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IBM is opening a Smarter Infrastructure Lab at Carnegie Mellon University to develop sensors and systems to monitor the state of infrastructure. The intent is to monitor and analyze the state of buildings, roads, water lines and other urban infrastructure. The software and systems will be tuned to process, monitor and analyze the data from [...]
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IBM is working with McMaster University on a project to use a multicore microprocessor from a video game into a vehicle in order to integrate the vehicle’s multiple microprocessors. The intent is to integrate the automotive systems to improve vehicle efficiency and safety, while also giving driving real-time visualizations and alerts about traffic congestion. The [...]
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I caught a presentation from John Boss of WeatherBug at the GITA event in Phoenix last week. The company is doing work with an IBM Research project titled Deep Thunder for high-resolution weather predictions for businesses with weather-sensitive operations, and one of their clients is the large utility Consolidated Edison. The modeling project provides a [...]
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IBM just announced the CityOne serious urban simulation game (view the above YouTube trailer) this week at their conference in Las Vegas. The simulation aims at solving the problems faced by cities, with a focus on adding intelligence and efficiency. The game will go online this coming fall, and is meant as a marketing offshoot [...]
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Intelligent infrastructure combines sensors, network connectivity and software to monitor and analyze complex systems to uncover inefficiency and inform optimal operations. The sensor component collects operational detail over time as well as providing real-time inputs on current conditions. The network connectivity ensures the flow of information between systems, other sensors, and practitioners. The software component [...]
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You’ve probably seen the television advertisements from IBM with their aim to create a smarter planet. IBM aims to harness technology and better processes in order make our world a more efficient place. I conducted an interview last week with Richard Leichner, the company’s first vice president of Energy and Environment, and asked about the [...]
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IBM’s vision for an instrumented, interconnected and intelligent world has just received a technological boost, with a new Green Sigma alliance that adds Johnson Controls, Honeywell Building Solutions, ABB, Eaton, ESS, Cisco, Siemens Building Technologies Division, Schneider Electric and SAP into the fold. The Green Sigma alliance is aimed at helping companies better understand their [...]
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IBM is serious about harnessing technology to make the planet smarter, and with their large presence in New York State the Hudson River is a target for technology. IBM is working on the River and Estuary Observatory Network (REON) for a holistic view of the river. Here’s an excerpt from a paper in the IBM [...]
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Perhaps you’ve seen the IBM, CISCO and General Electric ads and dialogue regarding Smart Infrastructure. These initiatives are aimed at combining infrastructure maintenance and management with communications and sensors, and the New York Times just published a piece that likens the market opportunity to all of the Internet. “In the mid-1990s, the Internet took off [...]
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Concurrent with the news that Sun may be bought by IBM, Sun has unveiled their Open Cloud Platform to compete with Amazon.com’s cloud serving and storage offerings. Sun’s Open Cloud Platform begins with server and storage services that are aimed at developers who need more capacity to produce applications. The site emphasizes interoperability and the [...]
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