In this blog, we discuss cognitive computing and other technologies with a focus on supply chain management and innovation. Other topics of discussion include digital enterprise transformation, marketing, the Internet of Things, and smart cities. Our goal is to advance the public discussion about how cognitive computing and other advanced technologies affect the world in which we live.
Bradd C. Hayes is the active editor of this blog.
According to the Oxford Languages Dictionary, an apocalypse is “the complete final destruction of the world, as described in the biblical book of Revelation” or “an event involving destruction or damage on
Quantum computing may sound like science fiction (especially the weird principles on which it relies); nevertheless, businesses are beginning to pay attention. According to the Venture Beat staff, “Sixty-nine percent of global
The quantum world is both weird and fascinating. In a previous post, I discussed how a quantum computer was used to create something called a time crystal — a new state of
You may have been reading about breakthroughs in the area of quantum computing, including Google’s announcement that it had created a “time crystal” — a new form of matter — in a
Recent headlines about time crystals read more like titles to a Harry Potter novel than they do an introduction to genuine news stories. However, Google claims to have created a time crystal.
There is a furious international race to develop programmable quantum computers. James Norman, President of QS Investors, explains, “Quantum computers can be game changers because they can solve important problems no existing
One of the most iconic technologies from the late Gene Roddenberry’s science fiction series Star Trek was the transporter, a teleportation device that allowed life forms to move from one location to
Light is fascinating. At the quantum level of physics, light can be simultaneously a particle and a wave. Haruyoshi Toyoda and Shinji Ohsuka, scientists at the Central Research Laboratory, Hamamatsu Photonics K.K.,
Currently we are in the midst of a digital revolution characterized by maturing cognitive technologies (often lumped under the artificial intelligence (AI) umbrella). Even as the digital revolution unfolds, pundits are already
Many people credit Professor Richard Feynman, a Nobel Prize-winning physicist, for conceiving the notion of a quantum computer. Physicist Joseph John Fernandez notes, “In a [1981] lecture titled Simulating Physics with Computers,
