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Is it possible to use recycled plastic waste for road building and if so, will it substantially absorb plastic waste from the environment?

Dev Kumar
Dev Kumar
Updated on 26-Jun-2020 176 Views

Recycled plastic or for that matter, any plastic when mixed with the bitumen used to build asphalt roads tend to make the roads stronger and more durable. Considering the total number of roads that are already there and newer roads that will be built in a huge country like India, the total amount of plastic waste generated by the country is way too much to be absorbed entirely in this road building and repairing activity.Hence, building roads with recycled waste plastic can be part of the overall plastic recycling efforts but on its own, it can't absorb all of the ...

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Is it necessary to bring in automation in every sector of the Indian economy? Won't it deny jobs to millions in an overpopulated country with high unemployment?

Dev Kumar
Dev Kumar
Updated on 25-Jun-2020 194 Views

Automation is an integral part of the development and progression of equipment and processes that in turn, are integral parts of most of the activities that act as engines of growth across most economies around the world. There's another side to automation and that is the importance of its application in military equipment and processes. It has been seen that nations with a history of producing robust and highly efficient military equipment, are the ones that are dominating the automation industry today.The USA, Germany, Japan, France, UK, Russia, Sweden, Italy, and Canada among a few others dominate in automation excellence.The ...

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What is the easiest way to transfer files from phone to PC?

Shankar Bhatt
Shankar Bhatt
Updated on 25-Jun-2020 226 Views

This question occurs in our minds when we have to transfer files and all old methods start giving us enough troubles. The one way is to synchronize your phone with the USB cable, but you cannot carry the cable everywhere. You can transfer your data through email or other conventional methods, but again these tricks come with a lot of mess. However, you can get this done through some easy tools mentioned here:Push BulletYou can connect your phone and PC completely with the help of this tool, which also gives you a feeling that both your device and PC are ...

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What are some social media terms I need to know now?

Shankar Bhatt
Shankar Bhatt
Updated on 25-Jun-2020 197 Views

Chatbots − Little bots can answer questions and give information based on queries in natural written language. It is also possible to place orders with them. Many companies already use chatbots. Among them are Uber, Sephora, KLM, and Whole Foods.Microblogging − Short message postings from a social media account. Facebook statuses and Twitter posts are two examples.Tweeps − Twitter + People = Tweople. Twitterati is also used for Twitter users.Meme − A means of taking viral concepts and making them everyday lingo.User-Generated-Content (UGC) − An article describes UGC as being Latin for "crap" which is, quite frankly, well-put. UGC is ...

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Google Talk - An Old Friend Now Rested In Peace

Sharon Christine
Sharon Christine
Updated on 24-Jan-2020 264 Views

Have you felt sad when you heard for the first time that the days of Google Talk chat service is over? Many long-time users of Google Talk felt the same; they feel nostalgia remembering the days when they used to chat hours with their friends and families. Just like the memories of our high school days that always stayed with us and create mixed emotions when we fondly remembering them.Those are the days when you did not have many options at your hand to chat with your friends and family except this amazing app. There were no Whats-app, Facebook Messenger, ...

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Essential – An Amazing Phone From the Creator of Android

Sharon Christine
Sharon Christine
Updated on 24-Jan-2020 188 Views

Do you want to change your phone because of some features which you don’t like at all? And for that reason, are you thinking to buy a new one? That happens, though you love your phone the most still there are few things which you don’t like at all. There are some unnecessary features pointlessly cluttering your lives. You may want to get rid of them but you are helpless as they are inbuilt features, thus cannot be simply removed, isn’t it?.You are not alone, many people feel the same. Even the creator of Android also thinks that the current ...

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CONVERSATIONAL INTERFACES – Speech Recognition Technology

Sharon Christine
Sharon Christine
Updated on 24-Jan-2020 308 Views

Conversations are a part of our lives. But can computers converse too? Well, over the last few decades computers and humans have begun to interact with each other through speech recognition and speech synthesis technology. Known as ‘Conversational Interfaces (CIs)’, we’ll take a look at how these evolved, the types and the latest ones doing the rounds today.BackgroundHumans and computers first interacted with each other via the ‘terminal interface.’ They used the command line or DOS prompt. But due to lack of knowledge of the syntax, it did not develop as the mainstream language. Next came the ‘Graphical User Interface’ ...

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What is the foreseeable future of WEARABLE DEVICES?

karthikeya Boyini
karthikeya Boyini
Updated on 23-Jan-2020 234 Views

One of the most electrifying fields in consumer technology is ‘wearable devices.’ Indeed 2014 was dubbed as the ‘Year of Wearable Technology;’ and by 2018, the technology is expected to peg at $27 billion.Their existence began way back in the 17th century with Abacus Ring, 1780 Pedometer to Exoskeleton in 1965, moving towards digital watch in 1972, bluetooth headset in 2000, GoPro in 2004, Pebble in 2012, Google Glass and fitness bands in 2013, Google Cardboard in 2014, and Spectacles in 2016.What is a wearable device?A technology worn on the human body is known as a wearable device or wearable ...

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Top New Skills Needed in the World of Digitization

karthikeya Boyini
karthikeya Boyini
Updated on 23-Jan-2020 247 Views

In the quick changing digital world, where we are carrying digital money, shopping online, calling through VOIP and constantly being online all the time, it is difficult to work without digitization. To become an outstanding IT professional in this digital world, we may require more skills than before. Here we have identified few skills which are in high demand in the market.AI/Machine Learning ResearcherThe machine language was always there but never in demand. Research improvements to machine learning algorithms will be one of the hot skills of the future. The knowledge of machine language and Artificial Intelligence has become a ...

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Water on Mars. Is Life next?

Sharon Christine
Sharon Christine
Updated on 16-Jan-2020 345 Views

In the past several decades, scientists have come up with various theories regarding possibility of life on Mars, and like most other mysteries this one is also yet to be solved. But for unfolding a possible discovery, NASA scientists having putting in lot of money, technology and effort into missions to Mars.Mars is the 4th planet from the Sun and currently second closest to Earth. With this proximity to Earth it has a few similar physical properties that drives scientific curiosity to find life on the red planet. And scientists consistently attempt to find whether the Martian Physical Environment was ...

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