June 2012
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smartercities: Revolution Recovery’s mission is to keep building materials out of landfills. They run a recycling facility that competes with traditional trash transfer stations, but rather than filling our earth up with these materials, they engage in the toil of sorting and reselling, and in the process create jobs and push for a more sustainable planet. Philadelphia, PA
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How filters can cure information overload at work  →
ibmsocialbiz: At some point you’ll need to filter information from your organization’s social media systems to avoid information overload. This article discusses considerations in using  ”metadata” for filtering, whether implemented by algorithm or by human trial and error. If someone defines their filters too narrowly, they reduce the opportunity for serendipity; but if they define their...
Jun 28th
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The Smart Money Is on Big Data | AllThingsD →
Big Data and online video analytics deliver extremely personalized media experiences that benefit both viewers and content publishers. Rather than “killing television,” the shift to mobile, multiscreen video viewing offers entertainment and technology companies a tremendous opportunity to create new and profitable digital distribution models. The key is for those companies to collaborate within a...
Jun 28th
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“Currently being developed by DARPA … are contact lenses that enhance normal...”
– Quote found at DARPA site “DARPA researchers design eye-enhancing virtual reality contact lenses”
Jun 27th
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Google Co-Founder Demos Google Glasses -- Using...
huffposttech: This. Was awesome. More here.
Jun 27th
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Google Working on Simulating the Human Brain -... →
(N.B.  IBM Research is also well along on various aspects of AI, such as Watson, and a new generation of cognitive computing chips and other frontiers of neuroscience, supercomputing and nanotechnology)  John Markoff of the New York Times reports, “Inside Google’s secretive X laboratory, known for inventing self-driving cars and augmented reality glasses, a small group of researchers began...
Jun 27th
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“Social business is not something you ‘do,’ it’s something that you become.”
– Brian Solis, A Facebook like does not equal an opt-in (via ibmsocialbiz)
Jun 27th
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Jun 26th
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“Smartphones are helping make the densest cities the best places to live, as...”
– The app of life (FT)
Jun 26th
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Big data meets business: solving problems that... →
Fortune 500 companies are using Hadoop and big data technologies to transform their use of data for financial analysis, retail customer intelligence, IT operational insight, environmental and biomedical research, energy management, and even national security. But what results are they seeing? What have the early adopters of big data systems learned, and what business benefits have been realized...
Jun 25th
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Remapping gang turf: Math model shows crimes... →
A mathematical model that has been used for more than 80 years to determine the hunting range of animals in the wild holds promise for mapping the territories of street gangs, a UCLA-led team of social scientists reports in a new study.
Jun 25th
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ibmsocialbiz: Puzzling over big data.  Can a presentation about analytics, big data and algorithms be funny.. and perfectly understandable to those of us who know nothing about higher math? Absolutely! Inspired by the way people put puzzles together, Jeff Jonas, chief scientists, entity analytics at IBM, challenges teenagers to a puzzle project. Unbeknownst to them, some pieces are duplicates...
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Jun 22nd
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Ten-Year-Old Girl Receives Major Vein Grown From... →
A 10-year-old Swedish girl has had a potentially life-threatening condition alleviated by receiving a vein grown from her own stem cells. Her condition, called extrahepatic portal vein obstruction, blocks the bloodflow between the intestines and the liver. Doctors at the Sahlgrenska University Hospital and the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, removed cells from a deceased donor’s vein with...
Jun 22nd
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The internet of things: how connected devices can... →
Technology that connects people and objects with online identities is only as good or bad as the way we choose to use it ometimes trying to predict the digital revolution seems very much like that old cliche of waiting for a bus. You know, you spend 12 years waiting for mobile to come along and then social and cloud arrive at the same time. That perfect, ahem, storm of connectivity – combined...
Jun 22nd
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Design Thinking : The Importance of User...
But somewhere between the launch of the Xbox 360 and the release of Vista, Microsoft started to approach design—industrial, UI and UX—with genuine interest, instead of treating it as an obligation. [Windows 8] - http://pulse.me/s/aw86K
Jun 21st
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What's your Big Idea for sustainable cities?
thisbigcity: I’m at Base London today discussing Big Ideas for sustainable cities with the event’s attendees. But I know that you guys must have some great ideas yourself! So, what’s your Big Idea for making cities more sustainable? - Joe
Jun 21st
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From Smart House to Networked Home | World Future... →
futuresagency: We’ll be freed from the rigidity of conventional input devices (e.g., keyboard, mouse, screen, remotes) and able to interact with the digital world anywhere—and any way—using a combination of gesture, touch, verbal commands, and targeted use of traditional interfaces.
Jun 21st
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“Imagine drinking orange juice out of an orange-flavored container that you can...”
– A Package You Can Eat, To Prevent Plastic Pollution | Co.Exist: World changing ideas and innovation Great concept - BALI is the first place where plastic should be out-lawed, period, imho: see what I wrote here
Jun 21st
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Futurist Foresight: The Internet of Things →
futurist-foresight: As the world becomes more and more connected the Internet of Things is becoming more and more of a reality. “The Internet of Things refers to uniquely identifiable objects (things) and their virtual representations in an Internet-like structure. The term Internet of Things was first used by…
Jun 21st
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Five Big Ideas from Base London - Vote for the...
smartercities: IBM UK are at Base Cities London and have been collecting Big Ideas for sustainable cities from delegates and our Twitter and Tumblr followers. We’ve passed your Big Ideas to Scriberia to animate and here are five of the best, along with Sriberia’s pictures. We want your help choosing a winner, so take a look at the ideas below and cast your vote! One Switch - how about one...
Jun 21st
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The Smarter Planet Apps for iOS, Android & Windows...
Follow how everything from buildings to food can become smarter through the application of business analytics and IT innovations. Google Play for Android Download Smarter Planet     iTunes App store for iOS Download Smarter Planet     Marketplace for Windows Phone Download Smarter Planet   Get these all-new apps, with loads of new features for your smartphone or tablet.  More mobile...
Jun 20th
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Two new hires, a data scientist, and a practice leader on their challenges and motivations, succeeding at IBM, and the qualities future consultants will need.
Jun 20th
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Jun 19th
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GrabCAD Now In 3D, Sets Sights On Being The GitHub... →
Whatever you think of Hollywood’s current preoccupation with all things three dimensional, in the world of mechanical engineering, 3D is definitely the way to go. But sharing those CAD-generated renders with clients is more often done Old Skool using print screens, drawings or the dreaded powerpoint presentation. That’s a pretty static way of doing things since those renders can’t be interacted...
Jun 19th
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IBM hopes its Watson will become doctor's sidekick... →
IBM hopes its Watson will become doctor’s sidekick by Elizabeth Stawicki, Minnesota Public Radio June 13, 2012 LISTEN EMBED | HELP ST. PAUL, Minn. — Remember Watson, the IBM supercomputer which made headlines last year by trouncing the top two contestants on the TV game show, Jeopardy? Watson’s million-dollar prize went to charity and now Big Blue is seeking gainful...
Jun 15th
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Arizona's Desert Mountain Community Conserves... →
IBM’s Intelligent Operations Center for Smarter Cities Gleans Insight, Increases Efficiency Read more here: http://www.sacbee.com/2012/06/13/4558781/arizonas-desert-mountain-community.html#storylink=cpy
Jun 15th
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