Three Andhra University students develop mobile app to cut down waiting time in queues
Visakhapatnam :
A team of three students — P Arvind, A Abhishek and E Anirudh — from the Computer Science department of Andhra University have come up with a mobile application ‘Waltz’, to bring down waiting in long queues at grocery stores and shopping malls.
Finding a way to showcase their idea at IIT Kharagpur Techno Fest which was held recently, they stood as the only team from AP in top five among the 20 best ideas selected.
“There were a couple of ideas which crossed our mind. From our personal experiences, when my mother asked me to get something and I had to stand in long queue to get only one product at a grocery shop. I could see many walking away leaving the product.
Then we thought why can’t we come up with a mobile app and now with everything going cashless, we thought this would definitely attract the public,” said P Aravind, the first year CSC student. Through this app, one can scan the barcode and add to cart.
Once the shopping is done, they can pay the total bill online, instead of standing in long queues. They can show the e-bill in their phone and leave.
“We have also conducted mock tests for a month in a few shopping malls, where we could get good response.
For printing every bill, it costs `30 paise per customer. This can also be saved. Titled Waltz which means dancing to rhythmic sounds, every customer can just buy and pay bills while dancing round the mall,” said E Anirudh, second year CSc student.
“Our parents are very confident with the ideas we have proposed because they too know how tough it is sometimes standing in long queues. They completely supported us,” he added.
While the team will be given one year training and three months exposure to real market under the fellowship by C-Mint company of Bengaluru, these engineers are in plans to go for self-investment which costs `4 lakh.
source: http://www.newindianexpress.com / The New Indian Express / Home> States> Andhra Pradesh / by Express News Service / February 08th, 2017
Experiments in Vizag Agency areas bear fruit
Commercial production of Andhra Pradesh apple may begin in four to five years
Experiments of the past three years have confirmed that the Agency areas of Visakhapatnam are suitable for apple cultivation.
If all goes well, commercial production of apples could begin in four to five years.
“We are undertaking further study on the varieties that are suitable for the region. The outcome of these studies is expected in a couple of years,” chief scientist of the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB), Hyderabad, Ramesh Aggarwal, said. He was on a visit to the Regional Agricultural Research Station (RARS) at Chintapalli in the Agency area of the district recently.
“Low chilling varieties of apple saplings — Anna, Michael and Selection — were planted at RARS, in 2014. The results — the average number of fruits per tree was 35 and average weight of each fruit was 53 gm,” Associate Director of Research, RARS, G. Jogi Naidu, told The Hindu.
“We again planted new varieties — Apple ‘A’ mark creeper, Apple Bilaspur and Nonisalan — in August 2016 and we are expecting good results. The CCMB distributed around 5,000 saplings to 100 tribal farmers in 2014 for cultivation in the Agency. Around 15,000 saplings were distributed to them recently,” he said.
“The results have shown that the fruit has a sweet/sour taste. It is small in size,” said Mr. Naidu.
“The overall average minimum temperatures in the Agency areas of Visakhapatnam district is in the range of 4 to 17 degrees Celsius during winter. RARS is also growing wheat from Indore and white rajma, chick pea, barley and oats on an experimental basis.”
source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> News> States> Andhra Pradesh / by B. Madhu Gopal / Visakhapatnam – February 08th, 2017
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AIR Tirupati vows to be more interactive
Its FM station completes 26 years of existence
Staying in touch with listeners and designing programmes in tune with the public demand is the vow taken by the All India Radio’s Tirupati station.
Come February 1, 2017, the FM station completes 26 years of existence. On the occasion, the station has announced to offer special programmes by meeting the people at the grassroots.
The Tirupati station touched a milestone four months ago by launching Sri Venkateswara Suprabhatham and other rituals live from Tirumala from 3 a.m. to 6 a.m. The programme has been receiving tremendous response from all over. Also, scholars from Sri Venkateswara Vedic University render Vedic chanting for five minutes at 6 a.m. “Ours is the station that works for the longest duration in the State,” says station director Nagasuri Venugopal.
The five-minute Sanskrit news bulletin is also getting good response in Tirupati.
Apart from a tower at its Annamaiah Circle premises in the city, the station has another tower on Tirumala hills, operating on frequencies 107.5 MHz and 103.2 MHz. Thanks to its high altitude, the programmes reach places as far as Amalapuram (East Godavari), Bhongir (Telangana), Tiruchirapalli (Tamil Nadu) and Bengaluru. “We have dedicated listeners who write to us regularly from Telangana and Coastal Andhra districts,” Dr. Venugopal has pointed out.
While the private players are focussed on city-specific developments, youth and film music, AIR Tirupati concentrates on inculcating values in children, reaching out to women through ‘Vanithalokam’, farmers at ‘Chenu-Sedyam’ and local litterateurs in ‘Prabhatha Rekhalu’. Dr. Venugopal has announced launch of more localised content in the forthcoming days.
source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> News> States> Andhra Pradesh / by Staff Reporter / Tirupati – January 31st, 2017