Civil aviation has, traditionally, been based on the notion of a pilot operating the aircraft from within the aircraft itself and more often than not with passengers on board. Rapid technological innovations have enabled pilotless aircraft which can be designed for specific applications that require precision or long duration which have been considered near impossible hitherto.
These aircraft also enable applications considered dull, dirty or dangerous, in other words, tasks that entail monotony or hazard for the pilot of a manned aircraft. Such pilotless aircraft make use of a ground-based or pre-programmed automatic controllers to manoeuvre the aircraft in flight and are generally termed as drones, although a better term is Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS).
Traditionally, drones had been limited to military use due to high costs and technical sophistication. However, there is a far broader scope for UAS use, including, inter alia, commercial, scientific and security applications. These potential applications have driven innovations in UAS technology; especially in areas of control, navigation and energy storage; which have provided consumers with suitably small-sized cutting-edge products that are easy to operate and maintain at affordable prices. Today, due to economies of scale, consumers can purchase drones for less than a thousand rupees. Even sophisticated drones with advanced cameras and sensors are available for under fifty thousand rupees. Large aircraft manufacturers such as Boeing and Airbus, on the other hand, are investing billions of dollars in building pilotless aircraft that are regarded safe enough for passenger long-distance intercontinental trips.
The main goal of building a Concept of Operations for India on the way to a thriving drone ecosystem in India was to allow consistent policymaking that would guide technological standards in the near future. We intend to establish a discussion with stakeholders and continue to improve our vision by holding Open House Sessions.
Guiding Principles, Specs, Key Resources: https://sayandeep-ai.github.io/pushpaka/work-items/i01/
Entire Playlist of the Open House Recordings: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9dBcOUIsjz8FNN_FesZiD2WlFAQW-I01
Drones, Drones in India, Rules for Flying a Drone in India (Regulatory Policies), Drone Categories in India, Drone Policies of Government of India, Draft Drone Policy 2.0, Salient Features of Draft Drone Policy 2.0
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) are aircrafts that fly without any humans being onboard. They are either remotely piloted, or piloted by an onboard computer. This kind of aircrafts can be used in different military missions such as surveillance, reconnaissance, battle damage assessment, communications relay, minesweeping, hazardous substances detection and radar jamming. However they can be used in other than military missions like detection of hazardous objects on train rails and investigation of infected areas. Aircrafts that are able of hovering and vertical flying can also be used for indoor missions like counter terrorist operations.
Drones, Drones in India, Rules for Flying a Drone in India (Regulatory Policies), Drone Categories in India, Drone Policies of Government of India, Draft Drone Policy 2.0, Salient Features of Draft Drone Policy 2.0
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) are aircrafts that fly without any humans being onboard. They are either remotely piloted, or piloted by an onboard computer. This kind of aircrafts can be used in different military missions such as surveillance, reconnaissance, battle damage assessment, communications relay, minesweeping, hazardous substances detection and radar jamming. However they can be used in other than military missions like detection of hazardous objects on train rails and investigation of infected areas. Aircrafts that are able of hovering and vertical flying can also be used for indoor missions like counter terrorist operations.
An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), commonly known as a Drone, is an aircraft without a human pilot on board. UAVs can be remote controlled aircraft (e.g. flown by a pilot at a ground control station) or can fly autonomously based on pre-programmed flight plans or more complex dynamic automation systems
A UAV is defined as being capable of controlled, sustained level flight and powered by a jet or reciprocating engine. In addition, a cruise missile can be considered to be a UAV, but is treated separately on the basis that the vehicle is the weapon.
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) are aircrafts that fly without any humans being onboard. They are either remotely piloted, or piloted by an onboard computer. This kind of aircrafts can be used in different military missions such as surveillance, reconnaissance, battle damage assessment, communications relay, minesweeping, hazardous substances detection and radar jamming. However they can be used in other than military missions like detection of hazardous objects on train rails and investigation of infected areas. Aircrafts that are able of hovering and vertical flying can also be used for indoor missions like counter terrorist operations
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The slides give a brief description of the technical characteristics, classification, level of autonomy, types of drones available, merits, demerits, future development, and applications.
Drones are a different kind of new technology from what we’re used to. They offer something else: the conquest of physical space, the extension of society’s compass, the ability to be anywhere and see anything.
For the past few years, one of the most exciting class of gadgets on display has been drones. They got cheaper, lighter, and easier to use even as they became more powerful.
We believe 2015 is an important year for drones as they will change how brands interact with consumers in both advertising and events, and here's everything you need to know about the drone technology.
Drones and their Increasing Number of ApplicationsJeffrey Funk
These slides use concepts from my (Jeff Funk) course entitled analyzing hi-tech opportunities to analyze how drones are becoming economic feasible for an increasing number of applications as their costs fall. The costs of drones are falling as the costs of various ICs (controllers, GPS) and MEMS sensors rapidly fall, their performance rises (e.g., accuracy of GPS) and as the cost of carbon fibers fall at a somewhat slower pace than do ICs and MEMS. These falling costs are making drones economically feasible for a number of applications such as producing movies, TV reporting, surveillance, and delivery.
This is our response to the Draft Drone Rules 2021 published by the Ministry of Civil Aviation on 14 July 2021.
(Draft Drone Rules 2021: https://www.civilaviation.gov.in/sites/default/files/Draft_Drones_Rules_14_Jul_2021.pdf)
An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), commonly known as a Drone, is an aircraft without a human pilot on board. UAVs can be remote controlled aircraft (e.g. flown by a pilot at a ground control station) or can fly autonomously based on pre-programmed flight plans or more complex dynamic automation systems
A UAV is defined as being capable of controlled, sustained level flight and powered by a jet or reciprocating engine. In addition, a cruise missile can be considered to be a UAV, but is treated separately on the basis that the vehicle is the weapon.
