May 14, 2013
"3D printing is revolutionizing the world of medicine by making it cheaper and easier to build new body parts out of live human and animal tissue (such as cartilage and cells), as well as synthetic materials. The 3D printed parts tend to be stronger, more durable, and more lifelike than the parts they are replacing, improving the quality of life for the people receiving them."

— Quote from a blog on Design News titled How 3D Printed Body Parts Are Changing Medicine

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Filed under: 3dPrinting 
December 18, 2012
"CIOs and business managers will fail in their efforts to improve business performance outcomes through business process management (BPM) if they cannot overcome major barriers to cross-functional communication and collaboration"

— Quote found in a Gartner Research press release “Gartner Outlines Six Best Practices for Moving to a Culture of Extreme Collaboration”

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Filed under: gartner collaboration social 
December 4, 2012
"I do see a day on the horizon where robots will be mass produced like automobiles and smartphones are today. That might seem crazy right now, but mark my words…it will happen."

— Quote by me (Bill Chamberlin) as written in this post on the HorizonWatching Blog The Robot Report: A Great Source for Robot Industry News

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Filed under: Robots Robotics FrankTobe HorizonWatching. emerging-trends emerging-technologies 
December 3, 2012
"We used almost every part of our science payload examining this drift. The synergies of the instruments and richness of the data sets give us great promise for using them at the mission’s main science destination on Mount Sharp."

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Quote by John Grotzinger of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena. John is a Curiosity Project Scientist. Quote was found at NASA Mission News article  “NASA Mars Rover Fully Analyzes First Soil Samples”

Curiosity

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Filed under: curiosity space nasa 
December 3, 2012
"This study shows that information and communications technology can achieve even greater savings than we previously thought—as much as USD1.9 trillion annually by 2020. The research also shows that country-specific approaches, coordinated within a global framework, are essential to realizing this potential given the diverse country-specific circumstances"

— Quote by Philipp Jung, a San Francisco-based partner at Boston Consulting Group, found in a BCG press release at “ICT can cut global greenhouse gas emissions by 16.5%, saving up to USD1.9T annually

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Filed under: sustainability energy carbon 2020 
November 29, 2012
"Schedule of 2013 I.T. Analyst Technology Trend Webinars"

— My latest blog post is “Schedule of 2013 I.T. Analyst Technology Trend Webinars”

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Filed under: 2013 trends technology emerging-tech 
November 26, 2012
"In the case of artificial intelligence, it seems a reasonable prediction that some time in this or the next century intelligence will escape from the constraints of biology."

— Quote by Cambridge philosophy professor Huw PriceCambridge.  Quote found at phys.org website article “Cambridge to study technology’s risk to humans”

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(Notes: 38)
  
Filed under: AI Artificial-Intelligence cambridge m2m scifi singularity 
November 19, 2012
"More than 1,700 CMOs interviewed by IBM said that the top three forces changing marketing are, in order of importance, the data explosion, the rise of social media, and new choices of channels and devices."

— Quote by Jon Iwata, IBM SVP Marketing & Communications. Quote found in an article titled “CIOs and CMOs Partner To Become Co-Designers of the Customer Experience” at IBM’s website for Center for CIO Leadership. Jon Iwata

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Filed under: CMO CIO Marketing IBM 
November 15, 2012
"Worldwide enterprise IT spending is forecast to total $2.679 trillion in 2013, a 2.5 percent increase of projected 2012 spending of $2.603 trillion. Banking, communications, media and services (CMS) and manufacturing are expected to offer the largest volume of growth opportunities through 2016."

— Quote from a Gartner press release “Gartner Says Worldwide Enterprise IT Spending is Forecast to Grow 2.5 Percent in 2013”

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Filed under: gartner information-technology IT technology 
November 12, 2012
"The market value for Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) deployed in public transport operations in Europe was worth nearly $1 billion in 2011. Growing at a compound annual growth rate of 15 percent, this number is expected to reach $1.9 USD billion by 2016."

— Quote found in a press release by Global Information Inc..  You can read the full press release at “Telematics Enhance the $1.9 Billion Market for Intelligent Transportation Systems in Europe” 

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Filed under: its transportation Intelligent-transportation europe gps smarter-planet 
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