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Pegasystems India partners with Teach for Change to revamp India’s Government School Curriculum

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HYDERABAD, INDIA – May 6, 2017 – Pegasystems Inc. (NASDAQ: PEGA), the software company empowering customer engagement at the world’s leading enterprises, today announced the launch of ‘Pega Teach for Change’ and unveiled its plans for its largest corporate social responsibility (CSR) program in collaboration with ‘Teach for Change,’ an NGO that specializes in training primary and high government...

First test flight of stratospheric solar plane (Update)

Solar Plane
The first solar plane aimed at reaching the stratosphere made an initial low-altitude test flight over Switzerland Friday. The SolarStratos, a super-light, sleek, white two-seater aircraft with long wings covered with solar panels, took off from Payerne at 8:00 am (0600 GMT), according to an AFP photographer at the airbase in western Switzerland. "The maiden flight of the prototype ... went...

Internet of things sensors could connect via ambient radio waves

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Internet of things (IoT) systems usually link networks of sensors via radio, but radios demand battery power thus limiting usability. Disney Research has determined that one solution may be to get rid of the radios all together and communicate via the ambient radio waves from TV, radio and cell phones. Researchers led by Alanson Sample, associate lab director and leader...

2,000 houses in Maharashtra generate own solar power and sell extra to state-grid

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Sunday was a special day for over 500 residents of Grace Housing society in the Vasant Oscar complex at Mulund as their long cherished dream of having solar power plant finally came true. Now the society's sprawling campus, lobbies and parking area will be lit by the solar energy generated during the day by 30 KW panels installed on terraces....

New sensor molecule makes light work of mechanical stress

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Stress sensors are important tools when it comes to evaluating the robustness of a material exposed to strong mechanical forces. In a paper in Advanced Materials, researchers at Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST) in Japan report a new kind of sensor molecule that brightens when the material it is incorporated into comes under heavy mechanical...

Walmart wants to put sensors on everything so it can automatically order you stuff

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Walmart is thinking about the ways in which the Internet of Things could get more products into shoppers’ homes. In a patent publicly revealed this week and spotted by CB Insights, the company describes a system of connected sensors that could monitor customers’ product consumption. The sensors would be attached to products and rely on a variety of technology,...

Internet of Things Applications in Healthcare Industry

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There is no doubt that the IoT is transforming healthcare industry by redefining the way how apps, devices and people connect and communicate with each other. IoT is playing an important role in developing integrated healthcare solutions to ensure patients are cured better, healthcare costs are reduced significantly and treatment outcomes are improved. Healthcare has come up as an...

ISRO demonstrates solar hybrid electric car made of in-house resources

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The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) recently demonstrated a solar hybrid electric car at Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC) in Thiruvananthapuram. ISRO said this car was developed using in-house expertise and resources within the organization. The demonstration of the car including the uphill drive was held during the last week of March 2017. VSSC is ISRO's lead space research centre responsible...

Internet of Things Startup Business Ideas and Opportunities

Infosys partners TechGig
According to a report published on forbes, 50 billion devices are predicted to be connected by 2020. IoT industry will be larger than traditional IT industry in world and will bring thousands of business opportunity and jobs in the market. We are born to be smarter and the process is on. We have stepped in the era of connected...

EDGE2017 Now Seeking Partners for Annual Cybersecurity Conference

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KNOXVILLE, Tenn., May 5, 2017--The EDGE2017 Security Conference, a world-class cybersecurity conference where complex business security problems meet real-world solutions, is now expanding strategic partnership opportunities for companies and organizations for their second annual national event October 17-18, at the Knoxville Convention Center in Knoxville, Tennessee. Keynote speakers at the conference include 33 year Air Force veteran and former director...

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