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MineHub Technologies Collaborates with IBM to Introduce Global Mining and Metals Supply Chain Solution using Blockchain Technology

By Guest PostJanuary 16, 2019Technologyarnout van heukelem, blockchain technology, global mining, goldcorp inc, metals supply, minehub technologies, vince sorace

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

By Guest PostJanuary 14, 2019Politics, Technologyglobal hunger, hunger by 2030, jochen moninger, malnutrition, Microsoft, shivangi kaushik, Technology, welthungerhilfe

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…)

Researchers develop 3D printed objects that can track and store how they are used

By Guest PostJanuary 12, 2019Technology3d printed object, backscatter, e nable arms, jennifer mankoff, prosthetics, shyam gollakota, smart pill bottles, vikram iyer

Cheap and easily customizable, 3D printed devices are perfect for assistive technology, like prosthetics or “smart” pill bottles that can help patients remember to take their daily medications. (more…)

IBM Earns Record 9,100 Patents in 2018, Tops U.S. Patent List

By Guest PostJanuary 8, 2019Technology2018, ai, artificial intelligence, blockchain, cloud computing, ginni rometty, ibm, lake george, patent list, patents, security for business, worlds smartest lake

IBM’s inventions include use of AI to help people converse, protect the earth’s lakes and combat voice phishing

ARMONK, N.Y., Jan. 8, 2019 — IBM (NYSE: IBM) inventors received a record 9,100 patents in 2018, marking the company’s 26th consecutive year of U.S. patent leadership. IBM led the industry in the number of artificial intelligence (AI), cloud computing, security and quantum computing-related patent grants. (more…)

New Nerve Gas Detector Built with Legos and a Smartphone

By Guest PostJanuary 6, 2019Science, Technologyalexander boulgakov, chemical sensor, eric anslyn, legos, nerve agents, nerve gas detector, sarin, smartphone, vx

Researchers at the University of Texas at Austin have developed a way to detect the presence, type and concentration of nerve agents in the field using Legos, a smartphone and a chemical sensor.

AUSTIN, Texas — Researchers at The University of Texas at Austin have designed a way to sense dangerous chemicals using, in part, a simple rig consisting of a smartphone and a box made from Lego bricks, which could help first responders and scientists in the field identify deadly and difficult-to-detect nerve agents such as VX and sarin. (more…)

Catalina Taps IBM Analytics to Aid in Digital Transformation

By Guest PostDecember 17, 2018Technologycatalina, consumer packaged goods, cpg, ibm analytics, wes chaar

ARMONK, N.Y., Dec. 17, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — IBM (NYSE: IBM) announced today that Catalina, the market leader in shopper intelligence and personalized digital media, has adopted the IBM Integrated Analytics System (IIAS) as a key pillar of its expanding analytics program to help provide its clients increasingly more relevant shopper insights. (more…)

How even one automated, connected vehicle can improve safety and save energy in traffic

By Guest PostDecember 9, 2018Technologyadvanced mobility vehicles, automated vehicle, gabor orosz, human driver, v2v, v2v information

ANN ARBOR — Connected cruise control uses vehicle-to-vehicle communication to let automated vehicles respond to multiple cars at a time in an effort to save energy and improve safety. (more…)

Can data storytelling help save local journalism?

By Guest PostDecember 7, 2018Media, Technologyben rudolph, data journalism pilot, data storytelling, jake whittenberg, journalism, king journalists, legal marijuana, taylor mirfendereski

Jake Whittenberg gazed across the vast tundra of data in his Excel spreadsheet – a fairly lifeless accounting of the rousing retail market now fueled by legal marijuana in Washington state. (more…)

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