaha, a student of the Industrial Design Centre at Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay (IIT-B) suggested installing electromagnetic induced charging for electric cars on roads. “We ...