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) are aircrafts that fly without any humans being onboard. They are either remotely piloted, or piloted by an onboard computer. This kind of aircrafts can be used in different military missions such as surveillance, reconnaissance, battle damage assessment, communications relay, minesweeping, hazardous substances detection and radar jamming. However they can be used in other than military missions like detection of hazardous objects on train rails and investigation of infected areas. Aircrafts that are able of hovering and vertical flying can also be used for indoor missions like counter terrorist operations
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The slides give a brief description of the technical characteristics, classification, level of autonomy, types of drones available, merits, demerits, future development, and applications.
Drones are a different kind of new technology from what we’re used to. They offer something else: the conquest of physical space, the extension of society’s compass, the ability to be anywhere and see anything.
For the past few years, one of the most exciting class of gadgets on display has been drones. They got cheaper, lighter, and easier to use even as they became more powerful.
We believe 2015 is an important year for drones as they will change how brands interact with consumers in both advertising and events, and here's everything you need to know about the drone technology.
Drones and their Increasing Number of ApplicationsJeffrey Funk
These slides use concepts from my (Jeff Funk) course entitled analyzing hi-tech opportunities to analyze how drones are becoming economic feasible for an increasing number of applications as their costs fall. The costs of drones are falling as the costs of various ICs (controllers, GPS) and MEMS sensors rapidly fall, their performance rises (e.g., accuracy of GPS) and as the cost of carbon fibers fall at a somewhat slower pace than do ICs and MEMS. These falling costs are making drones economically feasible for a number of applications such as producing movies, TV reporting, surveillance, and delivery.
This is our response to the Draft Drone Rules 2021 published by the Ministry of Civil Aviation on 14 July 2021.
(Draft Drone Rules 2021: https://www.civilaviation.gov.in/sites/default/files/Draft_Drones_Rules_14_Jul_2021.pdf)
The Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV), also known as a drone, has been referred to in many ways as several acronyms have come into play over the years to describe them: Unmanned Aircraft (UA), Remotely Operated Aircraft (ROA), Remotely Piloted Vehicle (RPV), Unmanned Aerial System or Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS), Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA), and Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS).
Drone Insights 2021, and its Impact on other sectors in IndiaKaushik Biswas
The Booming Drone Industry and its prospect by 2025. What are the sectors in which Drones can be used in India, the regulatory frameworks comparing World Vs India, What are the Top 3 companies we can do business with, who are the other players in the industry?
I have also done a small survey on what Indians think about the drone industry overall, and finally a conclusion on where we are vs the world
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DAR is a Drone Aviation Radar Prevents Drone Collisions with Aircraft. It Proactively Defends Aircraft Airspace Up to 10 Miles Away and Works with and Integrates into Radar Systems.
ClearSpace Aeronautics (CSA) is a futuristic Drone (sUAS) Aviation, Aeronautics and Aerospace Company. It’s the home of the first DRONE AVIATION DEFENSE SYSTEMTM that protects Aircraft from Drones by keeping Drones away from Aircraft flight paths to prevent catastrophic Drone collisions with Aircraft and save lives. The Drone Aviation Defense System is part of CSA’s Drone Defense System Core which uses propriety algorithms, sensors, firmware and devices to equip the “Drone Avionics Radar” (DAR), which is the only proactive Drone Radar System.
PM WANI 3.0: Unleashing Business Innovation and Open Wireless Network Growth ...ProductNation/iSPIRT
PM-WANI has allowed sachetised access to WiFi connectivity. However, the true vision of WANI standard, where small business owners can participate as network service providers resulting in fast network growth, has not been realised. We propose the next version of the WANI standard where a more open ecosystem can be enabled to facilitate business interactions such as delegated payments and roaming, which in turn can catalyse increased user base, rapid network growth, and business innovations.
The PM-WANI framework is revised periodically, taking into account the new developments, security updates, etc. Version 1.0 was released in 2020 and this was used for the pilot deployments. The updated 2.0 specification was released in 2021 and is the current version in use. You could read more about these versions here: https://github.com/iSPIRT/PM-WANI-App-Provider/wiki/PM-WANI-Specification-1.0-vs-2.0
This whitepaper defines iSPIRT’s vision for the PM-WANI Version 3.0 specification
WANI 3.0: Unleashing Business Innovation and Open Wireless Network Growth for...ProductNation/iSPIRT
PM-WANI has allowed sachetised access to WiFi connectivity. However, the true vision of WANI standard, where small business owners can participate as network service providers resulting in fast network growth, has not been realised. We propose the next version of the WANI standard where a more open ecosystem can be enabled to facilitate business interactions such as delegated payments and roaming, which in turn can catalyse increased user base, rapid network growth, and business innovations.
The PM-WANI framework is revised periodically, taking into account the new developments, security updates, etc. Version 1.0 was released in 2020 and this was used for the pilot deployments. The updated 2.0 specification was released in 2021 and is the current version in use. You could read more about these versions here: https://github.com/iSPIRT/PM-WANI-App-Provider/wiki/PM-WANI-Specification-1.0-vs-2.0
This whitepaper defines iSPIRT’s vision for the PM-WANI Version 3.0 specification
WANI 3.0: Unleashing Business Innovation and Open Wireless Network Growth for...ProductNation/iSPIRT
PM-WANI has allowed sachetised access to WiFi connectivity. However, the true vision of WANI standard, where small business owners can participate as network service providers resulting in fast network growth, has not been realised.
iSPIRT Foundation proposes the next version of the WANI standard where a more open ecosystem can be enabled to facilitate business interactions such as delegated payments and roaming, which in turn can catalyse increased user base, rapid network growth, and business innovations.
iSPIRT Balloon Volunteering Open House Session #4 - Opportunities in Technolo...ProductNation/iSPIRT
In this fourth Open House Session, we have Dr Pramod Varma, Chief Architect - Aadhaar & India Stack, giving you an insight into what it takes to volunteer in iSPIRT. He describes our design principles for building digital public infrastructure and gives you a peek into the thought process of an architect in iSPIRT. Finally, he breaks down how we are redefining the approach towards solving societal problems. We are playground builders. We orchestrate or create a playground so that market players can bring out an array of solutions.
iSPIRT is addressing solvability. We have a multi-decade horizon as a mission-oriented volunteer-based Think-and-Do-Tank.
