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You can monitor an aging family member by using a wearable alarm button and other wireless
sensors placed around the home. The BeClose system can track your loved one’s daily routine
and give you peace of mind for their safety by alerting you to any serious disruptions detected
in their normal schedule.
IoT devices in the home can include smart thermostats, lighting
systems, security cameras, and appliances, all of which can be
controlled remotely or automatically.
IoT is here to stay and expand. Many new applications with rich
functionality can be built that will revolutionise our lives. Think of
driverless cars and an automatically managed traffic system using
IoT sensors, which result in fewer accidents. Truly, in the world of IoT, Smart Thermostats
only our imagination is our ultimate limit.
3D PRINTING
3D Printing or 3-Dimensional Printing is a technology which was
first developed at MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) in
the 1980’s. It is the process of making a physical object from a
three-dimensional digital model. In this technology, we use the
3D digital data on the computer to build 3D objects by adding
layers of material which could be polymers, metals, concrete or
even plant and human tissue. 3D Printing helps to bridge the gap 3D Printing Technology
between ideas and images on a page or screen and the creation of those ideas/images in the
physical 3-Dimensional world.
The major applications of 3D Printing are:
Education: It is widely used in the education sector. It prepares
the students for their future by allowing them to create
prototypes without the need for tooling and extensive work.
It helps the students to design and produce models they can
hold and feel.
3D Printing in Education
Rapid Prototyping (RP) Method: It is used to create models to
quickly test a new product before mass production. 3D Printing can
be termed as a RP method.
3D Prototype
Medicine: In the last several years, 3D Printing applications have
increased manifold in the world of medicine. They range from
bioprinting – where biological materials like cells and growth factors
are fused to create tissue-like structures replicating their natural
equivalents – to medical devices like prosthetics. With 3D Printing,
3D Printed Equipments prosthetics can be modeled, customised and printed at lower costs
and less time.
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