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Trucks, Technology & Twitter: the Atlanta Hybrid Truck Convoy and the Truck2020 TwitStop

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On Tuesday, Oct. 27th, a convoy of dozens of hybrid trucks will be rolling through Atlanta on their way to the  Hybrid Truck 2009 National Conference at the Georgia World Congress Center.  As part of the conference, IBM will also be publishing its new study, Truck2020, which examines the critical role that next generation trucking will play in making cities, supply chains, retail businesses and many aspects of our planet smarter, greener and more innovative.

Speaking of next generations,  many kids ( and plenty of grownup kids) love trucks. To feed that passion and promote interest in this emerging high-tech industry, IBM’s Institute for Business Value, which produced the Truck2020 report, is organizing a multimedia collaboration via Twitter for spectators and convoy participants. We’re calling it a “TwitStop.” See details on how people in the Atlanta area can be part of this social media mashup.

Trucks, Technology & Twitter: the Atlanta Hybrid Truck Convoy and the Truck2020 TwitStop

Tue 06 Oct ∞ Permalink Comments (View)
smarterplanet: Post Your Smarter City Ideas 1. Tell a story: Contribute text, photos, links, quotes or video to describe your smarter city. Start by selecting your medium from the pulldown menu at the top of the box below. 2. Make sure others can find your story: At the bottom of your post, include your city and country, and any descriptive terms so we can tag it properly. Share your ideas freely under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, and help build the Smarter Cities Open Model that grassroots groups everywhere can use as a foundation for making their city smarter. For more, see our Help & FAQ section.

smarterplanet:

Post Your Smarter City Ideas

1. Tell a story: Contribute text, photos, links, quotes or video to describe your smarter city. Start by selecting your medium from the pulldown menu at the top of the box below.

2. Make sure others can find your story: At the bottom of your post, include your city and country, and any descriptive terms so we can tag it properly.

Share your ideas freely under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, and help build the Smarter Cities Open Model that grassroots groups everywhere can use as a foundation for making their city smarter. For more, see our Help & FAQ section.

Thu 01 Oct ∞ Permalink Comments (View)
smarterplanet: IBM Launches New Advanced Analytics Center In New York, SmarterCities Scan social media project …IBM is also partnering with New York-based Tumblr to launch the Smarter Cities Scan, a social media project in crowdsourced research and open knowledge exchange. The initiative is using advanced IBM analytics technology to scan participants’ input to build a public blueprint for Smarter Cities. The output will be available to cities and grass-roots groups to use as a foundation for projects to make urban centers smarter via a Smarter Cities Open Model. IBM will also leverage this open model via the IBM Business Analytics Center in New York and the other centers around the world.

smarterplanet:

IBM Launches New Advanced Analytics Center In New York, SmarterCities Scan social media project

…IBM is also partnering with New York-based Tumblr to launch the Smarter Cities Scan, a social media project in crowdsourced research and open knowledge exchange. The initiative is using advanced IBM analytics technology to scan participants’ input to build a public blueprint for Smarter Cities. The output will be available to cities and grass-roots groups to use as a foundation for projects to make urban centers smarter via a Smarter Cities Open Model. IBM will also leverage this open model via the IBM Business Analytics Center in New York and the other centers around the world.

Fri 07 Aug ∞ Permalink Comments (View)

Smarter Manufacturing & Products

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The era of the one-size-fits-all product comes to an end

From automobiles to meat cases to artificial hearts, today’s smarter products represent a new generation of capabilities that provide increasingly multidimensional and personalized functions. Smart products fuse together sensors, actuators, electronics and mechanical systems. In fact, 66% of manufacturers surveyed include embedded software components in their products. And that embedded software is what creates customized and unique experiences for end users.

Tue 04 Aug ∞ Permalink Comments (View)

Stream Computing: For decades we've plugged computers into computers. Now we can plug them into the real world.

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A neonatal intensive care unit. A buoy tethered deep in the waters of Galway Bay. A space center in Sweden. All three are sites where stream computing is being tested as a powerful new way of processing data.

IBM’s new middleware platform, also known as InfoSphere Streams, can ingest and analyze massive amounts of diverse data in real time and issue predictive bits of intelligence that can help its users make smarter decisions… about caring for critically ill preemies… managing a fragile marine ecosystem… and forecasting disturbances in “space” weather.

IBM - Stream computing

Thu 30 Jul ∞ Permalink Comments (View)
smarterplanet: There’s a “perfect storm” brewing that just might elevate the iPhone as the tool of choice for corporate types, not just for e-mail but for BI on the go.Mobile Business Intelligence Emerges on the Apple iPhone

smarterplanet:

There’s a “perfect storm” brewing that just might elevate the iPhone as the tool of choice for corporate types, not just for e-mail but for BI on the go.Mobile Business Intelligence Emerges on the Apple iPhone
Wed 08 Jul ∞ Permalink Comments (View)
smarterplanet: Catch the external webcast of NPUC 2009 (New Paradigms in Using Computers) from IBM’s Almaden Research Center, tomorrow, starting at 12 noon Eastern, on the GBS New Intelligence Video Studio

smarterplanet:

Catch the external webcast of NPUC 2009 (New Paradigms in Using Computers) from IBM’s Almaden Research Center, tomorrow, starting at 12 noon Eastern, on the GBS New Intelligence Video Studio
Mon 22 Jun ∞ Permalink Comments (View)
smarterplanet: On June 23–24, in Berlin, IBM will host a unique gathering, SmarterCities, to explore how progressive cities are modernizing to spur economic development, drive greater innovation, transform for competitive advantage and meet the pressing demands of a more engaged and intelligent citizenry. This is the first of a series of SmarterCities gatherings hosted by IBM in collaboration with major partners across the globe. (via IBM Smarter Cities)

smarterplanet:

On June 23–24, in Berlin, IBM will host a unique gathering, SmarterCities, to explore how progressive cities are modernizing to spur economic development, drive greater innovation, transform for competitive advantage and meet the pressing demands of a more engaged and intelligent citizenry. This is the first of a series of SmarterCities gatherings hosted by IBM in collaboration with major partners across the globe. (via IBM Smarter Cities)
Fri 19 Jun ∞ Permalink Comments (View)
smarterplanet: Electronic textiles (e-textiles) are fabrics that have electronics and interconnections woven into them, with physical flexibility and size that cannot be achieved with existing electronic manufacturing techniques. (via E-Textile Research Lab)

smarterplanet:

Electronic textiles (e-textiles) are fabrics that have electronics and interconnections woven into them, with physical flexibility and size that cannot be achieved with existing electronic manufacturing techniques. (via E-Textile Research Lab)
Thu 18 Jun ∞ Permalink Comments (View)

smarterplanet:

Cloud Computing: Why choose IBM (via IBMCloud)

IBMers and customers speak about how leveraging cloud computing can optimize businesses. Cloud computing infrastructure allows businesses to access virtual resources, like automated software and new applications, and then are able to package cloud offerings to create cost-effective, repeatable services that can help them be more productive.