In the pursuit of success, individuals often fixate on the glory and triumph that accompanies their achievements. The fruits of success are sweet, and they captivate our attention with their allure. However, it is essential to recognize that behind every triumph lies a potential seed of d...
Read More...The Bhagavad Gita is a Hindu scripture that contains teachings on spirituality, morality, and ethics. Although it was written thousands of years ago, its lessons continue to be relevant today, including in the field of artificial intelligence. One of the central themes of the Bhagavad Gita ...
Read More...Introduction The journey to becoming a civil servant in India is no easy feat. It takes a tremendous amount of hard work, dedication, and perseverance. As a civil services aspirant, you may face moments of self-doubt, anxiety, and burnout. However, with the right mindset and attitude, ...
Read More...In Blade Runner 2049 (2017), a dystopian sequel to the original Blade Runner movie, a character eats a synthetic, lab-grown steak. This brief scene touches on the possibility of using cellular agriculture to create more sustainable and humane meat alternatives. Similarly, Okja (2017), a scien...
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Artificial intelligence is progressing rapidly. It has the potential to improve almost every facet of our lives, and the world of law enforcement is no exception. Because of its potential to provide tremendous value to law enforcement, Artificial intelligence will play an increasingly important role...
Read More...The 26th edition of the United Nations Conference of Parties (COP), which commenced at Glasgow on November 1, concludes on November 12. Prime Minister of India Mr Modi, while addressing COP 26, pledged to cut the carbon emissions to net-zero by 2070. Earlier, the US and EU had announced achieving ne...
Read More...The Marvel cinematic universe is marvellous. I often binge on the Defenders universe on Netflix, of which "Luke Cage" is the sequel I am most hooked to besides Daredevil and Jessica Jones. In the Cage series, I found the creation of Luke Cage by scientists using a gene-editing tool called CRISPR sim...
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Anand Gandhi’s “OK Computer” is a sci-fi comedy series set in 2031 starring Radhika Apte, Jackie Shroff and Vijay Varma. In the film - On a beautiful moonlit night in a tranquil coastal town in North Goa, when a self-driving car bangs into a pedestrian and kills him instantaneously, the police...
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Dogs have been helping police solve crimes since the middle ages. An impression that dogs are indispensable and irreplaceable in many police and military organisations seemed a reality until I recently watched the movie A.X.L. However, A.X.L., a 2018 American sci-fi adventure film, featured a top-se...
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Whenever we think of the film Minority Report, predictive policing might come to our mind. In the film, a clairvoyant group foresees a crime and police arrest individuals based on their information before the crime gets executed. But algorithmic policing is nothing like the Minority Report. Here, a ...
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Way back in the seventies, my cousin heaved me into a video arcade, exposing me to the virtual world for the first time. Once inside, I was blown away by the surreal ecosystem of flashing lights, eerie phantasmagorical sounds flaring off weirdly flickering lights and glinting game cabinets with shim...
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“Contagion”, a 2011 film directed by Steven Soderbergh, witnessed a massive revival in popularity because of its stunning similarities with the current pandemic's onset. The film depicts an outbreak of a deadly virus and medical researchers' attempts worldwide to contain it. The movie mirrored t...
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Voice-biometrics has been in existence in the realm of sci-fi movies for several decades, although in reality voice-biometrics has been around only in recent years. The 1968 Hollywood film In 2001: A Space Odyssey portrayed a computer named HAL 9000 that was shrewd enough to authenticate by voice, c...
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We all love RoboCop. Exoskeletons are a perfect example where technology is getting pretty close to the movies. The armour and cyborgian capabilities of exoskeletons are pretty freaking awesome. The exoskeletons give the characters extraordinary abilities to take on the supervillains of the world. W...
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Evidence-Based Policing (EBP) is a technique of formulating policy and tactical decision-making for police organisations. It is a practice of steering and leading policing with the intention of using evidence not only to drive the systematic application of key strategies or tactics but also for test...
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Yesterday, after concluding a meeting I had with my officers in connection with a forthcoming VVIP visit, I suddenly realised that my mobile had gone missing. Instantly, a sense of panic ripped through me as though I had just lost a limb. I had encountered the same dread rise inside me every time my...
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