August 2012
9 posts
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“Phase-change memory chips, an emerging storage technology, could soon dethrone...”
– Subtitle of an article found online at The Economist. Article is titled “Phase-change memory: Altered states”
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“It is estimated that 2.5 quintillion bytes of new data are created daily with an...”
– Quote from an IBM Research website discussing IBM’s Watson. Page is titled “Watson — More than a quiz show champion”
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Africa: The Next Frontier for IBM Research... →
IBM’s new lab will conduct basic and applied research to solve East Africa’s problems, such as transportation congestion.
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“All questions are permissible in science. This one about evolution is...”
– Quotes from a very interesting blog post by James A. Shapiro on Huffington Post. Title of the post “Does Natural Selection Really Explain What Makes Evolution Succeed?”. Check out all the comments on the blog post too…a very interesting discussion
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“How long before robots can think like us?”
– This is the title of an online article at the Telegraph. Check it out at “How long before robots can think like us?”
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“One of the most surprising findings was that different mobile commerce app types...”
– Quote by Scott Ellison, vice president, Mobile & Consumer Connected Platforms at IDC. Quote found in IDC press release titled “Onavo and IDC Find Dramatically Different Usage Patterns Between Key Mobile Commerce App Types”
“Sometimes we forget that the most productive people in an organization aren’t...”
– Quote on a blog post at Fast Company’ authored by Foberta Matuson titled “The Link Between Quietness And Productivity”
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“While in-store shopping accounts for 92 percent of retail volume, consumers are...”
– Quote found on IBM Research site “Augmented reality makes shopping more personal”
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“I can’t believe this. This is unbelievable”
– Quote by Allen Chen, the deputy head of the rover’s descent and landing team at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory near Los Angeles. Quote found in a Reuter’s online article “NASA rover Curiosity makes historic Mars landing, beams back photos” 