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What is EIA all about?

Environmental Impact Assessment ( EIA ) is a process of evaluating the likely environmental impacts of a proposed project or development, taking into account inter-related socio-economic, cultural and human-health impacts, both beneficial and adverse. Creation of this system is vital to conform socio-economic development projects to environmental safety and thereby ensure sustainable economic development. ... It also enables us in carrying out environmental cost-benefit analysis of projects at an initial stage. The draft seems to favour the industries and seems to be largely neglecting the balance between sustainable development and environment protection. The Union government, on the contrary, argues that the new draft will reinforce transparency and expedite the process. EIA covers projects such as mining of coal or other minerals, infrastructure development, thermal, nuclear and hydropower projects, real estate and other industrial projects. The projects are assessed based on their...

AI related Fields

In addition to AI, there are several other closely related topics that are good to know at least by name. These include machine learning, data science, and deep learning.   Machine learning can be said to be a subfield of AI, which itself is a subfield of computer science (such categories are often somewhat imprecise and some parts of machine learning could be equally well or better belong to statistics). Machine learning enables AI solutions that are adaptive. Deep learning is a subfield of machine learning, which itself is a subfield of AI, which itself is a subfield of computer science. We will meet deep learning in some more detail in Chapter 5, but for now let us just note that the “depth” of deep learning refers to the complexity of a mathematical model, and that the increased computing power of modern computers has allowed researchers to increase this complexity to reach levels that appear not only quantitatively but also qualitatively different from before....

What is Robot?

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In brief, a robot is a machine comprising sensors (which sense the environment) and actuators (which act on the environment) that can be programmed to perform sequences of actions. People used to science-fictional depictions of robots will usually think of humanoid machines walking with an awkward gait and speaking in a metallic monotone. Most real-world robots currently in use look very different as they are designed according to the application. Most applications would not benefit from the robot having a human shape, just like we don't have humanoid robots to do our dishwashing but machines in which we place the dishes to be washed by jets of water.                                                   It may not be obvious at first sight, but any...

Artificial Intellegence

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As you have probably noticed, AI is currently a "hot topic": media coverage and public discussion about AI are almost impossible to avoid. However, you may also have noticed that AI means different things to different people. For some, AI is about artificial life-forms that can surpass human intelligence, and for others, almost any data processing technology can be called AI. To set the scene, so to speak, we'll discuss what AI is, how it can be defined, and what other fields or technologies are closely related. Before we do so, however, we'll highlight three applications of AI that illustrate different aspects of AI. We'll return to each of them throughout the course to deepen our understanding. Application 1. Self-driving cars Self-driving cars require a combination of AI techniques of many kinds: search and planning to find the most convenient route from A to B, computer vision to identify obstacles, and decision making under uncertainty to cope ...

Anyone can be a Photographer but Everyone one cannot be a Good Photographer

It's easy to be a photographer but its really hard to be a good photographer. God did not make everyone with a photographic or artistic sense. So it's our duty to create it. Our eyes are a camera it captures whatever we see but we cannot project out what we can see with our eyes. So Our Ancestor's brains worked harder to create a box that stores the memories which we capture and it was called a camera. But most difficult of all is the ability, no the willingness to realize that the pictures you make no matter how much others complement them will never be as perfect as you envisioned. There are so many variables that even the best photographers wish that they had more time to learn.  To my mind, the most difficult thing being a photographer is to keep and implement the idea about this profession. The next hardship concerns the very process of activities – brainstorming, visualization of a form and creation, fundraising and the implementation of it all. There are al...