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GO INSIDE THE INVENTIVE MIND
Follow along as we share the passion and anecdotes of IBMers who helped send people to the moon, hatched trillions of barcodes, launched the computer industry and then even taught one to play Jeopardy! They’re just some of the innovations we’ve been working on to build a smarter planet.
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World’s Smallest Stop-Motion Film. Literally.
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If you think moving a single grain of salt would be hard, imagine moving something 100 million times smaller than that—an atom. In 1989, Don Eigler became the first person to ever to do just that. Then he spelled out IBM with atoms, making the world’s tiniest IBM logo.
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Patent no. 8150611. 2012.
Predictive traffic analysis.
By combining real-time traffic data with predictive route analysis, this patented GPS innovation can now steer you away from traffic trouble spots before they develop, as well as more accurately estimate your drive time. And that’s good, because who really likes coming home to a cold, lonely supper anyway?
Patent No. 8361495. 2013.
Ninja polymers.
This patented polymer gives doctors a new way to treat antibiotic-resistant superbugs such as MRSA. Each 1,000 times smaller than a grain of sand, these ninja nanostructures can quickly target and destroy infected cells. Suddenly, superbugs have a new superenemy.
Patent No. 8005773. 2011.
Cortical simulation.
This image is static. So why do we see movement? Cortical simulation technology mimics the brain’s cognitive functions to answer these kinds of questions. This patent takes neuroscience to the next level by emulating the way we think, feel and behave to create computers that we can really relate to.
Big Brains. Small Films.
IBM Fellow Bernard Meyerson on pulling the plug.
