IBM Brings AI and Advanced Analytics to the Industrial World
Georgia’s Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority uses IBM Watson IoT tools to help predict, identify and repair potential issues with critical equipment and machinery (more…)
Category Archives: Technology
Fishy business: Putting AI to work in Australia’s Darwin Harbour
Identifying and counting fish species in murky water filled with deadly predators is a difficult job. But fisheries scientists in the Northern Territory are working on an artificial intelligence project with Microsoft that has incredible potential for marine science around the world. (more…)
Stock performance leaps when CEOs are replaced following internal corporate conflict, MU study finds
COLUMBIA, Mo. – Replacing a CEO after a conflict between that executive and a corporate board can have positive impacts on a company’s stock performance, according to new research from the University of Missouri. (more…)
IBM to Help Utilities Cut Tree Trimming Budgets and Reduce Outages
Oncor Uses Breakthrough Technology from IBM Research and The Weather Company to Help Make Energy Grid More Reliable
NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 6, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — DISTRIBUTECH 2019 — IBM (NYSE: IBM) today unveiled new technology to reduce power outages by helping energy companies predict where trees and other vegetation may threaten power lines. IBM worked with Oncor, the largest utility company in Texas and the fifth largest in the U.S., to develop a solution tailored for the energy and utility industry, to help improve operations and provide reliable electric service for millions of customers across the state. (more…)
Facebook Status: Sick. How People Use the Internet to Cope with Illness
In a new book, UA communication professor Stephen Rains explores how people diagnosed with serious illnesses turn to social media, online health forums and other digital resources for help coping. (more…)
‘Robotic Skins’ turn everyday objects into robots
When you think of robotics, you likely think of something rigid, heavy, and built for a specific purpose. New “Robotic Skins” technology developed by Yale researchers flips that notion on its head, allowing users to animate the inanimate and turn everyday objects into robots. (more…)
MineHub Technologies Collaborates with IBM to Introduce Global Mining and Metals Supply Chain Solution using Blockchain Technology
Goldcorp, ING Bank, Kutcho Copper, Ocean Partners and Wheaton Precious Metals Collaborate with MineHub on Industry-Wide Approach to Enhance Efficiency in Mining
VANCOUVER, British Columbia and ARMONK, N.Y., Jan. 16, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — MineHub Technologies, Inc. (“MineHub”) and IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced a collaboration to use blockchain technology to help improve operational efficiencies, logistics and financing and reduce costs in the high-value mineral concentrates supply chain — from mine to end buyer. (more…)
How technology can speed help to malnourished children in the effort to end global hunger
When Ebola cut its cruel swath through Sierra Leone in 2014 – ultimately killing thousands – aid workers fled the West Africa nation in droves to escape the outbreak. But the opposite urge overcame Jochen Moninger. He dug in. (more…)