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TED Prize 2012: Crowdsourcing "City 2.0" →
Today, TED announced the winner of the 2012 TED Prize: the City 2.0. Breaking from their tradition of recognizing an individual global innovator, TED is embracing the concept of crowd-sourcing urbanism (an idea we obviously support at Open Source Cities). The organizers… via opensourcecities:
Jan 27th
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A Big Texan Breakthrough for the Internet of... →
Remember the last time your dishwasher texted you when it broke? Unless you’re Bill Gates, you probably have the kind that just sits there and leaks while you’re on vacation. Such smart devices do exist, but connected appliances are most likely to be sold as part of a complete package, with touchscreen controls and sophisticated solutions most people don’t really need. But...
Jan 27th
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Jan 25th
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Northwestern, IBM collaborate on business... →
Northwestern University and IBM are collaborating on new business and technology curricula to help students gain the latest skills in business analytics. The new courses of study, Masters of Science degree programs with analytics concentrations in the McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science and the School of Continuing Studies, will better prepare students and current professionals who...
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Jan 20th
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“Scientists have created a cloud-computing system to connect first responders,...”
– Cloud-Based System to Improve Disaster Response - Cloud Computing | Smarter Technology
Jan 17th
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A Lot of People Sure Are Interested in Learning... →
The well-loved education startup Codecademy is tapping into what appears to be a watershed moment for the inevitable spike in demand for computer science skills. Mashable’s Sarah Kessler offers some impressive statistics about the very recent explosion in interest: Codeacademy, a startup that uses interactive online lessons to turn anyone into a computer programmer, has signed up 97,000...
Jan 17th
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Curating a Smarter Planet Multimedia Microblog
The Smarter Planet | Tumblr site launched in November, 2008 as a social media project to help people understand IBM’s Smarter Planet initiative. It uses frequently updated, “microblogging” entries to illustrate and reflect how the Smarter Planet idea is unfolding across IBM and across the world. Sample the Archive to see some of the 4,000 posts in this rich body of content tracking the ...
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Jan 16th
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“A new capability in the IBM SmartCloud for Social Business is a cloud-based...”
– IBM Bolsters Social Business Play With Analytics | eWeek.com
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5 Ways The Smart City Will Change How We Live In... →
Five predictions on how smarter buildings will impact daily life and efficiency of our cities, from IBM’s Smarter Buildings division. By 2050, the world’s population is projected to be more than 9 billion, with roughly 70% of people residing in urban areas. With more people flocking to cities, there is an urgent demand for smarter, more sustainable cities. A city’s infrastructure is...
Jan 4th
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Urban Information Networks, Part 1: The Invisible... →
By Colin Harrison IBM Distinguished Engineer This is the first of three posts that explore the concept of urban information networks, that is, the flows of information in cities about…
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Jan 3rd
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Jan 2nd
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“Scientists have designed a car seat which can recognise the...”
– New car seat can recognise driver`s bottom-print | Zeenews.com
Dec 29th
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Medical and Health Related Projects with Arduino →
Thanks and happy new year to my IBM colleague Andy Piper — @jackmason
Dec 29th
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E-commerce Doesn’t Stop for Christmas |... →
Christmas Day had its diversions: For some, there was basketball, while for a growing number of others there was online shopping. For the holiday season to date, $35.3 billion has been spent online, marking a 15 percent increase versus the corresponding days last year, according to new figures from comScore released today. The most recent week, ending Sunday, December 25, brought $2.8 billion in...
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Dec 27th
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College Students: Be Part of IBM Global Student...
How do you think businesses should be run, now and in the future? Every two years, IBM speaks to thousands of CEOs about changes occurring in the business world. In 2010, we began surveying undergraduate and graduate students from around the world so that we can contrast the perspectives of students with CEOs. Side by side, these two groups provide a cross-generational view of leadership, and a...
Dec 27th
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