How Wearable Tech is Shaping Logistics and the Warehouse of the Future
Imagine a factory or warehouse where employees can work freely, no longer constrained by computer workstations or scanners that can act as chokepoints on a shop floor. With the aid of multiple, hands-free devices, workers would simply follow real-time updates and instructions that appear in their line of sight, allowing them to work smarter and […]
How Blockchain Will Transform Business and Society
The Linux operating system started as a gleam in the eye of a Finnish university student, Linus Torvalds, who simply wanted to find a better way to connect his new PC to his school’s computer system. Now it’s one of the underpinnings of the 21st century economy. Linux is all the proof we need of […]
Cognitive IoT: Making the Internet of Things Deliver for All of Us
The early visionaries of the Internet of Things, IBM’s thought leaders among them, foresaw a time when practically any physical object could be equipped with sensors and hooked up to the Internet to translate the physical world into digital information. They were focusing on factory assembly lines, electrical grids, automobiles, highways, buildings, and the like. […]
Accelerating the Nutrition Revolution with Cognitive Computing
When I was a teenager, I suffered from a bunch of pesky health problems, including migraines and sinusitis. By age 16, I’d had enough. Determined to feel better, I read dozens of nutrition books and tried a wide variety of diets. I found lots of conflicting theories and advice. Ultimately, after three years of experimentation […]
Emerging Technologies Play A Key Role in Combating Global Environmental Challenges
As the COP21 summit in Paris draws to a close this week, there’s reason for optimism that leaders from more than 150 countries will reach agreements aimed at heading off the more extreme effects of climate change. Many countries have pledged to address the problem and set concrete goals for doing so, adding to a […]
The Future of Knowledge Work: Turbocharging Expertise
The first serious computer program I wrote in high school was a basic “expert system” to help my dad, a judge in India, handle auto accident compensation cases. Back then, we imagined a world where expertise of all sorts could be captured in computer system, but, as you can imagine, I ran into all the […]
A Turning Point for Quantum Computing
Last week, IBM Fellow Charles Bennett stood on stage and organized a group photo of more than 150 IBMers and leading scientists from around the world who had gathered at the T.J. Watson Research Laboratory near New York City for a conference on quantum computing. For those in the know, it was a delicious moment. […]
Cognitive Assistance for the Blind: A TED Talk
Chieko Asakawa has dedicated her career as a computer scientist to helping blind people like herself live life to the fullest. In the 1980s, she developed a widely used word processor for Braille and a digital library for Braille documents. In the 1990s, she created a voice browser that enables blind people to access the […]
Quantum Computing: The New Frontier
As scientists and engineers explore alternatives to conventional computers, one field in particular stands above the rest for its extraordinary potential, as well as, complexity: quantum computing. Quantum computers promise exponential increases in speed over today’s classical computers, and they have the potential to impact problems on a global scale. The most basic piece of […]
Laying the Foundation of Africa’s High-Tech Future
Africa is currently experiencing an economic upswing raising incomes and the standard of living for millions across the continent. However, as with previous African boom periods, this growth is predominantly based on the sale of natural resources and commodities making it vulnerable to fluctuations in global demand. As I write this, the currencies of many […]
Manipal, First Hospital in India to Adopt IBM Watson
As a doctor in India I have a unique perspective of the pressures building within the healthcare system of this country. For starters, a dwindling of physicians is being met with a rise in patient populations. Today, there is one oncologist for every 1,600 cancer patients – and with rising rates of cancer around the […]
Applying Cognitive, Big Data Analytics to Thwart Fraud
A few weeks ago, in Washington, D.C., I had the privilege of moderating a MeriTalk panel, “I Spy Fraud – Before it Happens,” where we delved into the ongoing battle against fraud. But just prior to the discussion, US Government Accountability Office Assistant Director Linda Miller, said something interesting. She said, the traditional approach to […]