As part of this session, we have our volunteers explaining the technical challenges you can embrace as new volunteers. The problems that we are tackling require a thought process that is new and innovative. We use cutting-edge technology.
In addition to the new technical volunteering opportunities outlined in this session, other policy-related and ecosystem-building volunteer options also exist. Apply now on https://volunteers.ispirt.in
Do visit: https://youtu.be/KZngoIy-hZ0 to watch the recording of the fourth open house session on Youtube.
The Global Leadership Seminar is back with its second seminar on "Full Spectrum Thinking" with noted futurist Bob Johansen of The Institute for the Future.
In this video, Bob explains how Full-Spectrum Thinking provides leaders with the ability to seek clarity across gradients of possibility—while resisting the temptations of certainty. For example, medical doctors used to label people as “autistic.” Now, they say people are on the spectrum of autism disorders.
Full-spectrum thinking offers an alternative to sloppy categorical thinking that is so common today. It unlocks clarity while challenging certainty.
Bob Johansen is a distinguished fellow with the Institute for the Future in Silicon Valley. For more than 30 years, Bob has helped organizations around the world prepare for and shape the future, including corporations such as Nestle and GlaxoSmithKline, as well as major universities and nonprofits. He holds a B.S. from the University of Illinois, which he attended on a basketball scholarship, and a PhD from Northwestern University—as well as a master’s degree that focused on world religions.
The seminar was moderated by Prof. Vasanthi Srinivasan of IIM Bangalore. Prof. Srinivasan is a Professor in the Organizational Behaviour and HRM at IIMB. Her work over the last decade in the field of leadership development has focussed on building future-ready competencies.
Charles Assissi, veteran journalist, and co-founder of Founding Fuel, also joined to share his perspectives on Full Spectrum Thinking.
Please note: The seminar was organized by iSPIRT Foundation in association with NSRCEL of IIM Bangalore. This seminar series aims to bring the best of management wisdom to Indian companies and startups.
Watch the entire recording of the session published on iSPIRT Foundation's official Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydesUdu2CkA
For more information, please write to community@ispirt.in
We held a somewhat impromptu Open Session on Balloon Volunteering yesterday. Watch this to learn if iSPIRT volunteering is right for you. This session will cover some of the available volunteer opportunities and tell you how to engage with us.
In case you want to explore Balloon Volunteering with iSPIRT, do fill out the form here: bit.ly/iSPIRTForm
We are publishing a draft of the technical standards of the Personal Health Records (PHR) component of the National Health Stack (NHS)!
As a refresher, these standards govern the consented sharing of health information between Health Information Providers (HIPs) - like hospitals, pathology labs, and clinics - and Health Information Users (HIUs) like pharmacies, medical consultants, doctors, and so on. The user’s consent to share their health data is issued via a new entity called a Health Data Consent Manager (HDCM).
The problem today is that the electronic health records listed in one app or ecosystem are not easily portable to other systems. There is no common standard that can be used to discover, share, and authenticate data between different networks or ecosystems. This means that the electronic medical records generated by users end up being confined to many different isolated silos, which can result in frustrating and complex experiences for patients wishing to manage data lying across different providers.
With the PHR system, a user is able to generate a longitudinal view of their health data across providers. The interoperability and security of the PHR architecture allows users to securely discover, share, and manage their health data in a safe, convenient, and universally acceptable manner. For instance, a user could use a HDCM to discover their account at one hospital or diagnostic lab, and then select certain electronic reports to share with a doctor from another hospital or clinic. The flow of data would be safe, and the user would have granular control over who can access their data and for how long. Here is a small demo of the PHR system in action.
The standards in the draft released today offers a high-level description of the architecture and flows that make this possible.
India recently kicked off the Data Empowerment architecture, a framework for consented data sharing across the financial sector. This allows Nandini (Persona) to share data on her business’ regular invoices or GST payments seamlessly and securely.
Any bank or NBFC can now offer a regular stream of small-ticket working capital loans based on her demonstrated ability to repay. This is in sharp contrast to the status quo, where banks typically offer only larger loans backed by collateral. Using cash flows rather than collateral as the basis for credit is known as Flow-Based lending. Because producing collateral is a roadblock for the poorest Indians, Flow-Based lending may be their only opportunity to access the credit they sorely need for growth.
In July 2018, NITI Aayog published a Strategy and Approach document on the National Health Stack. The document underscored the need for Universal Health Coverage (UHC) and laid down the technology framework for implementing the Ayushman Bharat programme which is meant to provide UHC to the bottom 500 million of the country. While the Health Stack provides a technological backbone for delivering affordable healthcare to all Indians, we, at iSPIRT, believe that it has the potential to go beyond that and to completely transform the healthcare ecosystem in the country. We are indeed headed for a health leapfrog in India! Over the last few months, we have worked extensively to understand the current challenges in the industry as well as the role and design of individual components of the Health Stack. In this post, we elaborate on the leapfrog that will be enabled by blending this technology with care delivery.
