Chennai: Six start-ups in various spheres of activity have been selected by the Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) for grants to take forward their ideas.
The institute has a technology business incubator to promote innovation and entrepreneurship.
The organisations selected for the gants are: A start-up using the artificial intelligence to develop an intravenous drip system for centralised monitoring and automatic stopping of intravenous fluid; a start up using IoT to develop smart green charging solution for Li-Ion battery devices; an aquaculture start up using IoT smart monitoring system for feeding and surveillance of aqua farms; a healthcare start-up using machine learning to develop an intelligent wearable device to retain and maintain human posture; an environment-based start-up using IoT to develop an indoor air quality monitoring and purifying system using hybrid green technology and a start-up using IoT to develop advanced soil monitoring and crop management system.