PointStream From IBM

There are some amazing new technologies from IBM, as they are sponsoring the U.S. Tennis championships it is the perfect opportunity to showcase their new PointStream, this innovation represents a huge leap forward for the sports fan. With PointStream it is now possible, to get access to deep analysis details of how a player needs to tweak their game in order to win a match, also will indicate when the momentum is shifting in the match.

This Point Stream really does take information to the next level, providing analytics so people are able to get large amounts of pertinent information about almost any topic, get up to the second updates and extract insights as to what's going on and why. Although it is primarily designed for tennis matches, which do go on for 12 months of the year around the globe.

Referring back to the U.S. Open those using PointStream will be able to view graphs, statistics, information on how each player is performing, unforced errors and a meter of confidence that keeps an eye on the shifting momentum of the match.

There will still be room for the tennis legends to comment, as those that have been there know best, it will just give them more pertinent information to chatter about whilst the players are taking a rest.



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IBM Learning Chip

Are Days Of The Terminator Getting Closer?

IBM have developed a computer system, consisting of two chips, one has 262,144 programmable synapses, while the other contains 65,536 learning synapses, it works in a similar way to brain synapses. When new information is received into the learning chip this little beauty is capable of perceiving the more important information and deciding to use it, whilst applying to a lesser degree, the input that proving to be less helpful.

Some forward thinkers are predicting a future where this technology will reach a tipping point where machine consciousness is possible. However there are those that are more conservative, like Dr Mark Bishop, professor of cognitive computing at Goldsmiths, he says " I understand cognition to be something over and above a process simulated by the execution of mere computations, see such claims as verging on the magical."


IBM has been awarded grant money from US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), $21m USD, for it's work on the synapses project, that make a person wonder.
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