Humans communicate a lot non-verbally, thanks to the ability of our brain to understand tone. Would computers be able to do this? Currently capable of understanding plain text, they are struggling to learn the emotions behind the words, conveyed through tone. But these machines are catching up fast. Digital audio processing tools equip computers to understand various information in sound, including emotions.Prof Preeti Rao of the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay is an expert in sound processing—an approach that helps us do various useful things, one of which is removing unwanted sounds (or noise) from an audio clip. With her team at the Digital Audio Processing Lab, Prof Rao attempts to understand the nature of sound, reveal the information it may hold, and use it for, say, identifying tracks, melodies or the raga of a song.
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द्विमितीय नॅनो-सामग्री वापरून प्रकाशीय निस्यंदक व तापविद्युत साधने बनवणे शक्य होईल असे एका सैद्धांतिक अभ्यासात सूचित
Scientists around the world have been actively looking for eco-friendly alternatives to conventional chemical-based batteries. In one such effort, researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT Bombay) have designed a micro-combustor that is efficient and environment-friendly. The study, funded by the Science and Engineering Board (SERB) and Department of Science and Technology (DST), has been published in various journals including Applied Physics Letters, Energy Conversion and Management, and Applied Energy.
शोधकर्ताओं ने पता लगाया कि कैसे मिट्टी की गुणवत्ता में सुधार करने वाला स्यूडोमोनास नामक जीवाणु कार्बारिल को हज़म कर जाता है
The novel coronavirus — termed SARS-CoV-2 — belongs to a family of viruses that target and infect the upper respiratory tract of mammals. At least six types of coronaviruses are known to infect humans that cause common cold. Scientists have reported the existence of coronaviruses in bats and birds dating back to millions of years ago.
In a recent effort, researchers at IIT - Kanpur have worked on answering about the approaches to flatten the epidemic curve.
New design in thermoelectric devices can increase both output power and efficiency
A ventilator can be a life-saver for patients whose lungs are damaged by the COVID-19 infection. But India, like all countries grappling with this pandemic, is likely to face a large shortage of ventilators. Manufacturers are unable to source key components such as sensors and flow controllers from abroad due to the current disruptions in global supply chains.To address this shortage, a team of engineers at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) is currently building a prototype of an electro-mechanical ventilator from scratch, using only components found or made in India, based on guidelines issued by the UK Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency. It is expected to be ready within the next couple of weeks.
In an earlier episode of The Joy of Science Shambhavi Chidambaram spoke to Professor Shravan Vasishth about, among other things, the joy of psycholinguistics. In this interview, Professor Vasishth talks in detail about teaching statistics and the need to understand uncertainty both to students and the general public. He is the author of “Shravan Vasishth’s Slog”, a blog about statistics. This interview has been edited for clarity and conciseness and has been run past Prof Vasishth for accuracy before publication.
ವರ್ಚಸ್ವಿ ಪ್ರಾಣಿಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಒಂದಾದ ಭಾರತದ ರಾಷ್ಟ್ರೀಯ ಪ್ರಾಣಿ ಹುಲಿಯನ್ನು ಪ್ರಪಂಚದಾದ್ಯಂತ ಪ್ರಾಣಿಸಂರಕ್ಷಣೆಯ ಮುಖವಾಗಿ ಬಳಸಲಾಗುತ್ತಿದೆ. 2019 ರಲ್ಲಿ ಭಾರತದ ಪ್ರಧಾನಿ ನರೇಂದ್ರ ಮೋದಿಯವರು ಅಂತರ್ರಾಷ್ಟ್ರೀಯ ಹುಲಿ ದಿನವಾದ ಜುಲೈ 29 ರಂದು 2018 ರ ರಾಷ್ಟ್ರೀಯ ಹುಲಿ ಗಣತಿ (ಎನ್ಟಿಇ) ಸಮೀಕ್ಷೆಯ ಫಲಿತಾಂಶಗಳನ್ನು ಪ್ರಕಟಿಸಿದರು.