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Five patents that can help you save time, energy—and even your cool
These five IBM patents were inspired by problems in everyday life. They can help the blind, traveling babies and the average man on the street.
Predictions for 5 near-term innovations
Ubiquitous solar cells, voice browsing, digital dressing rooms, health forecasts and memory tools. Learn what's next.
Medical Home model cures primary care woes
New model for primary care reinvents role of family doctor with supporting team.
IBM Service Corps volunteers return home
One-month IBM Service Corps experience proves invaluable to volunteers and hosts.
Our smaller, flatter, smarter planet
The convergence of technologies: offers the opportunity to add a layer of intelligence to our most mundane processes to make them smarter, more effective, greener.
Information overload
On average, information workers check e-mail 50 times, get 77 instant messages and visit 40 Web sites every day. How does anyone get any work done? IBM has some ideas.
The Virtual Forbidden City
Explore this ancient palace complex in the virtual world, using the social networking tools of the 21st century.
IBM helps create accessible Web sites
20% of the U.S. population will be over 65 by 2030. IBM has helped leading retailers make their Web sites more accessible to the elderly.
Government in the year 2020
In developing tailored strategies to address six global trends, governments will need to enact a new kind of perpetual collaboration.
How would you invest one million dollars?
Our survey of investors reveals unwavering confidence in their financial strategies, but not their advisors.
What kind of citizen is your company?
In a new IBM study, less than 25% of companies know their customers CSR concerns. Here's why it matters.
Second annual Next 5 in 5
Medical avatars. Digital foods. And smart appliances, cars and cell phones. What's next? IBM picks the top five innovations.
All eyes on Africa
The same factors that prompted the tremendous growth in Asia are now appearing in Africa. Here are the opportunities.
IBM and the world's great rivers
High-performance computing is coming to the aid of the world's watersheds. Here's what IBM is doing.
E-ready? Set. Go.
A key indicator of economic success is the rate of Internet adoption within a country. Here's how different countries rank.
The race against bird flu
The avian flu virus isn't easily passed between humans today. But such viruses often mutate. And that makes researchers worried.
Stockholm gets out of a jam
Stockholm reduced congestion, boosted public transport usage and improved quality of life for its citizens. Here's how IBM helped.
Intelligent energy for economies and the planet
For energy use that can both build economies and protect the planet, we have to redesign the systems that bring power to the people.
World Community Grid harnesses idle PC power
Volunteer your PC's unused computing power to advance AIDS research, help treat cancer and improve the way we live. Here's how it works.
Accessibility means "innovation for everyone"
With such a range of human abilities, can't we adapt the world to the people instead of forcing people to adapt to what we create?
Five innovations in the next five years
A 3-D Internet. Mind-reading phones. Virtual doctor visits. Read more about five innovations that will change your life.
Reinventing healthcare
A review of what's ailing healthcare today and some innovative approaches to healing the system.
Turning green with ingenuity
Environmental protection and business interests are increasingly not only compatible, but simultaneously attainable.
How It Works: The Genographic Project
The National Geographic Society and IBM have teamed up to track your ancestors' journeys. Here's how it works.
