Reading Time: 3 minutes Bill Gates said, “the internet is becoming the town square for the global village of tomorrow.” The internet culture is becoming more and more crucial to our lives these days. Someone who does not know his way around the internet is nearly an outcast. In such a situation, we must pause for a moment to…
Reading Time: 3 minutes With the distant future looking dimmer each day, a much better option seems to be looking at what is within your arm’s reach. The larger scheme of cause and action shakes uncontrollably under the present pandemic. We have all been waiting and whining to go back out again and carry on with our plans…
Reading Time: 3 minutes “Data is everywhere” is a modern business place version of the otherwise religious phrase, “God is everywhere”. At the rate that data is growing, it is predicted that by 2020, the accumulated volume of big data will increase from 4.4 zettabytes to 44 zettabytes – about tenfold. With these numbers and a healthy growth rate,…
Reading Time: 3 minutes What do you think of when you hear the term, ‘start-ups’? A tiny company looking to dish out ripple over ripple of disruption in an industry? Does it mean an ideal workplace? Does it mean risk?Start ups Whatever it means to you, to these entrepreneurs and MBA graduates from top business schools, the ‘start-up’ is…
Reading Time: 3 minutes While you’re on the couch, bingeing on Family Guy, texting your friend about your weekend plans, in a fully air-conditioned room, you barely notice how deeply technology has penetrated and made life easier. Imagine what you’d be doing without these – probably just sitting in or attempting this long-distance conversation in person.tech tips Considering the…
Reading Time: 3 minutes Festival ˈfɛstɪv(ə)l/ Noun 1.Something you don’t associate with ‘nerds’. 2.The heart and soul of IITians, and a legacy to protect I am a student of graduating batch of 2019 at IIT Kanpur. A general perception is that IITians are a bunch of nerds who stay glued to their books or laptops. Whenever we meet our…
Reading Time: 3 minutes I have this wallpaper on the home screen of my phone. I like to think of my wallpaper as an opportunity to motivate myself – send myself a message every time I look at my phone. The wallpaper says ‘Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish.’Steve Jobs What does it mean to stay hungry, and to stay foolish?…
Reading Time: 3 minutes At the IIT E-Summit 2018, there were many seminars discussing cutting edge technology. One such seminar conducted was on the future of Artificial Intelligence and how we need to gear up to meet the challenges of the future. Artificial Intelligence: What is That? To the uninitiated, artificial intelligence is the simulation of human intelligence processes…
Reading Time: 3 minutes According to the youth of today, our education systems need a thorough shaking up. They had some of the most interesting insights about our education. It’s time we listened to our youth and consider their suggestions. Our Education System Needs to Be Revamped to Keep Up With the Times Walking down the long, winding road…
