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MakaPads

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Github Twitter Instagram YouTube MakaPads are affordable menstrual hygiene products for girls, allowing girls to focus on their education and well-being.   Key Facts ‘MAKA’ means ‘home’ and is an acronym for Menstruation Administration Knowledge Affordability. Thanks to distribution through village shops and a lower price point compared to corporate competitors, MakaPads are more readily available and affordable to rural communities. The enterprise has reached over 700 girls with their product. About 55,000 MakaPads have been sold to date. MakaPads are 95% biodegradable. Key Features MakaPads offers biodegradable sanitary towels made from papyrus and recycled paper to rural communities. MakaPads are manufactured locally and sterilized naturally via the sun...

Biodigester Toilets

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Github Twitter Instagram YouTube Eco-friendly and accessible biodigester toilets that aim to end open defecation and improve poor sanitation issues in low-income urban communities. Key Facts The eco-friendly and accessible biodigester toilets aim to end open defecation and improve poor sanitation issues in low-income urban communities. WASHKing produces, supplies, and installs high-quality biodigester toilets using locally available materials and artisans. Their newly developed smart toilet called Mamaakiban uses pay-as-you-go technology, combining smart door-lock, adequate toilet facility, and digital payment systems. The technology is easy to maintain as it treats human waste on-site and does not require piping it off-site for treatment. The provision of acc...

This non-profit is using 3D-printing technology to give refugees the gift of hearing

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Github Twitter Instagram YouTube   The rapidly advancing technological landscape is enabling innovative solutions to bridge the healthcare access gap across the world. Not-for-profit organization 3DP4ME uses additive manufacturing, or 3D printing, to provide hearing aids for children in Jordanian refugee camps. The company's work highlights how advanced manufacturing techniques are vital in creating a more equitable and inclusive future of healthcare for all. What if new technology could help improve the lives of those less fortunate and without access to services we take for granted? 3DP4ME , a not-for-profit organization working in Jordan, is addressing this issue using 3D printing to provide hearing aids to refugee children, who would otherwise have no ...

7 Completely FREE Deep Learning Courses!

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Github Twitter Instagram YouTube   1. Intro to Deep Learning with PyTorch– Udacity Time to Complete-2 Months Rating-NA ➡️ This course is a very in-depth course to learn deep learning using PyTorch.  🔗 https://lnkd.in/gwU2yAdd 2. Applied Deep Learning: Build a Chatbot – Theory, Application– Udemy Time to Complete-6hr 8min Rating-4.5/5 ➡️This is a good course if you want to understand the complete process of building a deep-learning model using PyTorch. 🔗  https://lnkd.in/gk8k6eGK 3. Intro to TensorFlow for Deep Learning– Udacity Time to Complete-2 months Rating-NA ➡️This course will cover convolutional neural networks in detail. 🔗 https://lnkd.in/gja_mKjB 4. Intro to Deep Learning– Kaggle Time to Com...

President Murmu launches warship Vindhyagiri

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Github Twitter Instagram YouTube   A view of Vindhyagiri during its launch by the Kolkata based Garden Reach Ship Builders and Engineers Ltd. President Droupadi Murmu on Thursday launched Vindhyagiri, the last in the series of three Project 17A (Alpha) frigates built by the Indian Navy at the Kolkata based Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers (GRSE). Describing the development as a move forward in enhancing India’s maritime capabilities, the President said that the launch was also a step towards achieving the goal of Atmanirbhar Bharat through indigenous shipbuilding. President Murmu said that Project 17A, under which Vindhyagiri was developed, reflects t...

Metaverse

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  AI and the metaverse As AI technology continues to evolve and be adopted within virtual environments, it is expected to play an important role in supporting immersive experiences and the overall functioning of the metaverse(s). For example, it will render virtual worlds, drive digital 3D versions of chatbots, and enable real-time translations through natural language processing.  AI as the backbone of the metaverse AI will play an important role in content creation for virtual worlds, with both humans and AI contributing to the creation of infrastructure, landscapes, and other assets. Advancements in technology are driving AI’s involvement in  content creation , including improvements in  3D displays for virtual and augmented reality . Companies are already leveraging AI to develop  entire virtual worlds , and 3D AI-driven chatbots are being created to enhance user experiences in the metaverse through personalised interactions. Furthermore, AI will also contri...