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IBM to Help Utilities Cut Tree Trimming Budgets and Reduce Outages

By Guest PostFebruary 6, 2019Technologygeoscope, ibm, mahesh sudhakaran, oncor, pairs, peter stoltman

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

By Guest PostJanuary 29, 2019Technologycyberbullying, facebook status, negativity online, sick, stephen rains

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

By Guest PostJanuary 18, 2019Technologydeformable object, elastic sheets, rebecca kramer bottiglio, robotic skins

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

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…)

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