Why These 'Revolutionary' '80s Gadgets Totally Failed
Here are seven of the ‘80s mightiest flops that commentators of the day dared to call revolutionary.
Here are seven of the ‘80s mightiest flops that commentators of the day dared to call revolutionary.
The total is now 127 companies, but there’s still one high profile tech company that hasn’t grown a backbone: IBM.
There might be no honour among thieves, but there’s certainly plenty of pride.
A transport startup is kitting out its autonomous fleet with the soothing tones of IBM's super smart supercomputer, Watson.
The good news is there's no way Donald Trump will be able to work out how to switch it all on.
IBM's new working prototype quantum computer is accessible via the internet — and literally anyone can use it.
IBM and the US government teamed up to develop a new supercomputer for use on US national security missions. It makes decisions like a human brain, and uses less power than a hearing aid. Read More >>
Next time you check in at a Hilton, your welcome may be even more automated than usual.
Pepper is super cute and remarkably well-mannered... for now.
Engineers hope that the new standard will help push chip design even further.
In the future, that artificial intelligence could lead to cleaner air for the long haul, everywhere.
The supercomputer can even give feedback on how to improve writing.
The transistor strands on this chip are just over twice the diameter of strands of DNA – like, ugh, really small.
You may have assumed CDs killed off magnetic tape but, believe it or not, magnetic tape is still alive and well when it comes to data storage, mostly because it’s so cheap.
Blockchain provides solution to lots of problems that cryptocurrency produces. It's essentially a bookkeeping system, but don't let that boring name put you off this very interesting system.
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