Separation of Work and Play

Accidentally sending a message from a work account instead of a personal account is a common faux pas. This patented idea proposes the use of natural language processing to make sure you’re saying LOL to your friend, not your boss. This innovation stems from Katie Keating’s experiences as a social brand account manager and her own desire to solve for this human error in social media that there didn’t seem to be a solution for.

9 years ago

Email Extractor

The next time you hit send and wish you hadn’t, don’t panic. This patent by Susann Keohane and team could allow you to revise an email you’ve already sent before the recipient reads it. Because let’s face it,we all have that one (or more) emails we wish we could take back.

9 years ago

Powerful Plastic

Jamie Garcia’s potentially world-changing discovery was the result of a happy accident – she left out a component needed during an experiment and ended up with a nearly unbreakable substance. This brand new kind of plastic is so strong that it’s easier to break the flask it’s created in than to damage the plastic itself. It could eventually be used to make recyclable car and airplane parts as well as aiding in 3D-printing applications and adhesives. Read more in Scientific American →

9 years ago

March 8th is International Women’s Day but one day’s not enough to showcase all the awesome things women are doing in tech right now. So for the next week, we’ll be dedicated to celebrating some of the most promising innovations by women at IBM. Come along for the ride in Innovation26X26.

9 years ago