HDFC BANK HAS EMPLOYEE WHO WORKS 24X7 WITHOUT BREAK

HDFC Bank becomes India's first bank to deploy robot for customer service. A short demo of IRA robot can be seen in the video below. Talking of applications this robot has multiple features to serve customers. Customers comes in front of this humanoid and it presents multiple options like loans, cash deposit, foreign exchange,  cash withdrawal, fund transfer and fixed deposit.

This intelligent humanoid robot, IRA (intelligent robotic assistance)is  now able to greet customers, and offer list of banking services that a customer can get. The interactive humanoid robot can guide incoming customers toward banking operation cash deposit etc. Once the customer selects" take me there " option then this robot actually takes customer to requested destination.

THE FUTURE OF ARCHITECTURE - HYPERCELLS

Remember the exhibition scene from the movie "Big Hero 6" where "Hiro",the little guy builds micro robots that connect themselves to form any desired structure. 

A team of students from design and research laboratory in London has developed cellular self assembling devices that can restructure themselves as instructed. These devices named  called hypercells have ability to climb,  roll or alter into any desired structure as per architectural requirement. 

It uses arduino board and magnets that change pattern as they rotate. A single hypercell can roll itself and can even calculate shortest path to its destination. 

Students purpose the use of this system as a replacement to current urban planning process. 

HANDPRESSO - A PORTABLE COFFEE MAKING MACHINE

Ever wondered how it would be like to have a homemade espresso while travelling  or while camping outside. Handpresso is a French manufacturer has come up with a portable espresso machine. The device works by pumping up-to 16 bar pressure on handpresso unit. Hot water of about 50 ml is then added for a perfect coffee. The temperature of water is very important for the best results. So have a wonderful coffee anytime anywhere. 

NOW CRICKET GETS VIRTUAL REALITY

Ever wondered watching cricket at home with the complete experience of cricket stadium ?

STAR INDIA,  the official broadcaster of VIVO IPL, is banking on technology to increase the viewership in digital space. This IPL will be available in virtual reality format on hot star .

There are two ways to view IPL in VR on hotstar.First is through VR glasses available in the market. Second is to pause match at any given time and swipe or tilt the phone to get 360 degree view of the ground.

With cricket season in full swing now cricket fans can even try out their batting skills with virtual reality game developed by stickee in collaboration with university of bath. The game called balls ! Virtual reality cricket uses vive virtual reality headset and is available to download on steam games store.
Gamers can play against their friends and adjust difficulty level by choosing different bowler and speed.

ORIGAMI - SELF TRANSFORMER

Researchers at MIT’s Tangible Media Group have developed a self-folding, origami-like technology called aeroMorph. The new type of inflatable could open the door to all sorts of things—basically, whatever designers figure out they can create with the material.

One of the most exciting possibilities of self folding robots is their potential use in medicine. In future surgeons could deliver a tiny origami- bot into body where it could unfold and perform any medicinal task.

To make tiny origami robots move without batteries researchers have installed  two structures into the joints coil of Memory Alloy which returns its shape to original when heated and manager circuits that become energized when interacted with varying level of magnetic resonance frequencies.

MITRA - AN INDIAN ROBOT WHO WELCOMED MR.NARENDRA MODI

What could be the better way to showcase Indian Engineering by welcoming India's Prime Minister Mr Narendra Modi and US President Mr Donald trump's daughter ivanka Trump by a robot.

5 foot tall "Mitra" robot built by Bengaluru based invento robotics is designed to greet customers and interact using facial and speech recognition. It is currently serving few humans in few branches of Canara Bank and some outlets of PVR Cinemas.
Mitra robot is also available on rent for office sessions,  private birthday parties and hotels.

DIGITAL TATTOO - CHANGE IT WITH A TOUCH ON YOUR SMART PHONE

Imagine having a tattoo for which you have to spend just once and get a new tattoo whenever you want without spending additional money. Simply change the tattoo on your arm with the help of your smartphone.

As a leading digital innovation technology agency, EMERGE has come up with mobile technology and mobile app to create a screen on our skin and display information with very low energy usage

E Ink’s development, a dynamic image display required a constant current of electricity, inevitably tying the longevity of the display to the power source. Like any other implantable wearable technology, adding a display to our body has been limited by the requirement on battery power. E Ink changed this by providing a medium that consumes energy only when the content of the display changes, not requiring a current to maintain the image on its display. The result is that we can create a screen on our skin that displays information with very little energy usage

WHO IS THE WORLD'S BEST BASKETBALL PLAYER ?

MARCH MADNESS is going all around these days in U.S. It is a form of sports betting based on annual NCAA division.

Artificial intelligence is making it's way into basketball courts too. CUE is the humanoid robot designed by Toyota, has learned it's shooting techniques through artificial intelligence . It can shoot basketball in a range Close to 200,000 shots can be made from a distance of 3.6 meters from background.
A 190 cm tall humanoid robot made by a team of Engineers at Toyota .It made its recent debut with local professional Alvark Tokyo team.
It is most likely design for the exhibition purpose to show abilities of robot. The biggest challenge for the robot like CUE is to create and sustain a consistent place for them in the world of sports.

ROBOTS AT WORK - IN INDIAN RESTAURANTS

Hotel Technology has now evolved to such an extent that customer can order their favourite food just by selecting on a phone or tab placed on their table.

Restaurant in Southern India "Chennai" is revolutionizing their customer service by introducing robots as waiters. The restaurant formerly known as " momo " was relaunched as " robot " after the founding partners Venkatesh Rajendran and Karthik Kannan decided to include Technology.
At the robot robot moves at the eatery delivers food to the respective table and also collect dirty dishes and takes back to kitchen.

INDIAN IOT TECH

FIN is a tiny hardware that you can wear to a thumb and use whole arm as a touch interface . This is a Bluetooth enabled trendy gadget that can be used to control different digital devices.
There are many different applications of this device. At a time 3 different devices can be connected to this fin ring. This device is waterproof dustproof and durable. It can also be used as a security authenticator. It is fashionable and understands palm gestures .
Now let that be turning on TV, switching channels or using your smartphone everything can be done with simple Palm gesture.