March 2011
Watson University Symposium: Replays →
IBM’s Watson Goes to School: IBM scientist, Dr. David Ferrucci, (left) coaches Will Zhang of Carnegie Mellon University and Danielle Arbogast of the University of Pittsburgh in a…
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Is Cellulosic Ethanol Ready to Heed the... →
In the face of rising gas prices and increasing turmoil in the Middle East, President Barack Obama today called for a one-third cut in oil imports by 2020. The President’s plan to accomplish this goal relies on a variety of energy sources including increased domestic oil and gas production.
But the aspect of the President’s plan that is of particular interest to our company is his call to...
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Using Analytics to Understand your Patients Beyond... →
By Dr. James Holly, CEO, Southeast Texas Medical Associates
I don’t expect you to know what the number 8,760 means, but I’ll tell you. It’s the number of hours in a year. As a primary care…
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New Noma Bar Smarter Planet Poster #8bar1625 now... →
[downloadable here: coming soon] [Noma Bar][smarter planet]
#8bar1625 in a series
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IBM Intros Social Media Analytics -- Social Media... →
IBM is looking to help marketers gain insight from the treasure trove of data strewn across social networks with its release, on Thursday, of two cloud-based applications.
IBM Coremetrics Social is designed to aid companies in their analysis of the business impact of their social marketing initiatives. The software uses information that is publicly available on sites such as Facebook and...
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Smarter Planet Mobile Apps Update →
The Smarter Planet iPhone and The Social Business iPhone apps have been updated with a new feature, called Pic Stories, based on IBMer Chris Luongo’s wonderful How It Works series of…
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A Decade in Wireless →
Full post here.
Source: Visual Loop
2011 IBM SmartCamp Startup Competition Set to... →
Startups should apply now for SmartCamp Startup Competitions near them
With the SXSW Accelerator startup competition in our rear-view mirrors, it’s time to look ahead to the 2011…
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Bringing Moore’s Law to IT Services →
The expression Moore’s Law has become standard shorthand for exponential improvement in the tech industry. Through the ability to effectively double the number of transistors on a chip about…
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“Technology alone is never the answer — that’s the main lesson from Watson’s...”
– via Can Technology Reinvent Education? by Robin Willner
Innovations in Education is the second of three blog series on social innovation culminating in three Think Tanks organized by the Advanced Leadership Initiative at Harvard University.
(via fenwayfrank)
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WatchWhat was the greatest invention of the industrial revolution? Hans Rosling makes the case for the washing machine. With newly designed graphics from Gapminder, Rosling shows us the magic that pops up when economic growth and electricity turn a boring wash day into an intellectual day of reading.
Hans Rosling on washing machines. This man is a genius.
via craigkanarick:
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IBM Gets Smart Meters →
IBM has announced its collaboration with Cable & Wireless Worldwide to provide millions of smart energy meters to UK households. With this partnership the company is challenging its rivals including BT, Vodafone and Telefonica O2 UK, which have already planned to service Britain’s smart energy grid.
Smart energy meters will provide instant measurements of usage to energy companies with...
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IBM study: Many companies botching social media |... →
It appears many companies are doing this whole social media thing all wrong, according to a new study by IBM.
Fortunately, IBM this week launched a “Smarter Commerce” consulting practice that includes, among other things, a social media component. The serendipity of it all.
(Also see: IBM launches e-commerce practice)
The IBM study does draw a big conclusion that has the ring...
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UConn reactor uses more efficient process to make...
Source: Physorg.com
Deep inside the University of Connecticut’s chemical engineering building in Storrs, Professor Richard Parnas and a team of students quietly monitor a murky brown emulsion bubbling inside an enormous 6-inch diameter glass tube like doctors carefully observing a patient undergoing surgery.
…Parnas’ patented biodiesel reactor is unique in both its simplicity and ...
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Birthing the Pragmatic Web: IBM's Smarter Customer... →
Source: Gerson Lehrman Group
Summary
IBM’s recently announced Smarter Customer solution shifts CMO and CIO thinking about social business intelligence from point oriented data capture and data mining to a process driven, systematic approach to Customer Experience Management.(CEM). While providing enterprise with the means to create measurable business value in social media,...
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Security and the Internet of Things →
In the next couple of years, there are expected to be 2 billion people connected to the Internet. At the same time, the instrumentation and interconnection of the world’s human-made and natural…
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SXSW Interactive, part 3: Have you heard of... →
My previous post on SXSW featured an interview with Watson’s lead researcher Dr. David Ferrucci talking about Watson and startups where he said that one key to success is believing that…
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SXSW Interactive, part 5: Cloud, city, penguins,... →
My odyssey through the 2011 SXSW Interactive conference in Austin, Texas wrapped up today with the Smarter Planet Technology Summit featuring a live demo of Watson.
Richard…
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Easier translations for Japanese relief workers →
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This is a guest post from CNNMoney small business reporter Catherine Clifford, who is tracking the contributions entrepreneurs are making to the global relief effort.
Relief workers in Japan who don’t speak Japanese can get a free tool that lets them speak into their phones and…
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