Author Archives: Rahul Raj

03 Apr

Amit Bhatt Of WRI India On The Opportunities, Challenges & Risks Of AI-Powered Indian Urban Planning & Transportation Sector

As the population in India grows, so do the country’s cities. Indian cities are not able to sustain their current population, resulting in cramped living conditions, increased pollution, inefficient utility distribution, perpetual traffic jams, overburdened public transit systems, and accidents. Most cities here are unplanned and the transportation system is marred by glaring shortcomings. Many…

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26 Mar

This AI Startup Raises $10 Mn To Make More Robots That Assist Nurses

Health workers, doctors, and nurses, all around the world, are fighting the war against the Coronavirus outbreak tirelessly, and it’s taking a toll on them. They could use all the help they can get to keep the fight against COVID-19 going on. Moxi—a hospital robot assistant, is designed to do just that.  Created by an…

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10 Feb

Move Aside Superman, This AI-Based Imaging System Lets You See Hidden Objects Around Corners

Superman can see through walls, but I am not sure whether he can see things that are not in his line of vision – around the corners. But thanks to a new technology developed by a team of researchers from Princeton, Stanford, Southern Methodist, and Rice Universities, we might be able to do so. The…

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30 Jan

What Regulatory Challenges Holding Back The Adoption Of AI In Healthcare In 2020

In today’s world, where AI impacts almost every aspect of our lives, how can healthcare be left behind? Every other day, we come across a media report of a novel new approach of AI being used in healthcare and life sciences. Some of the critical areas being drug research and discovery, gene editing, disease management…

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16 Jan

Pune-Based Company Launches NEUROShield, An AI/ML Tool For Early Diagnosis Of Brain Disorders

Pune-based health tech company, In-Med Prognostics, has launched a cloud-based Clinical Decision Support Tool for neurological disorders called NEUROShield. The company believes that the clinical decision support mechanisms offered by this technology can help hospitals and clinics take early calls as preventive health measures.  Powered by AI, NEUROShield utilizes 3D based MRI images to extract…

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09 Jan

Exclusive: Kristal.AI Uses AI To Offer Personalised Investment Advisory, Closes Series A Funding Round

According to a ResearchAndMarkets report, the digital asset management market was valued at around $1,240 million in 2018, and it is projected to reach $6,901 billion by 2024. The market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 34.1%, during the forecast period, 2019-2024. The report also suggests that the market is witnessing increased adoption…

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29 Dec

An AI Christmas Gift; Finland Offers Free Online Course On AI To Educate 1% EU Citizens On The Basics of AI

As an educational Christmas present, Finland is offering a free online course on artificial intelligence to all European citizens. The course – titled ‘Elements of AI’ – is a series of free online courses realized by the University of Helsinki and the Finnish tech company Reaktor.  This initiative – shouldered by The Finnish Presidency of…

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09 Dec

Let’s Get (Not Too) Personal; When Hyper-personalization Turns From Cool To Creepy

In Part-I of this story on Hyper-personalization, I mentioned how I preferred the Kirana store in my neighborhood market that offered a more personalized experience. But, what if, the store owner took things a tad too far by showing up at my doorstep during odd hours and bringing me stuff even when I didn’t order…

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04 Dec

Let’s Get Personal; Why Brands Are Adopting This Data-Driven MarTech Strategy

There are two Kirana stores in my neighborhood market. Their square footage is almost the same and they both offer similar products. The only differentiating factor between the two is the customer experience they both offer; one is really lousy at it, whereas the other excels at it. Guess which of these stores gets my…

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25 Nov

Here’s The Blow-By-Blow Account Of Google’s Nightingale Nightmare; Health Data Harvesting Project Spurs Federal Inquiry

Google, in partnership with one of the largest health-care systems, has been collecting health-data of millions of American citizens without their consent. As part of this project, called Nightingale, US healthcare provider Ascension was providing Google access to private health information such as lab results, diagnoses, records of hospitalization and dates of birth of nearly…

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