Three teams from across the country have been declared winners of hackathon “Hack-cidents” to improve road safety. The team from Maharishi Markandeshwar Engineering College, Mullana, focused on providing pothole location alert and drowsiness detection and alerting system. RNTBCI senior vice-president Harada Hirotake said while several advancements had focused on improving the vehicle performance and the environment, the teams that participated …
The Indian Institute of Technology Madras launched a hackathon to develop a system to improve road safety and a prototype licencing regime for those seeking to apply for driving licences. Read |IIT Madras Launches Centre for Indian Knowledge Systems, to Focus on Vāstu, Astronomy, Traditions Addressing the inaugural session, V. Kamakoti, Director, IIT Madras, said, “Road safety is getting collaborative …