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Smarter Sensor Nets Monitor Any Environment

Wireless sensor networks originally designed to monitor data center server farms by IBM are being deployed in new environments where they repurpose software analytics and cloud computing capabilities to solve a wider array of societal problems.

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Paolo Dionisi Vici (left), associate research scientist in the Department of Scientific Research at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, and Hendrik Hamann (right), research manager at IBM, discuss the environmental sensor network for preserving art.

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Building a Smarter City

Technologies save money, time and lives in rapidly growing urban areas.

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At the new Rio Operations Center in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, the incident commander's view provides a summary of everything happening around the city on a video wall.

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Smarter Cloud on-a-Chip Goes Green

Intel is distributing a smarter experimental cloud computer on-a-chip to research organizations worldwide.

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Intel's Cloud 2015 Vision aims to help businesses implement cloud computing solutions that are federated, automated and client-aware.

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Smarter Implants Shielded From Cyber-Attack

Medical implants today receive wirelessly transmitted instructions from physicians regarding how to dispense their therapy, opening them to cyber-attacks that could potentially be fatal. However, a novel shield technology could secure access to the implants by virtue of an add-on medallion worn by the patient.

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The shield uses two antennas, one to transmit the jamming signal and the other to relay authenticated programming commands to the implant.

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GIST Initiative Launches Innovation and Entrepreneurship Programs

At the recent conference on Economic Development through Science and Technology Innovation, the State Department-sponsored Global Innovation through Science and Technology (GIST) initiative launched two programs that will foster innovation and technology entrepreneurship through social networking, skill development, and financing.

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Green Room Retail Help Develop Sony PlayStation Mobile Demo Unit

Green Room Retail, leading expert providers of retail solutions including retail design, point-of-purchase, shop-in-shop and flagship store design, won the contract to design and create an in-store demonstration unit for Sony PlayStation.

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Smarter Building Management Cuts Costs

Green buildings are not confined to new construction anymore. IBM recently unveiled its Intelligent Building Management software that applies analytics and automation algorithms to make any building new or old "green."

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Tulane University’s Richardson Memorial Hall is being turned into a "smarter building living laboratory" for its architecture students.

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3D Printers Now in Homes and Classrooms

Once relegated to scientific industries like space, medicine and engineering, 3D printers are becoming less expensive and easier to use. The newest models are now appearing in classrooms and even households around the country.

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The RapMan 3D printer is transparent, simple and significantly cheaper than previous 3D printer models.

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Picture This: Smarter Data

Visualization is the next important frontier for IT and business pros.

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Full Monty: The Allosphere lets researchers literally climb inside their data to explore in 3D.

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Keeping Pace With the Exabytes of Medical Data

The overwhelming abundance of health data is prompting the development of smarter health analytics integrated with cloud computing to quickly sift out the nuggets of knowledge that help patients.

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Smart applications like the free AsthmaMD help patients create diaries that caregivers can access to make sure directions are being followed and medications are being taken on time.

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