DailyPost 148 CREATIVE MONOPOLIES Monopolies, by conventional wisdom, economic thought and practice, in a state regulated atmosphere, state run public enterprises provide goods and services in the interest of subservient public good, as the underpinning to the welfare state. Even private companies got into the same rigmarole in a regulated and protectionist regime. We are […]
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DailyPost 147 CREATIVE MONOPOLY Capitalism and the supposedly inbuilt competition have been touted as the economic panacea to the world; of fairness, transparency and equal opportunity. This also provided a handle to tackle the other prevalent economic & political thought of the world socialism. Capitalism triumphed and competition became its default mode. Times have changed
DailyPost 146 IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN Public domain is generally thought to be synonymous to public life and the variants we are comfortable with is political life, social and civil activism, religious and spiritual gurus; who hog the maximum public space and thus rule over the hearts and minds of people. The electronic and
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DailyPost 144 TIME TO CELEBRATE TECHNOLOGY In the cacophony of the TRP, Chennai, UP et al gain pre-eminence not only precedence over one of the most watershed moments in the history of research & development in this country the launch of PSLV – C 37. Social media is not far behind its electronic visual cousin
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DailyPost 143 DIGITAL IRON DOME TECHNOLOGY Wish cyber attacks going unabated and breaking into systems which had been treated as impregnable, Israel is in the process of creating a digital equivalent of the Iron Dome to protect government, public & private enterprises from the ever increasing intensity of hacking. It draws its inspiration from a
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DailyPost 142 DEEP LEARNING TECHNOLOGY When human beings are getting mesmerised by shallow learning; deep learning technology is making major strides with a potential of changing our lives completely in the days to come. Siri, DeepMind / AlphaGo et al are already giving us the feel of the world to come. At the core of
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DailyPost 141 AN URGE TO CREATE TECHNOLOGY In the cacophony of the multimedia world, though often repeated, but still to affect our psyche even in a small way, an urge to create is conspicuously missing. From IBM to Amul are all creations. To create is to elevate ourselves to next higher level of existence. The
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DailyPost 139 3D PRINTING TECHNOLOGY The 3D Printing happens to be the biggest technological leap since the inception of printing by Gutenberg, some 600 years bring, transforming the world with ideas and giving the world view shattering movements of Reformation & Enlightenment and the life. Mass communication got born and over time and space got
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DailyPost 132 BIG DATA – THE FLIP SIDE We are being datafied is a reality of life ; when location apart, feelings and sentiments have also become data. The surge of data creation and its usage seems to be unstoppable. Herein, comes Big Data; still in nascent stage, but having the capability, to deliver one
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DailyPost 128 Collaborative Research- A Necessity One guide one researcher model is the mainstay of the Indian basic research. Small teams working on a one research project is a rarity and bigger teams working on a pathbreaking research project is the rarest. The lab to field transfer remains at the lowest ebb. The humungous resources
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DailyPost 122 INDIAN RESEARCH – Should be researched upon! The direction, quantum, contribution and impact of Indian research remains in the realm of imagination . There is a crying need to rectify the situation. The starting point is always empirical data. The creation of a detailed database of research conducted out of public money in
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