Now, the combination of nanowires and graphene facilitates much broader and more flexible solar cells. Changes at the atom level in nanowires offer vast possibilities for improvement of sola... Read more
“By linking physical objects to the full power of cyberspace, the Industrial Internet promises to dramatically reshape how people interact with technology,” AT&T, Cisco, GE,... Read more
An ultra-fast and ultra-small optical switch has been invented that could advance the day when photons replace electrons in the innards of consumer products ranging from cell phones to autom... Read more
Over a billion people are affected by fungal infections every year, ranging in severity from topical skin conditions like athlete’s foot to life-threatening fungal blood infections. Th... Read more
Watson may have won Jeopardy, but the supercomputer’s real-world uses–in medicine, education, and beyond–are only now coming into play. Terrell Jones, the founder of Travel... Read more
The company’s annual report of five predictions for the next five years is all about the benefits of big data: stores, cities, classrooms, and hospitals. In the 5 in 5 report IBM’s top... Read more
Information storage: A 60-year-old technology offers a solution to a modern problem—how to store all those bits and bytes cheaply and reliably WHEN physicists switch on the Large Hadron Coll... Read more
The long-term goal is to build a chip with 10 billion neurons and a hundred trillion synapses — all while only consuming roughly a kilowatt of power and taking up less than two liters... Read more
IBM has announced the launch of Digital Delta, a breakthrough innovation program that will harness insights from Big Data to transform flood control and the management of the entire Dutch wa... Read more
Think about windows coated with transparent film that absorbs harmful ultraviolet sunrays and uses them to generate electricity. Consider a water filtration membrane that blocks viruses and... Read more
Tianhe-2, or Milky Way-2, a supercomputer developed by China’s National University of Defense Technology, is the new No. 1 ranked machine on the industry-standard Top500 list of the wo... Read more
Ushering in a new era of cognitive computing systems, IBM today unveiled the IBM Watson Engagement Advisor Delivered From the Cloud and Into the Hands of Mobile Consumers, Watson Provides Fa... Read more
A robotic sidekick could soon be helping field engineers fix faulty equipment in remote locations. Developed by IBM, the robotic helper has a projector that can overlay information on equipm... Read more
Today on Earth Day, scientists have announced a collaboration to develop an affordable photovoltaic system capable of concentrating solar radiation 2,000 times and converting 80 percent of t... Read more
When Gary Patton pulls a thin, round wafer-like sheet from his coat pocket, he makes no attempts to conceal his excitement. “It’s cutting-edge innovation!” says the man who heads IBM’s resea... Read more
