Watson, the IBM computer that will compete on Jeopardy!, represents an impressive leap forward in analytics and systems design. The underlying DeepQA architecture is designed to find the meaning behind a question posed in natural language and deliver a single, precise answer.
Source: IBM Watson
Some basic electronic gear is all tech-minded car thieves would need to steal many recent models, according to Swiss researchers. They successfully hacked into 10 vehicles from eight manufacturers in the latest of a growing number of studies exposing potential security risks as vehicles become more computerized and connected.
Source: Break Out The Aluminum Foil To Secure Yourself From Hackers – Autoblog
There is something to be said for “old” security systems, like physical keys and actually keeping secrets to yourself in your head.
A computer chip that performs imprecise calculations could process some types of data thousands of times more efficiently than existing chips.
Source: The surprising usefulness of sloppy arithmetic | MIT News
The project management tree swing cartoon is famous.
the history of the project management tire swing analogy goes back to the 1960s in the UK
Source: The Project Management Tree Swing Cartoon, Past and Present – <tamingdata/>
Source: tree swing pictures – businessballs.com
Computerized surveillance systems can protect hospital patients, watch for criminals — or invade your privacy.
Source: Smarter Than You Think: When Computers Keep Watch – The New York Times