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SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY - July 2024

Jul 2024

Jul 04, 2024

"World's First AI Dress" With Robotic Snakes, Internet Reacts

A Google employee created the 'world's first AI dress'. Christina Ernst, a software engineer at the tech giant and the Founder of SheBuildsRobots.org, a platform which aims to educate girls on building robots, shared a clip of her creation which has robotic snakes attached to it to detect faces.
The piece, known as the "Medusa dress" is black with three golden-coloured snakes around her waist and one large robotic snake around her neck.

Jul 03, 2024

IT firm HCLTech Launches its First Global Delivery Centre in Bihar

Noida-headquartered IT services firm HCLTech opened its first global delivery centre in Patna, Bihar, to focus on the delivery of IT and engineering services for hi-tech and semiconductor companies.
Going forward, the centre houses specialised labs and centres of excellence to boost HCLTech's technology innovation and offers a wide range of services to global clients.
Located inside the Udyog Bhawan complex in Patna, the centre offers modern workspaces to employees along with training and growth opportunities across HCLTech's global network, said the firm.

Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw Inaugurates Global IndiaAI Summit 2024

Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw inaugurated the Global IndiaAI Summit 2024 in New Delhi. Ashwini Vaishnaw emphasised India's leadership role as the Lead Chair of the Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence (GPAI). The event brought together experts and member countries to discuss safe, secure, and trustworthy AI.
The summit had a diverse array of sessions which were designed to delve into critical aspects of AI application and governance in India. Notable sessions included 'IndiaAI: Large Language Models', and were explored on how advanced AI models could navigate India's linguistic diversity while upholding ethical standards.
A session titled 'Empowering Talent through AI Education & Skilling' was held aimed at bridging the AI skills gap by spotlighting educational strategies and career pathways.

Jul 02, 2024

SERA, Blue Origin Announce India Partner Nation for Human Space Flight Programme

The Space Exploration and Research Agency and Blue Origin announced India as a partner nation in their human spaceflight programme for citizens from countries who have sent a few or no astronauts to space.
SERA, a US-based agency, will offer citizens from across the world six seats on a future mission of New Shepard, Blue Origin's reusable suborbital rocket.
New Shepard will fly the selected astronauts on an 11-minute journey past the Kármán line (100 km), the internationally recognised boundary of space.

Chinese Scientists Discover the Plant that Could Survive On Mars

As per reports, a team of scientists from China discovered a plant that could possibly be able to survive and grow in the harsh climate of Mars. The desert moss, which is found in Antarctica and the Mojave Deserts, might become pivotal to establishing life on the red planet.
Scientifically named Syntrichia caninervis, the plant can handle extreme cold, extreme radiation levels and drought. The team claims that its research, which focuses on the possibility of cultivating plants on the planet's surface as opposed to in greenhouses, is the first to examine the survival of entire plants in such an environment.

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