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Why STEM education is so important

STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) is an acronym that stands for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics. STEM education focuses on teaching these four disciplines as a whole, so that concepts may be easily applied through hands-on activities and real-life examples. Science, math, technology, and engineering are taught as four different disciplines in the traditional Indian educational system. STEM education, on the other hand, conveys knowledge through integrated learning that is based on real-world applications of concepts. STEM education allows children to apply what they’ve learned in the classroom to…

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Deep tech SaaS firm Spyne bags $7 million funding from Accel, others

Spyne, a deep-tech Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) company, has secured $7 million in a round headed by US venture capital firm Accel, with existing investors Storm Ventures, Smile Group, Pentathlon Ventures, and Core91 also participating. Spyne intends to utilise the funds to hire more people, expand globally, especially in the United States, and establish a computer vision lab for more in-depth research and development (R&D). “We are looking to build a strong deep-tech computer vision team and for our new computer vision lab, we will be hiring from IITs and other institutions,”…

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Healthtech startup Ultrahuman acquires wearables firm LazyCo

Ultrahuman, a health-tech business, revealed on Tuesday that it has acquired LazyCo, a consumer-focused wearables company, for an unknown sum. To improve the user experience and raise metabolic health standards around the world, LazyCo will collaborate with Ultrahuman’s global in-house hardware development team. Ultrahuman, based in Bengaluru, will employ the LazyCo team’s expertise to give consumers with more detailed metabolic information and better overall health information. Ultrahuman’s wearable technology, founded by Mohit Kumar and Vatsal Singhal, helps people optimise their activity and nutrition based on glucose indicators. Kumar and Singhal…

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Google Search Discover Feed on Android Testing ‘Like’ Button For Articles

Google’s Discover Feed displays news articles and other written content from around the web. For the first time, the Google Search Discover feed on Android now displays likes directly beneath the articles. The like button resembles those found on Twitter and other social media sites. However, Google’s experimentation with the “like” button could have a significant impact on the article’s exposure or the amount of traffic it produces from viewers/readers. It’s feasible that Google will introduce likes as a means for people to determine whether or not an article in…

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Tech is ready to get into your skin

Implanting microchips into the human body is no longer a science fiction concept, but a reality. Walletmor, a British-Polish business, recently announced that it was the first to commercialise such technology. The implant, according to Wojtek Paprota, the company’s founder and CEO, may be used to pay bills everywhere contactless payments are accepted. Walletmor’s chip is made out of a tiny microchip and an antenna wrapped in a biopolymer — a naturally generated material similar to plastic — and weighs less than a gramme and is around the size of…

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Epic Games raises $2 billion in funding to accelerate metaverse plans

Epic Games has raised a significant sum of money in order to realise its aim of building a metaverse in the near future. The company has raised a $2 billion round of money for the cause, backed by existing investors Sony Group Corporation and Kirkbi, and has stated its intentions in a recent memo. In its announcement, Epic Games mentions where it plans to direct the funds. As per Tim Sweeney, CEO and Founder of Epic Games, the investment will propel the company’s work “to build the metaverse and create…

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Flying taxi co eyes 2023 commercial prototype launch

The ePlane Company, a 2017 startup established at IIT-Madras, plans to build a commercial prototype of a flying taxi next year. The ePlane Company, founded by IIT-Madras professor Satya Chakravarthy and IIT alumni Pranjal Mehta, is developing a first prototype of an electric flying taxi called the e200 that it hopes to sell by 2024. The e200 is a two-seater plane with a maximum payload of 200 kilogrammes and a range of 200 kilometres. It can take off and land vertically. It features two propeller sets. One pair permits it…

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Fintech startup iTribe raises $1 million in funding from Eximius Ventures, Cred’s Kunal Shah, others

Bengaluru-based fintech startup, iTribe has raised $1 million in a funding round from investors such as Eximius Ventures, Kunal Shah (Cred), Incisive Ventures, and several angel investors. The Cred leadership team (Harish, Swami, Sreeni, Ketan), Pearl Agarwal (Eximius Ventures), and angel investors such as Aravind Sanka, Pavan Guntupalli, and Rishikesh SR (founders of Rapido), Reeju Datta (founder of Cashfree), Gaurav Dahake (founder of Cashfree) took part in the investment round (founder of BitBns). According to a prepared corporate statement, iTribe wants to use the funding to develop new technology solutions…

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Where Are The Drone Delivery Startups Now?

We heard about various drone startups talking about bringing a revolution in delivering medicines, vaccines, and groceries when the struggle against Covid-19 was in full swing last year. Drone delivery startups have made headlines in India, with claims that they are the next big thing. Swiggy to lead India’s drone delivery revolution and how easy food delivery apps can ‘fly’ steaming hot pasta to your balcony practically flooded our social media feeds. However, whenever there is a situation where drone delivery may make a real impact, these firms are nowhere…

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Phablecare raises ₹187 cr in funding round led by Kalaari Capital

Phablecare, a chronic disease management firm, announced on Monday that it has secured 187 crore in a funding round headed by Kalaari Capital, with Aflac Ventures, Digital Horizon, and Stride Ventures joining current backers Omron Ventures, SOSV, Social Starts, and Fresco Capital as well. The funds will be used to establish a chronic care ecosystem, market expansion, and customer acquisition, according to the company. The additional monies will be used to develop other revenue streams as well. The company stated that it is considering purchasing other competitors in the market…

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