White paper on the analysis of High share premium amongst Startups in IndiaProductNation/iSPIRT
High share premium is not the basis of a high valuation but the outcome of valid business decisions. This new whitepaper by iSPIRT highlights how share premia is a consequence of valid business decisions, why 56(2)(viib) is only for unaccounted funds and measures to prevent valid companies from being aggrieved by it
[Angel Tax] White Paper On Section 56 (2)(viib) And Section 68ProductNation/iSPIRT
Angel Tax (Section 56(2)(viib)) has become a cause celebre in Indian startup circles due to its broad-reaching ramifications on all startups raising capital. This paper traces the origin of this section, it's analysis, impact, how it adversely affects startups. Special mention is also made of the seldom covered Section 68 and it's used in conjunction with Section 56(2)(viib). The paper also proposes recommendations to ensure that genuine companies are not aggrieved by this while the original intent of the section is preserved.
New digital lending architecture: As Indian consumers and business go from being data poor to data rich in next 3 years, a new lending architecture which is digital, based on data footprints and using algorithms can scale up rapidly to provide credit for the underserved. This includes P2P lending. The Electronic Consent layer of the India Stack will leverage this data tsunami.
iSPIRT's Response on Digital Information Security in Healthcare Act (DISHA)ProductNation/iSPIRT
We believe that India is at a unique tipping point where only a fraction of its users have gone online, and a majority are yet to do so. Therefore, it is critical that we build the right set of protections and empowerments for these users as they enter the digital world.
It is equally important not to limit our thinking to simply “protection” of data. We must also question how we can “empower” individuals, who will be data rich before they are economically rich, with better access to their own healthcare data such that they can become more engaged participants and managers of their health care.
We welcome the proposed DISHA Act that seeks to Protect and Empower Individuals in regards to their electronic health data - we have provided our feedback on the DISHA Act and have also proposed technological approaches in this response
India SaaS Survey Results 2017 in partnership with DCS Advisory ProductNation/iSPIRT
Welcome to the Third edition of the India SaaS Survey by DCS Advisory, India’s largest software investment banking advisory practice, in partnership with iSPIRT
iSPIRT’s Response- White Paper on Data Protection Framework for IndiaProductNation/iSPIRT
It is widely known that the amount of data generated daily worldwide is rising at an incredibly exponential rate. Yet, what remains shrouded is how this data, particularly those data types concerning or generated by us, as individuals, are being used and stored by both the public and private sector. As we move into a data-driven world, it is crucial that the laws developed around Data center on the premise of both empowering and protecting the individual. In fact, the main purpose of the 4th layer of India Stack, the “consent layer”, is just this: to provide for a set of tools and utilities, as part of the Data Empowerment and Protection Architecture (DEPA), that empower citizens to assert control over their data.
The Justice Srikrishna led committee of experts has released a White Paper articulating their provisional thoughts on the Data Protection Framework, and are seeking public comments on the subject. iSPIRT has submitted a formal response to the White Paper. You can also read the blog post lays out our current views regarding Data Protection here: http://pn.ispirt.in/india-in-a-digital-world/
Platforms help create more open platforms. Indian entrepreneurs will address the scale and diversity of India by building smart solutions on top of these DIGITAL PLATFORMS!
The volunteer model that underpins iSPIRT has been around since 2009. Every three years we write about our volunteer model so that others can learn from it and build their own volunteer networks
The volunteer model that underpins iSPIRT has been around since 2009. Every three years we write about our volunteer model so that others can learn from it and build their own volunteer networks
Let's dive deeper into the world of ODC! Ricardo Alves (OutSystems) will join us to tell all about the new Data Fabric. After that, Sezen de Bruijn (OutSystems) will get into the details on how to best design a sturdy architecture within ODC.
PHP Frameworks: I want to break free (IPC Berlin 2024)Ralf Eggert
In this presentation, we examine the challenges and limitations of relying too heavily on PHP frameworks in web development. We discuss the history of PHP and its frameworks to understand how this dependence has evolved. The focus will be on providing concrete tips and strategies to reduce reliance on these frameworks, based on real-world examples and practical considerations. The goal is to equip developers with the skills and knowledge to create more flexible and future-proof web applications. We'll explore the importance of maintaining autonomy in a rapidly changing tech landscape and how to make informed decisions in PHP development.
This talk is aimed at encouraging a more independent approach to using PHP frameworks, moving towards a more flexible and future-proof approach to PHP development.
Builder.ai Founder Sachin Dev Duggal's Strategic Approach to Create an Innova...Ramesh Iyer
In today's fast-changing business world, Companies that adapt and embrace new ideas often need help to keep up with the competition. However, fostering a culture of innovation takes much work. It takes vision, leadership and willingness to take risks in the right proportion. Sachin Dev Duggal, co-founder of Builder.ai, has perfected the art of this balance, creating a company culture where creativity and growth are nurtured at each stage.
Transcript: Selling digital books in 2024: Insights from industry leaders - T...BookNet Canada
The publishing industry has been selling digital audiobooks and ebooks for over a decade and has found its groove. What’s changed? What has stayed the same? Where do we go from here? Join a group of leading sales peers from across the industry for a conversation about the lessons learned since the popularization of digital books, best practices, digital book supply chain management, and more.
Link to video recording: https://bnctechforum.ca/sessions/selling-digital-books-in-2024-insights-from-industry-leaders/
Presented by BookNet Canada on May 28, 2024, with support from the Department of Canadian Heritage.
Smart TV Buyer Insights Survey 2024 by 91mobiles.pdf91mobiles
91mobiles recently conducted a Smart TV Buyer Insights Survey in which we asked over 3,000 respondents about the TV they own, aspects they look at on a new TV, and their TV buying preferences.
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 3DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 3. In this session, we will cover desktop automation along with UI automation.
