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IBM’s Watson may be the talk of the tech nerds these days, but IBM’s “Deep” generation of supercomputers haven’t faded into complete obscurity since Deep Blue beat Garry Kasparov in chess 15 years ago. In fact, it’s brother, Deep Thunder will bring its hyper-precise weather forecasts to the iPad.
Talking Points Memo says Deep Thunder can track weather over an 84-hour period and pinpoint it down within a zone of one square mile.
IBM achieves the incredibly detailed forecast by using a combination of public weather data from the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), NASA, the U.S. Geological Survey, WeatherBug, and other weather sensors on the ground, including IBM’s own sensors.
Sadly, the app isn’t a consumer-ready product quite yet; it will be used largely in professional sectors. But it’s already being put to use in the city of Rio de Janeiro (as part of a weather alert system), and will play a role there in logistics for the 2014 World Cup and 2016 Olympics. [Talking Points Memo via Cult of Mac]
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Pretty desperate shoehorning of the iPad into this story, since it won’t be doing anything other than displaying data that Blue Thunder sends it, which means the app can (and probably will) be used on other platforms. Maybe I’m just grumpy this morning
Yes, tenuous connection at best, and I’m quite happy today!
I hope their going to reference our very own Michael Fish on this matter.
(Sorry Michael if you’re reading this. Old, unfunny joke at your expense)
What I really would like to see is a genuinely accurate weather forecast – but I suspect this won’t deliver it.
Ooops! ‘I hope they’re….’ one of my own pet hates!
I used the weather channel forecast yesterday to decide what to wear. 12 degrees is shorts weather in my eyes. Waited all day for a glimmer of sun, but all I did was freeze. It says it’ll be up to 16 degrees tomorrow. Time to get my woollies out!
You put them away?! Anything below 19c and I stay in. Brrr