Astronaut Cady Coleman dishes on NASA Space Apps, STEM and Innovation
I had such a great weekend in NYC meeting all the great Hackers on the Bluemix platform. You will see a set of videos around participants from 15 years old to 70 years old, as well as a ton of folks driving innovation into the local communities.
Today, we have Astronaut Cady Coleman, an amazing woman who spent 6 months in space!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88KtkdVD8gs
More on the NASA Space Apps Challenge
The Weather Channel and IBM using IoT and IBM Cloud to "change" the business of weather!
I am very excited for the Partnership of the Weather Channel and IBM! IBM and The Weather Company through WSI, its global B2B division, today announced a groundbreaking global strategic alliance to integrate real-time weather insights into business to improve operational performance and decision-making.
As part of the alliance, The Weather Company, including WSI will shift its massive weather data services platform to the IBM Cloud and integrate its data with IBM analytics and cloud services.
IBM and WSI will deliver new cloud services to businesses in three key ways:
- Watson Analytics for Weather: IBM and WSI will enable easy integration of historical and real-time weather data in business operations and decision making with IBM analytics platforms such as Watson Analytics. The companies will jointly develop industry solutions for insurance, energy & utilities, retail and logistics among others.
- Cloud and Mobile App Developer Tools: Entrepreneurs and software developers will be able to rapidly build mobile and web apps that take advantage of WSI data combined with data from operational systems, connected devices and sensors using advanced analytics through Bluemix, IBM’s cloud application development platform.
- Business and Operational Weather Expertise: Thousands of consultants from across IBM Global Business Services will be trained to combine WSI data with other sources to more effectively interpret industry pain points, providing clients new insights that solve business problems.
Check out https://ibm.biz/IoTandWeather
I am also loving our VINE videos to use social media showcase the power of this announcement. https://vine.co/u/1025833884602232832
A YouTube Video, Harnessing the power of Weather: IBM and The Weather Company, voiced by The Weather Channel(R) Meteorologist Jim Cantore, this video offers an overview of IBM and The Weather Company's alliance to bring advanced weather insights to business.
Kevin Hall, Author of Aspire, Dishes on his 3 Best pieces of Advice!
I had the honor of meeting Kevin Hall, the author of the book, Aspire. This book is the all time best seller for personal motivational books and is well worth the investment. Listen for a little taste of the great insight he offered us at the Senior Leader Session at the Professional Business Women of California session!
SXSW Day 2 Summary: Career Hacks, Run your business like..., and IBM Cloud !
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New Startup: The Smartphone Device That Will Be Able To Detect Cancer In Your Breath
Compliments of Ray Hammond who alerted me to this cool Startup! A device developed in Israel called the “NaNose” is claimed to be able to detect cancer and other illness simply by sampling human breath.
NaNose is now being ported to be available on a smartphone as an add-on called “The Sniff Phone”.
By identifying the special “odour” emitted by cancer cells, it is claimed the NaNose system can detect the presence of tumours, both benign and malignant, more quickly, efficiently and cheaply than previously possible.
It is claimed the system is 90 per cent accurate.
Live from IBM PWLC – Brian Fanzo (BroadSuite) on developing in the cloud
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