Topics covered:
UI automation Introduction,
UI automation Sample
Desktop automation flow
Pradeep Chinnala, Senior Consultant Automation Developer @WonderBotz and UiPath MVP
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
GDG Cloud Southlake #33: Boule & Rebala: Effective AppSec in SDLC using Deplo...James Anderson
Effective Application Security in Software Delivery lifecycle using Deployment Firewall and DBOM
The modern software delivery process (or the CI/CD process) includes many tools, distributed teams, open-source code, and cloud platforms. Constant focus on speed to release software to market, along with the traditional slow and manual security checks has caused gaps in continuous security as an important piece in the software supply chain. Today organizations feel more susceptible to external and internal cyber threats due to the vast attack surface in their applications supply chain and the lack of end-to-end governance and risk management.
The software team must secure its software delivery process to avoid vulnerability and security breaches. This needs to be achieved with existing tool chains and without extensive rework of the delivery processes. This talk will present strategies and techniques for providing visibility into the true risk of the existing vulnerabilities, preventing the introduction of security issues in the software, resolving vulnerabilities in production environments quickly, and capturing the deployment bill of materials (DBOM).
Speakers:
Bob Boule
Robert Boule is a technology enthusiast with PASSION for technology and making things work along with a knack for helping others understand how things work. He comes with around 20 years of solution engineering experience in application security, software continuous delivery, and SaaS platforms. He is known for his dynamic presentations in CI/CD and application security integrated in software delivery lifecycle.
Gopinath Rebala
Gopinath Rebala is the CTO of OpsMx, where he has overall responsibility for the machine learning and data processing architectures for Secure Software Delivery. Gopi also has a strong connection with our customers, leading design and architecture for strategic implementations. Gopi is a frequent speaker and well-known leader in continuous delivery and integrating security into software delivery.
Accelerate your Kubernetes clusters with Varnish CachingThijs Feryn
A presentation about the usage and availability of Varnish on Kubernetes. This talk explores the capabilities of Varnish caching and shows how to use the Varnish Helm chart to deploy it to Kubernetes.
This presentation was delivered at K8SUG Singapore. See https://feryn.eu/presentations/accelerate-your-kubernetes-clusters-with-varnish-caching-k8sug-singapore-28-2024 for more details.
Essentials of Automations: Optimizing FME Workflows with ParametersSafe Software
Are you looking to streamline your workflows and boost your projects’ efficiency? Do you find yourself searching for ways to add flexibility and control over your FME workflows? If so, you’re in the right place.
Join us for an insightful dive into the world of FME parameters, a critical element in optimizing workflow efficiency. This webinar marks the beginning of our three-part “Essentials of Automation” series. This first webinar is designed to equip you with the knowledge and skills to utilize parameters effectively: enhancing the flexibility, maintainability, and user control of your FME projects.
Here’s what you’ll gain:
- Essentials of FME Parameters: Understand the pivotal role of parameters, including Reader/Writer, Transformer, User, and FME Flow categories. Discover how they are the key to unlocking automation and optimization within your workflows.
- Practical Applications in FME Form: Delve into key user parameter types including choice, connections, and file URLs. Allow users to control how a workflow runs, making your workflows more reusable. Learn to import values and deliver the best user experience for your workflows while enhancing accuracy.
- Optimization Strategies in FME Flow: Explore the creation and strategic deployment of parameters in FME Flow, including the use of deployment and geometry parameters, to maximize workflow efficiency.
- Pro Tips for Success: Gain insights on parameterizing connections and leveraging new features like Conditional Visibility for clarity and simplicity.
We’ll wrap up with a glimpse into future webinars, followed by a Q&A session to address your specific questions surrounding this topic.
Don’t miss this opportunity to elevate your FME expertise and drive your projects to new heights of efficiency.
Neuro-symbolic is not enough, we need neuro-*semantic*Frank van Harmelen
Neuro-symbolic (NeSy) AI is on the rise. However, simply machine learning on just any symbolic structure is not sufficient to really harvest the gains of NeSy. These will only be gained when the symbolic structures have an actual semantics. I give an operational definition of semantics as “predictable inference”.
All of this illustrated with link prediction over knowledge graphs, but the argument is general.
Slack (or Teams) Automation for Bonterra Impact Management (fka Social Soluti...Jeffrey Haguewood
Sidekick Solutions uses Bonterra Impact Management (fka Social Solutions Apricot) and automation solutions to integrate data for business workflows.
We believe integration and automation are essential to user experience and the promise of efficient work through technology. Automation is the critical ingredient to realizing that full vision. We develop integration products and services for Bonterra Case Management software to support the deployment of automations for a variety of use cases.
This video focuses on the notifications, alerts, and approval requests using Slack for Bonterra Impact Management. The solutions covered in this webinar can also be deployed for Microsoft Teams.
Interested in deploying notification automations for Bonterra Impact Management? Contact us at sales@sidekicksolutionsllc.com to discuss next steps.
Kubernetes & AI - Beauty and the Beast !?! @KCD Istanbul 2024Tobias Schneck
As AI technology is pushing into IT I was wondering myself, as an “infrastructure container kubernetes guy”, how get this fancy AI technology get managed from an infrastructure operational view? Is it possible to apply our lovely cloud native principals as well? What benefit’s both technologies could bring to each other?
Let me take this questions and provide you a short journey through existing deployment models and use cases for AI software. On practical examples, we discuss what cloud/on-premise strategy we may need for applying it to our own infrastructure to get it to work from an enterprise perspective. I want to give an overview about infrastructure requirements and technologies, what could be beneficial or limiting your AI use cases in an enterprise environment. An interactive Demo will give you some insides, what approaches I got already working for real.
Designing Great Products: The Power of Design and Leadership by Chief Designe...
A Concept of Operations for UAS in India
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Drones for the Indian Society
► Geospatial Mapping: Drones can be a decisive force multiplier for
resource/ infrastructure planning for India’s growing needs through
geospatial surveys. Besides providing enhanced accuracy and safety,
drone surveys:
● Reduce the cost and time for a survey
● Provide increased data accuracy
● Provide easier access to hard reach areas
● Enable Automatic pre-programmed 2D and 3D mapping
● Enable specific applications such as mining through special sensors.
