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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.
                 Smart  thermostats  like  the  Nest–use  sensors, real-time  weather
                 forecasts and the actual activity in your home during the day to reduce
                 your monthly energy usage by up to 30%. Keeping you more comfortable
                 and offering to save you money on your utility bills.

                 IoT is here to stay and expand. Many new utilities with rich functionality
                 can be built which will revolutionise our lives. Think of driverless cars and
                 an automatically managed traffic system using IoT sensors, which result        Smart thermostats
                 in zero accidents. Truly, in the world of IoT, 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 physical 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 between ideas         3D Printing technology
                 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 tooling and extensive work. It helps the students to design
                   and produce models they can hold and feel.

                                             Rapid Prototyping (RP) Method: It is used to    3D Printing in Education
                                           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     3D Printed equipments
                                        tissue-like structures replicating their natural equivalents—to medical devices
                                        like prosthetics. With 3D Printing, prosthetics can be modeled, customised and
                                        printed at lower costs and quickly.
                                            Construction: It is widely used in the construction industry; model houses

                   3D Model for house     can be built in a day using 3D Printing.

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