January 2011
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New technique for rapidly prototyping nanoscale... →
Source: Kurzweil AI Northwestern University researchers have developed a new technique for rapidly prototyping nanoscale devices and structures that is so inexpensive the “print head” can be thrown away when done. Hard-tip, soft-spring lithography (HSL) rolls into one method the best of scanning-probe lithography — high resolution — and the best of polymer pen lithography — low cost and easy...
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7-Eleven Experiments With Eco-Friendly Stores  →
Source: The New York Times One hundred solar-powered 7-Elevens will be operating in Japan by the end of the year. The carbon savings are the equivalent to taking 600 cars off the road. In addition, 7-Eleven will offer electric vehicle charging stations as the company promotes its desire to become more eco-friendly.
Jan 31st
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Cybersecurity: How to Give Up Just the Right... →
Because we live our lives digitally, there’s no turning back the clock to simpler times when personal data was locked up in file cabinets and bank safe deposit boxes. We spew information about…
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Wired and wireless broadband in India, the next... →
emergentfutures: While mobile communication (voice+text) has seen incredible growth in India, broadband connectivity hasn’t been taken as seriously. Last year, India announced a National Broadband Plan with the intention of connecting close to 160 million households compared to an estimated 10.3 Million connections as of now.
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IBM Centennial Film: They Were There - People who changed the way the world works What does it mean to be an IBMer? Every employee experiences the company in different ways, but the global impact IBM has made on business and society over the last 100 years gives us all a common framework. “They Were There” is told by first-hand witnesses—current and retired employees and clients—who were...
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IBM plans software as a service for urban centres →
Source: nationmultimedia.com (Singapore) Global information-technology giant IBM is planning to provide its Smarter Cities solutions to medium-sized cities this year by means of cloud computing and software as a service. The move will aim to expand IBM’s business base and add new business partners, thereby increasing the company’s revenue and creating new markets. IBM’s vice...
Jan 27th
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IBM’s 100 Icons of Progress
In the span of a century, IBM has evolved from a small business that made scales, time clocks and tabulating machines to a globally integrated enterprise with 400,000 employees and a strong vision for the future. The stories that have emerged throughout our history are complex tales of big risks, lessons learned and discoveries that have transformed the way we work and live. These 100...
Jan 27th
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Final Jeopardy Author Steve Baker on Watson: A... →
By Stephen Baker Picture the smart, unassuming person at a meeting, who says, “Well, I’m no expert, but once I saw this case where….” That person is doing something that until recently was uniquely…
Jan 26th
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Peer-to-peer and personal loans →
visualoop: [N.B. Coupled with person-to-person transactions by mobile devices, the realm of economic exchange could be revolutionized by innovations that bring digital commerce down to the grassroots]
Jan 26th
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IBM, North York General Hospital Collaborate on... →
  InfoSphere enables medical facilities to view all the data for a single patient as well as operational indicators for quality, safety, cost and general performance, Sulkers said. Physicians can track a hospital’s clinical, financial and administrative performance in InfoSphere by viewing Web-based graphics. In addition to hospital systems, researchers at universities such as Columbia,...
Jan 26th
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IRS App Tracks Tax Refunds On Smart Phones
  For people who just can’t get enough of the Internal Revenue Service, the federal tax collection agency is coming out with a new phone app. The app, called IRS2Go, allows taxpayers to track their tax refunds and get tax tips form the IRS. It’s free, and available for people who use iPhones or Androids. IRS Commissioner Doug Shulman said the IRS is using the app to become more...
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Hey megalomaniacs: Build your own planet!  →
via NASA.gov Have a God complex? Like space? Don’t feel like doing any more work today? The folks over at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab in California have solved your case of the Mondays. Click here to be transported someplace high above the heavens, where you can choose your planet’s size,… cnnmoneytech:
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IBM Centennial Film: 100 X 100 - A century of achievements that have changed the world The film features one hundred people, who each present the IBM achievement recorded in the year they were born. The film chronology flows from the oldest person to the youngest, offering a whirlwind history of the company and culminating with its prospects for the future.