► Precision Agriculture: These practices allow fine-scale monitoring and
mapping of yield and crops providing more intense and efficient cultivation
methods by adjusting fertilizer or pesticide prescriptions. In turn, significant
cost and environmental savings can be made making Indian agriculture
globally competitive besides enhancing the quality of crops for domestic
consumption.
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Drones for the Indian Society
► Efficient Last Mile Logistics: Drones can arguably be considered
the best solution for India’s last mile logistics issues given the traffic
congestion in our urban areas and limited infrastructure in the
hinterland. Cost effective and timely delivery of critical items such
as medical supplies, besides the promise of urban air mobility, are
veritable boons for India.
► Security Applications and Innovations: India has lagged in
defence research and development which has been the driver for
many new age technologies through agencies such as DARPA. We
are slow off the mark but our technological base is well positioned
to provide an ideal launchpad for cutting edge innovations in this
field which will help not only address our unique security challenges
but also establish market leadership for global sales.
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Evolution of Drone Regulations in India
STILL AWAITED after 7+ years!!
○ Technical Specifications/Standards
○ Reference Implementations
for
○ Assembly, Design and Manufacturing
○ Pilot Licensing
○ Remote ID
○ Unmanned Traffic Management ecosystem
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Food for Thought
► Requirement of Type Certificate: Drone Rules 21 mandate
airworthiness certification for drones whereas, appropriate
standards have not been notified.
► Lack of Airspace Integration Vision: Drone Rules 2021 lack
provisions for eventual integration of drone operations alongside
manned aircraft.
► Business confidentiality must be preserved: The prescribed rules
for access to data are not in consonance with the Supreme Court
Right to Privacy Judgement
► Lack of transparent Import Policy: Places severe restrictions on
the import of critical components thus disincentivizing indigenous
development of drones in India
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Food for Thought - Continued
► Insurance & Training must be market-driven: Market forces must drive the
setting up of specialised training schools & insurance products & once
mature they may be mandated & accredited. This will result in the creation of
higher quality services & a safer ecosystem.
► Fostering innovation and becoming Atmanirbhar:
Encouraging R&D: by earmarking airspace for testing for future drones
Encouraging the domestic drone manufacturing industry: through a
system of incentives and disincentivizing imports should be inherent in the
Drone Rules.
Recognition of Hobby flying: Hobbyists are a vital part of the innovation
ecosystem; however, they are not adequately recognised and legitimized
► Encouraging A Just Culture: Effective root cause analysis would
encourage a safety-oriented approach to drone operations. Penal actions
should be the last resort and dispute resolution should be the focus.
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Food for Thought - Continued
► Enabling Increased Safety & Security: Clarity on NPNT
operationalisation would enhance safety and security manifold.
► No Clear Institutional Architecture: Like GSTN, NPCI, NHA, ISRO,
etc a special purpose vehicle must be created to anchor the
long-term success of drone operations based on an established
concept of operations
► Lack of a Concept of Operations: Although drone categories have
been defined, they have not been used adequately for incremental
permissions. Failure to adopt an incremental approach can arguably
be considered as one of the root causes of the drone policy failures
till date in India as regulations are being framed for too many varied
considerations without adequate experience in any.
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What is a ‘Concept of Operations’?
► A Concept of Operations (ConOps) is a user-oriented document that
describes characteristics for a proposed system from an integrated
point of view to stakeholders.
► It is produced early in the requirements definition phase to describe
what a system will do (not how it will do it) and the design rationale.
► The purpose of a ConOps is to describe the operational needs, desires,
visions, and expectations of the user without being overly technical or
formal.
► It defines any critical objectives and performance requirements.
► ConOps is useful for obtaining consensus among the users and all
other stakeholders on the operational concept of a proposed system.
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Why a ConOps for Drones in India Now?
► New field – limited information
► Can have a huge public impact
► Sub-optimal progression of UAS Policy
► No effective operations despite huge market
► Globally, most of the significant policy progress has come based
on defined ConOps e.g. FAA, EASA and ICAO
► Help build consensus for policy faster
► Enable simultaneous addressing of multifarious bottlenecks
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A flow that works!
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Concept of
Operations
Policy
Technical
Standards /
Specifications
Reference
Implementation
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Drones vs UAS vs RPAS vs Model
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► Drones – common/layman terminology for Unmanned Aircraft
(UA)
► There are three subsets of Unmanned Aircraft :
► Unmanned Aircraft
► Remotely Piloted Aircraft, and
► Model Aircraft.
► Unmanned aircraft system (UAS) – an unmanned aircraft and
its associated elements, operated with no pilot on board. Kept
away from manned aircraft by airspace restrictions
► Remotely piloted aircraft (RPA) - unmanned aircraft, actively
piloted from a remote pilot station. Can use same airspace but
subjected to same safety standards as manned aircraft
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Model Aircraft
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► Model Aircraft - UA without payload used for educational/
recreational purposes only.
► Generally model aircraft must meet the following criteria:
▪ Be capable of sustained flight in the atmosphere
▪ Be flown within visual line-of-sight of the person operating it
▪ Be flown for hobby or recreational purposes
▪ Not be flown over people or near aerodromes
► Payload - All equipment on board a UAV that are not needed
for the flight or its control. It aims exclusively to fulfill a specific
mission. Thus payload has minimal impact on class of drone
except that smaller drones can’t carry larger payloads
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UAS in India
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● UAS in India are currently categorized in accordance with
MTOW (including payload) as indicated below:
○ Nano : Less than or equal to 250 grams.
○ Micro : More than 250 grams & less than/ equal to 2 kg.
○ Small : Greater than 2 kg & less than or equal to 25 kg.
