The Week Was Awesome 25 May
I’ve been awesoming somewhere else lately… in BALI! I’ve been doing pretty well (and it’s all thanks to YOU my fabulous clients and friends) that I was selected Best of IBM 2019. An honour for only the top 1,000 IBMers in the world.
The only reason I’m awesome is because I know and support awesome people like YOU.
1. Let’s play a game
In what may be a first, researchers asked an AI to come up with a new game from scratch. The result? Exploding frisbees. Nice try, Robots. Nice try.
2. What’s New with Big Blue: Grab your popcorn
If you love movies, you probably have IBM to thank. See how IBM’s technology enables companies to create those amazing special effects that leave your jaw dropping and popcorn falling out.
https://www.ibm.com/case-studies/pixit-media-systems-spectrum
3. The hip-phone’s connected to the knee-phone
The ubiquitous smartphone is helping thousands of underserved Africans finally get access to better healthcare. Innovations take many forms… from new procedures to IBM’s Watson AI. But they all have the same objective: To improve healthcare, and to scale and reach more people.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/15/health/medical-scans-butterfly-iq.html
4. BrAInsss…
On the theme of healthcare… It could only happen in China. This unbelievable project is collecting huge amounts of data from rural folks for healthcare companies to feed their voracious AI.
https://www.wired.co.uk/article/china-ai-healthcare
5. What Kenvi learned this week: Bill Gates, CHAIR man
In the greater scheme of things, Bill will probably be remembered for his other achievements, but nonetheless I learned that the former Microsoft Chairman and CEO had a very, very interesting talent.
