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This App from IIT Experts will keep your Stress at Bay!

7May By Lavina TolaniNo Comments

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This App from IIT Experts will keep your Stress at Bay!

Experts from India's premier institute IIT Kharagpur have come up with a free mobile application that will help users manage and counter stress. Dhyanadroid- the app has been derived from words "Dhyan" meaning meditation and "android" as it is designed for smartphone users. The app has been created with two variants and will be officially launched in the coming month on 10 June. Android users will be able to download it from Google play store while iPhone users will find it on AppStore for free. Say Goodbye to Depression with Dhyanadroid According to the developers, the app has been interactively designed to help users fight depression and gain a better emotional control. It works on two methodologies: Self Evaluation and Instructive Meditation. One can check their stress using the...

IIT Kharagpur Partners With Samsung for Digital Academy

10Oct By Press Trust of IndiaNo Comments

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IIT Kharagpur Partners With Samsung for Digital Academy

IIT-Kharagpur has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Samsung India for the setting up of a digital academy on the institute's campus. The Department of Computer Science and Engineering in the institute would host the Samsung Innovation Lab and train students on the Internet of Things (IoT) through Tizen-based operating systems, commonly used by the company for its mobile phones and home appliances. IoT is a network of computing devices embedded in objects of everyday use for storage and exchange of information. The training would help students acquire industry-relevant skills and "become job ready", an IIT-KGP statement said today. The academy was a part of the company's corporate social initiative that aims at bridging the digital divide in the country by impartin...

IITKGP Innovates Technology For Safer Transport During Rain

2Sep By PriyankaNo Comments

INDIA

IITKGP Innovates Technology For Safer Transport During Rain

Researchers from the Department of Electronics and Electrical Communications at IIT Kharagpur have developed a technology that removes blur of rain from videos real-time and displays it on the windscreen of vehicles to reduce accidents. Accidents due to low visibility during heavy rain are a major concern all over the world and a technological solution was much awaited. Also, the solution needed to give real-time visual output with least errors as there is considerable risk involved in case any deviation in the imaging. The technology, Real-time Rain Removal from Videos, is a proprietary algorithm which has a big advantage for Driver Assistance Systems (DAS) that uses video information to impart traffic related information. "The technology is envisioned to be used to enhance the ...

When Google CEO Sundar Pichai Thought “Abey Saale” Was Friendly Greeting

5Jan By AdityaNo Comments

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When Google CEO Sundar Pichai Thought “Abey Saale” Was Friendly Greeting

Abey Saale is how Googles tactful and tactical chief executive Sundar Pichai had yelled out to a friend across the mess at his alma mater, IIT- Kharagpur more than two-and-half-decades back thinking its a way of greeting people. Chennai-born Pichai, who returned to his alma mater after 23 years, said his comment led to "temporarily" shutting down of the mess. "I came from Chennai. I learnt Hindi in school but I never spoke it much. So, just listening to how people are speaking, I just thought you address people this way. So one day, there was someone in the mess and I had to call him. I called him Abey Saale," he reminisced to an audience of over 3,000 people. "In the first couple of weeks, I thought you call people that way. Next thing I know is the folks in the mess were quite u...