○ Medium : More than 25 kg & less than/ equal to 150 kg.
○ Large : Greater than 150 upto 500 kg.
However no difference in regulations for Small - Large categories;
no mention of RPAS and no provisions for Models or Operational
categories
● Use of the terms needs serious review in order to align with
the international community and better compliance
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UAS Applications
⎆ Aerial Photography and Videography
⎆ Survey and Mapping
⎆ Inspections of critical infrastructure
⎆ Surveillance
⎆ Agricultural Services
⎆ Cargo Delivery
⎆ Search and Rescue
⎆ Public Security
⎆ Disaster Relief and Disease Control
⎆ Science and Research
⎆ Entertainment
Majority of these
applications can
be achieved
using small
Rotary Wing
UASs though
some of them
may benefit from
fixed wing or
larger UASs
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Efficiency
► Regulations need to be UAS-centric and not lean too heavily on
traditional manned aviation.
► Simple regulations with minimal compliance costs needed in order
to
provide a fillip to the industry
attract investments
encourage legitimate use
Provide time for evolution of standards and ensuring compliance
► Efficient regulations enable
development of market capacity and further innovations
reduced gestation period for SMEs
*wider spectrum of users
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Safety
► UAS should be progressively integrated into the existing aviation
system in a safe and risk-proportionate manner
► UAS Regulations must
minimize risk to safety of people and assets
meet India’s ICAO obligations towards safety
meet the safety and operational standards applicable to manned aircraft
when operating in non-segregated airspace
► Alternately, initially, UAS operations must be restricted to
specific conditions e.g. visual line-of-sight (VLOS); or
segregated airspace outside the operational ambit of manned aircraft; or
specific areas e.g. away from heavily populated areas
► Rules must express objectives, complemented by industry standards
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Security
► India has long history of sub-conventional warfare in the form of
anti-national activities.
► UAS are ideal tool for disgruntled elements
► Potential saturation of our security establishment in
differentiating between the ‘good’ and the ‘bad’ actors
► Use of UAS need initially be limited to categories that are
easily identified
incapable of significant harm
► Protection of public interests, such as personal privacy*
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Infrastructure Issues
► Development of UTM concepts and infrastructure is crucial for large
scale UAS use
► UAS Traffic Management based on:
Each UAS transmitting a unique remote ID with a geo tracking feature
Unmanned Traffic Management Systems for Very Low Level segregated
airspace accommodating exclusive UAS traffic
UAS in non-segregated controlled airspace need to additionally meet
manned aircraft standards
► UAS integration in non-segregated airspace will pose challenges
► Development of the UAS market and related technologies needs to
be carefully monitored and the planning adapted, for integration
► Availability of telecom spectrum is fundamental to UTM
infrastructure
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Suggested ConOps for India
● Incremental Approach so that
○ Operations commence asap
○ Risks minimized
○ Growth moderated to manageable limits
● Risk and Capability Based Approach
○ Category A – Basic UAS Operations with Least Risk
○ Category B – Productive Operations Minimal Risk
○ Category C – Advanced UAS Operations posing Intermediate Risk
○ Category D – Full Range Regulated UAS Operations with Risk Mitigation
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Category A
● Least risk and require the least infrastructure e.g. small UAS for
photography or videography.
● Suggested operational boundaries :-
○ Operations in Visual Line of Sight (VLOS) only
○ Operations at a safe distance away from people, animals,
infrastructure and aerodromes
○ Operations in segregated airspace only till a specified maximum
height above ground level (AGL)
○ The UAS capability is limited by design within specific
performance limits such as mass, speed, ceiling, rate of climb,
rate of descent etc
○ No UTM support required.
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Category B
► Operations unlikely to result in a fatality or cause serious injury/
damage to persons or infrastructure on ground. e.g. small UASs
for survey or agricultural purposes.
► Operations subject to limited regulatory restrictions that protect
other airspace users and life/ property on ground.
► Require supporting UTM infrastructure but can be undertaken
without UTM in a more restricted way.*
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Category B - Continued
Cat B operational boundaries defined as follows:-
● Operations by a qualified remote pilot only
● Operations in Visual Line of Sight (VLOS) or extended VLOS only.
● Operations at a safe distance from people, animals, buildings and
aerodromes.
● Operations in segregated airspace only
● Operations not involving carriage of dangerous goods or articles
● UAS must have mandatory identification features
● UAS capability limited by design within specific performance limits e.g.
mass, speed, ceiling, rate of climb, rate of descent etc
● Only in fair weather conditions and away from security sensitive areas
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Category C
► Operations utilizing larger and/or heavier UAS with more payload
capacity but posing no challenge to manned aircraft e.g. BVLOS
operations in segregated airspace for package delivery
► Low potential to cause fatality or injury to persons on the ground
► Safety challenges limited by restriction to segregated airspace
► Operations with limits such as payload, pilot qualifications, airspace
restrictions, altitudes, airspeed, proximity to aerodromes and
congested/populated areas
► Specific Risk Assessment based authorisation, that will lead to
specific limitations, adapted to the operation
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Category C - Continued
Operational limitations include:-
● Operations by a trained remote pilot only
● Operations at a safe distance from people, animals, buildings and
aerodromes
● Operations in segregated airspace only
● UAS should have mandatory safety, identification and tracking features
conforming to specified standards
● Enhanced UAS capability but limited by design within specific limits
such as mass, speed, ceiling, rate of climb, rate of descent etc
● Operations subject to availability of adequate UTM infrastructure
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Category D
► Advanced applications with negligible restrictions on size, the
area or complexity of operation or use of airspace e.g. Air Taxi
operations
► Includes, with appropriate mitigations, BVLOS operations within
controlled airspace.
