From James Kaufman, Manager, Healthcare Information Infrastructure at IBM Research - Almaden:In order to create effective policies and response plans for pandemics, public health officials need the ability to track how both seasonal flu and emerging strains like H1N1 can spread. If you think about it, an infectious disease spreading through a population is analogous to a storm moving across the
Tuesday, 29 September 2009
Monday, 7 September 2009
Guest blogger: IBM scientists reinvent the record player needle?
Posted on 06:00 by Unknown
Well, not exactly - let me explain.Do you remember the last time you used a record player? For those readers born in the age of CDs and MP3s let me explain. Records have tiny grooves on them with peaks and valley's that are "read" by a tiny needle, which are then projected through a speaker for your listening pleasure. Often though, the needles wear out and eventually break, sometimes
Wednesday, 2 September 2009
Inventors’ Corner: U.S. Patent # 7,519,658- Automatic blogging during media viewing
Posted on 06:57 by Unknown
Imagine being able to comment about your favorite TV show or program in real-time via social media sites, such as Facebook and Twitter -- without having to turn on a computer.This patented invention allows you to post, tweet and communicate with friends via an enhanced remote control, which enables a viewer to “autoblog” and receive responses from other bloggers.IBM inventors Howard Anglin,
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