Microsoft India, and the L. V. Prasad Eye Institute, a not-for-profit comprehensive eye care institution in Hyderabad, India, have launched the Microsoft Intelligent Network for Eyecare (MINE), a machine learning network that will help doctors in India fight eye disease and reduce the risk of avoidable blindness. Silicon ANGLE reports that...
Ducere Pioneers Smart Shoes for the Blind
Headquartered in India's southern city of Hyderabad, Ducere Technologies' Le-chal (Colloquial Hindi: take me along), the world's first interactive haptic footwear, gives vision to millions of visually challenged across the world to navigate through the sense of touch. Founded in 2011 by electrical engineers Anirudh Sharma, a graduate of the...
India's Bharat Biotech To Start Phase-1 Trials of Zika Vaccine
After completing pre-clinical studies on its new Zika vaccine candidate Zikavac, Hyderabad, India-based Bharat Biotech announced that the company is now seeking the approval of the government to begin Phase-1 trials where the inactivated vaccine candidate will be tested on 100 people, reports BioSpectrum. India has no known cases of...
Datawind Enters the Smartphone Market in India
Mississauga, Canada-based Datawind, a developer of wireless, web-access products and services, announced that it will launch three 4G LTE-capable phones in India in October. The smartphones will be priced between $45 and $75, and will be manufactured in the company’s plants in Amritsar and Hyderabad, reports Mashable. The company has...
NCR Expands R&D Facility in India
NCR Corporation, the Duluth, Ga.-based company said it is moving its existing engineering center in Hyderabad to a larger location in the city in early 2017 since it is expanding its operations in India. The current facility develops and supports software and services used by global institutions. Some of these...
IKEA to Expand Aggressively in India
Sourcing from India for 30 years for its global stores, Swedish home furnishing company, IKEA, plans to double its sourcing from India to 600 million euros by 2020. About 70 percent of the current sourcing is in textiles and rugs. To be part of the $600 billion Indian retail market, IKEA has pledged...