► UAS should conform to well established design characteristics
► Would require significant risk mitigation measures
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Category D - Continued
► Operators to have an adequate management structure to ensure
safe operations
► Licensed remote pilots who are issued licences after successfully
completing practical training requirements, pass knowledge tests,
meet specific medical standards and age requirements
► UAS will need to be maintained in a safe state for flight and be
subject to design standards or other airworthiness certifications
► The aircraft may need to be marked and registered and be able to
be tracked continually
► Operational rules applicable to this category of operations could be
extensive
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Implementing the UAS ConOps
Immediate
Permit Cat A and
Restricted Cat B till
UTM in place
VLOS operations in
segregated airspace
with no special
requirements
Enables Hobby, Video/
Photography and limited
agricultural & mapping
activities immediately
Short Term
Establish UTM for
segregated airspace
BVLOS operations in
segregated airspace
CATB + CAT C Operations
Enables large scale mapping,
survey, delivery and full scale
agricultural ops
Medium Term
Integrated UTM/ATM
Specify Design Standards
for Advanced UASs
Full range of UAS Ops
Enables UAM, Large Scale
Cargo and special ops
including by night
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Suggested Rules for Cat A Ops
► UA with a gross mass of 2 kg or less, and
► UA is designed to minimise chances of injury to any person in case
of accidental collision; and
► UA is operated always within VLOS; and
► UA is operated at or below 60 m (200 ft) AGL by day only; and
► UA is operated at a safe distance from a person or animal not
directly associated with the operation of the UA; and
► UAS is not operated in a prohibited or restricted area; and
► UA is not operated in an airspace notified for use by manned aircraft
without prior approval of the controlling authority for such airspace;
and
► UAS is used only for hobby flying or photography/ videography.
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Suggested Rules for Restricted Cat B Ops
► UA with a gross mass of 25 kg or less; and
► UA uses primarily vertical axis rotors to generate its propulsion; and
► UA is designed to minimise chances of injury to any person in case
of accidental collision; and
► UAS is operated by a remote pilot authorised for the operation; and
► UA is operated always within VLOS or enhanced VLOS; and
► UA is operated at or below 120 m (400 ft) AGL by day only; and
► UA is operated in suitable weather conditions; and
► UA is operated at a safe distance away from people, animals,
buildings and aerodromes; and
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Suggested Rules for Restricted Cat B Ops
► UA is not involved in the carriage of any parcel or jettisonable load
in excess of 5 kgs; and
► UAS is not operated in a prohibited or restricted area; and
► UA is not operated in an airspace notified for use by manned aircraft
without prior approval of the controlling authority for such airspace;
and
► the remote pilot is able to access web-based updates on any flying
restrictions that may have been imposed over the intended area of
operations before commencing the flight; and
► UAS is not operated within 25 kms of India’s international borders or
5 kms of India’s coastline without the prior sanction of the
appropriate law enforcement authority.
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Suggested Rules for Design and Manufacturing
► DGCA / QCI follow design standards for UAS in the micro, small, medium
and large categories.
► Standards for micro and small UAS operations in Cat A or Restricted Cat
B on immediate basis
► UAS incapable of infringing stipulated height and permanent geographical
restrictions by design.
► UAS manufacturers, domestic or foreign, to prove that their UAS
conforms to stipulated design and equipment standards for marketing
their UAS.
► Manufacturers accountable in case of any manufacturing or design
defects.
► Manufacturers to imprint a unique ID to ensure traceability of the UAS.
► Manufacturers and traders to maintain record of every transaction of UAS
or components to ensure UAS traceability given our security paradigm.
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Suggested Regs for Remote Pilot
Authorisation
► No requirement of remote pilots to undergo any other formal
training for Category A or Restricted Category B operations –
immediate.
► Online examination conducted at authorised centres through
professional organisations with desired level of quality in the
process.
► Need to rationalise training needs and costs based on risk
assessment.
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Suggested Regs for Remote Pilot
Authorisation
► Practical training under own arrangements for Category A or
Restricted Category B operations. E.g. Online videos etc.
► Category B operations require pilot to obtain authorisation after
undergoing an online DGCA/ QCI certified course. The course
followed by an online examination enables authorisation – to be
developed in short term.
► Category C and D need specific training and licensing – to be
evolved in medium term.
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Action Plan: Enabling the Ecosystem -
Immediate
► Airworthiness Compliance requirements be removed till published
► Operations be permitted for Category A and Restricted Category B
► Remote Pilot training requirements be simplified for Cat A and B as
a priority
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Action Plan: Enabling the Ecosystem -
Immediate
► Guiding principles for Import policy formulation be laid out to
incentivise import drone parts and de-incentivise drone models
► Insurance be not mandated for any drone categories
► Enhanced privacy be applied for DigitalSky data access that
restricts abuse technically
► The provision for setting up the Drone Promotion Council be
subsumed by a SPV
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Action Plan - Setting up the Long Term
Ecosystem
● NPNT be re-notified as a bedrock requirement for operational control
● An SPV outside of entrenched institutions be set up with a charter to
○ Envision India’s concept of aviation operations for the next few decades
○ Formulate Future Policy including:
■ Maintenance / Development / update of ConOps
■ Track / develop / customize International standards
■ Establish Standards for Airworthiness and Flight Training
○ Develop & operationalise DigitalSky in an open, collaborative fashion
○ Establish an Advisory Committee with equitable membership of stakeholders
○ Address all charter items of the Drone Promotion Council
○ Lay a legal framework for drone data privacy
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References
● Concept of Operations Version 1: https://sayandeep-ai.github.io/pushpaka/work-items/i01
Published Aug 7, 2021 by Pushpaka group
● Commentary on the Draft Rules 2021: https://pn.ispirt.in/ispirt-response-drone-rules-2021
Published Aug 7, 2021 on iSPIRT Blog post: pn.ispirt.in
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