Jan 24th
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What Makes Cities Smart - TIME.com Prominent U.S. Mayors discuss what is needed to build intelligent cities that can compete in the global economy smartercities:
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World hunger best cured by small-scale agriculture →
“The authors suggest that instead of producing more food to meet the world’s growing population needs, a more effective way to address food security issues and climate change would be to encourage self-sufficiency and waste reduction, in wealthier and poorer nations alike. “If we shift just some of our attention away from production to consumption issues and reducing food waste, we might actually...
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The Emotiv Headset: $300 Brain Machine Interface This device was demonstrated at TED and posted in summer 2010, by Tan Le, President of Emotiv, the company which makes this device. Emotiv is not the first company to market with a consumer EEG. In fact, Lucasfilm licensed a toy recently called the “Force Trainer,” with many similarities to Emotiv’s product. It’s unclear if that device is...
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“Atul Gawande on Jeff Brenner and lower chronic healthcare costs “In the...”
– Atul Gawande, talking about Dr. Jeff Brenner, who is working to lower health care costs in Camden, New Jersey by targeting the chronically ill. (via nprfreshair)
Jan 22nd
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BioFuels DO Help Environment - Swedish Study →
realcleverscience: Very glad people are taking approaches to investigating the broader effects of alternative energy sources - and very happy that they’re showing positive results for these alternatives. RCS Highlights: For the first time, researchers have taken an overall look at Swedish biofuels and analysed what impact they have on the environment, both in relation to one another and to...
Jan 21st
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iPad Drives Tablet Market to 17 Million Units...
  Source: Mashable A new report from IDC shows that both the media tablet market and the e-reader market made big leaps in 2010. The market for media tablets grew from 3.3 million in Q2 to 4.8 million in Q3, an increase of 45.1%. That growth was fueled almost exclusively by the iPad. In Q3, Apple sold 4.19 million iPads, representing over 87% of the media tablet market. IDC defines media...
Jan 21st
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Mid-sized Businesses Upping IT Budgets for Cloud... →
More than half of mid-sized businesses worldwide are planning to increase IT budgets in the next 12 to 18 months, targeting resources at cloud computing, business analytics, collaboration, mobility and improving customer relationships, according to a new study commissioned by IBM Corp. that suggests economic recovery may be for real.
Jan 21st
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The Growth of Linked Data - ReadWriteCloud The concept of Linked Data has largely been the domain of academics and geeks. But this is a new time and space for the Web and the possible uses of Linked Data are becoming more widely recognized. To illustrate the concept of Linked Data, Richard Cyganiak and Anja Jentzsch created the Linked Data Diagram of the Cloud. This image is widely used but it...
Jan 21st
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IBM’s Watson: The Future of Business Analytics? →
IBM’s Watson software is the subject of this week’s SmoothSpan InfoBoom-sponsored posting. In it, I discuss the ramifications of IBM’s remarkable Watson software for Business in the next 10 years.  It’s amazing to watch the videos of IBM’s Watson participating in Jeopardy rounds against the human champions.  Watson answers faster and more accurately, and it seemingly knows everything. The...
Jan 21st
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Study claims 100 percent renewable energy possible... →
New research has shown that it is possible and affordable for the world to achieve 100 percent renewable energy by 2030, if there is the political will to strive for this goal. Achieving 100 percent renewable energy would mean the building of about four million 5 MW wind turbines, 1.7 billion 3 kW roof-mounted solar photovoltaic systems, and around 90,000 300 MW solar power...
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Ready for the Floor: “The new green economy could... →
“The new green economy could be transformational for our country. Compare it to the internet. Fiftteen years ago there was no web browser. There was no internet at your fingertips, no ecommerce, no search engines. Now, the internet has transformed our lives: how we learn and inform, how we… doitdoitdoitnow:
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