India’s Future
March 23, 2007
In recent years, China and India are often mentioned together when discussing the future. They contain the world’s two largest populations and are both developing rapidly. They are both set on a
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In this blog, we discuss cognitive computing and other cutting-edge technologies with a focus on supply chain management, autonomous decision-making, and innovation. Other topics of discussion include digital enterprise transformation, autonomous intelligent enterprises, emerging technologies, and global trade. 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.
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U.S. Banks Having Trouble with Basel 2
March 22, 2007
One the international standards that was aimed at improving the banking industry was hammered out in Basel, Switzerland, three years ago. According to an article in The Economist, the U.S. banking industry
Africa and Science
March 21, 2007
In a six paragraph article on African development, The Economist makes sweeping conclusions along the lines of Jared Diamond’s Guns, Germs, and Steel [“Amaizing grace,” 3 February 2007]. This whirlwind sweep of
The Cult of Innovation
March 20, 2007
I have written a number of posts about innovation — real innovation. Dan Saffer, writing for BusinessWeek, reminds us that much of the rhetoric about innovation nowadays isn’t discussing real innovation at
Far-out Ideas for Saving the World
March 19, 2007
March madness generally applies to the NCAA basketball tournament, but last week Associated Press writer Seth Borenstein made me wonder if the madness isn’t spreading. Borenstein wrote an article, picked up by
The Watt-com Era
March 16, 2007
I recently posted a blog about the surge of coal-fired power plants being constructed in the U.S. (Coal Rush in U.S. as Europe Gets Greener). In that post I wrote: “Many pundits
Web 3.0 Still Advancing — Even if People Don’t Know What to Call It
March 15, 2007
At a recent conference in Austin, Texas (the South by Southwest Interactive Festival), the future of the Web was a hot topic. The World Wide Web, of course, was built on top
Coal Rush in U.S. as Europe Gets Greener
March 14, 2007
In a recent post, I noted that China’s premier Wen Jiabao admitted that China was having difficulty meeting its modest goals of reducing energy consumption and pollution. He blamed local politicians for
Quantum Computing — Not Coming Soon to a Store Near You
March 13, 2007
Quantum computing is the holy grail for performing massive number crunching. A Canadian firm, D-Wave Systems, has unveiled what The Economist calls the “world’s first practical quantum computer” [“Orion’s Belter,” 17 February
Boron Fusion
March 12, 2007
Recently I posted a blog about futurist Stewart Brand’s belief that environmentalists would come to embrace nuclear power over the coming decades [Natural or Manmade Environmentalism?]. The biggest challenge with nuclear power
