Category: Innovation

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.

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The Future of Electric Cars

The “cash for clunkers” program has ended in the U.S.; General Motors is still struggling to sell its Opel division in Europe; a group of investors believes it can make Saab profitable

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It’s All in Your Head

In a post I entitled The Amazing Mind, I referenced an op-ed piece by David Brooks that lauded the value of good old-fashioned traits like hard work and tenacity [“Genius: The Modern

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Update on Solar Energy

Anyone who follows U.S. politics knows that the Obama administration has tied much of its recovery program to breakthroughs in renewable energy. Part of its efforts to spur energy development involves the

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African Ingenuity

We all know that you don’t have to be rich to be innovative. In fact, the old saw that claims necessity is the mother of invention applies more often to the poor

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Biofuel from Algae

Talk of biofuel as an alternative to oil was all the rage when crude was skyrocketing towards $200/barrel. About the same time, the world was undergoing a food crisis. The diversion of

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The Protean Corporation

Michael Shawn Malone is a man of many talents. He has been an author, columnist, editor, investor, business-man, and television host. He is also considered one of the world’s the first high

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Innovating the Future

One of the frequently asked questions about the U.S. stimulus package centers on new jobs: Where are they? States like Michigan are shedding jobs so fast that even its high-powered campaign to

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Biotechnology’s Third Wave

Several years ago I recall reading an article by Francis Fukuyama in which he predicted that biotechnology would be one of the world’s largest economic sectors in the future. Although the biotechnology

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