September 2010
China Emerging as a Global Pioneer of Data-Centric... →
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China is fast emerging as a pioneer of data-centric healthcare. IBM’s collaboration with Guangdong Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, featured in…
August 2010
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“We continue to leverage global techniques in engineering, computing and...”
– Quote by Professor Azim Eskandarian, an IEEE member who is on the Board of Governors of the IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Society. Quote found at IEEE Press Release: IEEE Members Globally Work on the Development of Intelligent, Vehicular Transport Systems for Smarter, Safer Travel
Making Do: Innovation in Kenya's Informal Economy →
smartercities:
A new book, available for free online, that breaks down the human systems that allow Nairobi’s informal economy to flourish and innovate:
The linkages among microenterprises form dense networks of activity. Take a stroll through Gikomba, and one can’t help but think of the informal sector as a living organism with intricate systems that form a concordant whole.
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Singularity University Ends 2nd Year With a Dozen...
This year’s 80 students were challenged with positively affecting 1 billion people in the next decade. Drawing on what they had learned about accelerating technology in the past 10 weeks of study, the students laid the groundwork for more than a dozen new startups in five general areas of interest: Water, Food, Energy, Space, and UpCycle.
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The first of these was Energy, and contained...
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Download the US Open iPhone App
Download Link:
The app features:
LIVE Scores and completed match results during the Open.
Latest News updates from on and off the court throughout the tournament.
“Around Me” Find the nearest live matches, concessions, or the next train home with this augmented reality feature, Presented by IBM
USOpen.org Radio - American Express special feature - LIVE streaming radio and ...
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]]> How Much Is Left? The Limits of Earth’s Resources, Made Interactive | Scientific American
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Scientific American Magazine created the above “special rich-media presentation for the feature article How Much Is Left? examining the natural capital that we and other species have available.
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8 must-see TED talks for IT pros - Computerworld →
(via futuramb)
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Global security threats have reached record levels →
Editor’s note: Many of the smarter planet initiatives we talk about on this blog depend on better security technologies. From health records to financial data to sensitive city infrastructure…
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ennomeijers:
A very clever set of posters for IBM’s Smarter Planet campaign, by illustrator Noma Bar.
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“For the past couple of years, IBM has made it unmistakably clear that it intends...”
– Global CIO: IBM’s Brilliant Trojan-Horse Strategy Transcends Technology — InformationWeek
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Earth’s Plant Growth Fell Because of Climate... →
Drought linked to climate change has reversed a decades-long trend of increased global plant growth, according to a new analysis of NASA satellite data.
“Earth has done an ecological about-face,” a NASA statement said. “Global plant productivity that once flourished under warming temperatures and a lengthened growing season is now on the decline, struck by the stress of...
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Foodprint Project
Map via the NYC Regional Foodshed Initiative of the Urban Design Lab, a Joint Laboratory of the Earth Institute and Columbia University GSAPP
Sarah Rich and I co-founded the Foodprint Project as an exploration of the ways food and cities give shape to one another. As we told Urban Omnibus back in February, days before our first event, we wanted to see what you could learn if you used food as...
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Tiny radio antennas could replace building wiring...
A new study has found a way to implement wireless monitoring technology in buildings with uses ranging from climate control to health and safety applications by tapping into heating, ventilating and air-conditioning (HVAC) ducts.
Rather than running wires all through an office or factory to hook up thermometers, say, the study shows how radio waves could be sent through ductwork to power...
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On a Smarter Planet, the Digital Infrastructure... →
Intel’s purchase yesterday of security software maker McAfee, detailed in this News.com story, signals a shift in the tech industry’s view of how to better secure computers, networks, and software…
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Watchuseradvocate:
Design, innovation and consulting firm, IDEO has launched OpenIDEO - a collaborative platform that the company hopes will enable the crowd to come up with a variety of solutions to challenges posed by brands, charities and individuals
www.openideo.com
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“So here we are. 2030. “The Future.” We control our computers with our mind —...”
– 4 wild predictions for the smartphones and tablets of 2030 (via 2020)
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Using Mobile Applications for Community-based... →
In this paper, we present a phone-based application called CommCare which supports community health workers (CHWs) as they provide home-based care and social support to HIV+ and other chronic patients
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WatchTitle: What’s wrong with business schools? Date: Thursday, August 19th Time: 11:00am-12:00pm EST Our vPanelists
Kevin Thompson (moderator), IBM, Senior Program Manager, Communications, Corporate Citizenship and CSR
Nancy McGaw, Director of the Center for Business, Aspen Institute
Mary C. Gentile, Director, Giving Voice To Values, Babson College and author of Giving Voice To...
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“The ever-expanding ecosystem of smartphone apps owes a great deal to MEMS...”
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MEMS-packed smartphones are world’s biggest wireless sensor net
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“Shipments of Android-based devices, such as HTC Corp’s Desire and Sony...”
– Google’s Android Platform Winning Smartphone Battle - WSJ.com
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