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SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY - July 2017

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Jun 03, 2024

Assam Gets Northeast's 1st AI Teacher 'Iris'

Draped in a traditional 'Mekhela Chador' and jewellery, Assam and northeast India's first artificially intelligent (AI) teacher 'Iris' promptly answered all questions of students of a private school in Guwahati.
The humanoid listened to the question - what is haemoglobin? - and replied to the student with all the details.
'Iris' has a voice-controlled assistant which helps it respond to student queries and provides detailed explanations.
The robot has been developed in collaboration with Makerlabs Edu-tech under the Atal Tinkering Lab (ATL) project initiated by NITI Aayog.

China Lands on Moon's Far Side in Historic Sample-retrieval Mission

China landed an uncrewed spacecraft on the far side of the moon, overcoming a key hurdle in its landmark mission to retrieve the world's first rock and soil samples from the dark lunar hemisphere.
The landing elevates China's space power status in a global rush to the moon, where countries including the United States are hoping to exploit lunar minerals to sustain long-term astronaut missions and moon bases within the next decade.
The Chang'e-6 craft, equipped with an array of tools and its own launcher, touched down in a gigantic impact crater called the South Pole-Aitken Basin on the moon's space-facing side.
The successful mission is China's second on the far side of the moon, a region no other country has reached. The side of the moon perpetually facing away from the Earth is dotted with deep and dark craters, making communications and robotic landing operations more challenging.

Jun 02, 2024

James Webb Telescope Finds Record-breaking Distant Galaxy (02)

The James Webb Space Telescope discovered what appears to be a new record-holder for the most distant known galaxy, a remarkably bright star system that existed just 290 million years after the Big Bang, according to NASA.
The galaxy has been named JADES-GS-z14-0.
In addition to JADES-GS-z14-0, NASA also discovered another distant galaxy JADES-GS-z14-1, that is almost equally far away. This takes second spot in the ranking of the earliest galaxies ever observed by humans so far.

Jun 01, 2024

ChatGPT Meets Beckn in FIDE's AI Agent BecknGPT

The Foundation for Interoperability in Digital Economy (FIDE), which is the genesis co-author of the Beckn Protocol, that powers ecommerce networks like the government-backed Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC), unveiled a multi-network AI agent that can carry out commercial transactions on the user's behalf.
The AI agent, Beckn Generative Pre-trained Transformer or BecknGPT, is an open-source demonstration app over Open AI's ChatGPT.
The combination of Beckn protocol and AI can unlock a whole new world of possibilities.

May 31, 2024

Agnikul Carries out Successful Sub-orbital Launch of Agnibaan, India's Second Privately-built Rocket

IIT Madras-incubated start-up Agnikul Cosmos test launched the indigenously designed and developed world's first rocket with a single-piece 3D printed engine from Sriharikota.
Agnibaan - SOrTeD (sub-orbital technology demonstrator) was launched from India's first private launchpad, Dhanush, established by the start-up.
It also marked India's first semi-cryogenic engine-powered test rocket launch.

May 30, 2024

IIT-Bombay, TCS to Build India's First Quantum Diamond Microchip Imager

The Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT-Bombay) entered a strategic partnership with Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) to develop India's first Quantum Diamond Microchip Imager.
This advanced sensing tool holds the potential to unlock new levels of precision in the examination of semiconductor chips, reduce chip failures and improve the energy efficiency of electronic devices.

Reliance Jio arm, Tech Mahindra Bag Orders from Ghana for Building 4G, 5G Telecom Infrastructure

Ghana signed deals with a Reliance Jio subsidiary, Tech Mahindra, and other vendors to build 4G and 5G infrastructure as the African country aims to enhance its telecom capabilities.
Ghana's state-backed Next-Gen Infrastructure Company (NGIC) has partnered with Jio's arm Radisys, Tech Mahindra and Nokia to build the necessary infrastructure for delivering affordable 5G mobile broadband services.
Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, Ghana's Minister for Communication and Digitalisation, emphasized India's strategic relevance due to similar demographics and recent telecom advancements. Choosing Indian vendors over Chinese suppliers, Ghana seeks to benefit from India's expertise in the field.
Ghana explores the deployment of both 4G and 5G networks, along with discussions with Elon Musk's Starlink for satellite connectivity. This expansion strategy aligns with Ghana's goal of deepening telecom penetration.

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