Electricity consumption from the manufacture of artificial intelligence (AI) chips has soared by more than 350 percent worldwide between 2023 and 2024, according to new research from Greenpeace East Asia. In East Asia, the global hub for AI semiconductor production, growing electricity demand from AI chipmaking has been met primarily …
"Make IT Green: Cloud Computing and its Contribution to Climate Change" shows how the launch of quintessential cloud computing devices like the Apple iPad, which offer users access to the "cloud" of online services like social networks and video streaming, can contribute to a much larger carbon footprint of the …
JAIPUR: Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has said that telemedicine and treatment of patients through satellite uplink would play a significant role in the health care in future in the State with several initiatives being taken on the modern technology front. Laying the foundation stone for a new wing for …
Director of Public Health S. Elango on Monday said clarifications were needed on the bio-safety of Genetically Modified (GM) mosquitoes being developed by researchers globally to combat vector-borne diseases such as malaria, chikungunya and dengue. He said here that public health administrators and governments could not take any chances with …
Farmers should adopt modern technologies of cultivation and the scientists should improve on the traditional cultivation methods by inventing useful equipment that suit the local needs, opined agriculturist Dr H Somashekhar. He was speaking after presenting a paper during the session on the comprehensive development of the district, in the …
If you want to see the future of the information technology industry, South Korea is one of the best places to begin. As the world wrestles with using IT for solving industrial problems, South Korea is experimenting with IT projects that could help with some of the world
On the occasion of the 135th Foundation Day of the indian meteorological department (IMD), minister for science and technology and earth sciences Prithviraj Chavan inaugurated India's first mega computer (IBM P6) which will go long away in providing accurate weather predictions. Speaking on the occasion, the minister said the this …
A consortium led by Alcatel-Lucent yesterday outlined a research programme to produce technology within five years that can cut the carbon emissions from telecoms networks by a factor of 1,000. The consortium involves leading mobile phone operators, such as AT&T;, China Mobile and Telef
Indian Railways have drawn up ambitious plans for developing high speed train systems in India. The Author, who is an expert in track structure and bridges, has brought out the different track structures needed for operation of high speed trains. Various types of tracks, both ballasted and ballast-less track structures, …
The Industrial Policy of Delhi 2010-2021 that has come out after 1982 aims to promote non-polluting and clean industries with focus on hi-tech, knowledge-based and IT-based Industries. It also envisages operation and maintenance of existing industrial areas and development of new industrial areas on private partnership basis. The industrial policy …
Advanced Traveller Information Systems (ATIS) play an important role in intelligent transportation systems; they assist travellers with pre-trip and en route travel information to improve the convenience, safety and efficiency of travel. ATIS automatically integrate data and distribute critical information from a number of sources.
PUNE stands on the ground that rises on either side of the Mula and Mutha rivers. While the confluence of the two at the heart of the city gave it its original name
State Government had formulated Industrial Policies in 1978, 1982, 1989,1992, 1996 and last Industrial Policy of Punjab was notified in March, 2003. The objectives of the last policy were to create conducive investment climate through infrastructure creation and to make the small scale industry competitive. However, in view of the …
This report is the result of the effort to highlight the use of scientific and technical knowledge as an essential foundation for disaster risk reduction, and to make recommendations on key issues and priorities, including ways that specialist scientific and technical information can be more effectively adopted and put into …
India is currently the world's fifth largest consumer of energy, accounting for 3.7% worldwide energy consumption. The energy for cooking accounts for 36% of the total primary energy consumption. In this regard, solar cookers are expected to contribute considerably towards meeting the domestic cooking energy requirement in a country like …
The Global CCS Institute was established as a key organisation charged with the responsibility of accelerating the deployment of carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology. In so doing it would work with other leading organisations to achieve the Group of Eight (G8) objective of launching 20 large-scale CCS demonstration projects …
This paper reviews the methods and technologies for congestion pricing of roads. Congestion tolls can be implemented at scales ranging from individual lanes on single links to national road networks. Tolls can be differentiated by time of day, road type and vehicle characteristics, and even set in real time according …
Sri Lanka Health Ministry has taken steps to provide fifty sets of equipment to the hospitals in the country to measure plasma levels and the thickness of blood in patients suffering from dengue hemorrhagic fever. Issuing a special press release the Ministry said that the tests carried out by using …
