The world’s largest telescope made with data
Look up on a starry night and consider this: in our lifetime we just might find the answers to one of life’s biggest mysteries. Dutch research institute, Astron and its international partners are building the world’s largest radio telescope, aka The Square Kilometer Array. This big telescope will be made up of thousands of interconnected smaller telescopes, arranged in fractal patterns, to let us glimpse back in time more than 13 billion years ago—mere seconds after the universe was created. How on Earth is this possible?

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Visit the swimming polar bear at the smart zoo in Dispatch No. 17.

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A bottle of red made with data.
Finding the perfect wine used to mean going to a good wine store, discussing your future meal with a sales person and trying to remember the wine the next time you buy. Now all you have to do is go to a website, like that of Bordeaux-based fine wine merchant Millesima. With data, they can help any customer, anywhere in the world, select the right bottle, for the right meal, the right climate, time of year, you name it. Plus you don’t have to soak off the label to remember the name and vintage when you want to buy it again. Explore more stories →

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April 13, 2014.
What’s being made with IBM today?
Here we are—the final dozen (or more) in our Dispatches from a Smarter Planet series. And while you might may not catch a tiger in the final minutes of the Masters broadcast, you could just spot a...

April 13, 2014.
What’s being made with IBM today?

Here we are—the final dozen (or more) in our Dispatches from a Smarter Planet series. And while you might may not catch a tiger in the final minutes of the Masters broadcast, you could just spot a walrus or a dolphin. It all starts not long after 2pm on CBS.

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April 12, 2014.
What’s being made in the world today?
When it’s Saturday at the Masters it means spring has officially sprung on your TV set. And stick around for 11 new Dispatches from a Smarter Planet during the commercial breaks to see what new...

April 12, 2014.
What’s being made in the world today?

When it’s Saturday at the Masters it means spring has officially sprung on your TV set. And stick around for 11 new Dispatches from a Smarter Planet during the commercial breaks to see what new technologies are in bloom. Beginning at 3pm on CBS.

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Watch a symphony of data and the return of the world’s smallest movie star in Dispatches No. 6 & 7.

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IBM Food Truck and cognitive cooking roll into Augusta in Dispatch No. 2.

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April 11, 2014.
What’s being made in the world today?
This is a make or break day at the Masters as the field of players narrows for the weekend. One safe bet? Twelve new Dispatches from a Smarter Planet, including eggs, chocolate, and long distance...

April 11, 2014.
What’s being made in the world today?

This is a make or break day at the Masters as the field of players narrows for the weekend. One safe bet? Twelve new Dispatches from a Smarter Planet, including eggs, chocolate, and long distance electrical driving, starting around 3:30 PM on ESPN.

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Chocoholics made with cloud
We’ve all got our own techniques for figuring out what’s what in a box of assorted chocolates: Bite in half, squeeze for texture, push in the bottom, or the smartest way, simply use the key under the box lid. Well, here’s some great news for chocolate lovers everywhere. Lindt Chocolates have found a way to do away with this needless destruction. With cloud computing, the 160+-year-old Swiss chocolatier has made it possible for you to order your own pick and mix truffles and chocolates online, and in your own, custom-designed packaging. So life doesn’t have to be like a box of chocolates— now you know what you’ll get.
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“It was a dream for me once to become an astronaut. I think I’m happy that I didn’t. As opposed to the dream which I had as a child, I’m now building things which allows us to go much deeper in space than an astronaut will ever be able to get.”

INSIDE THE INVENTIVE MIND
Ton Engbersen
IBM Big Data pioneer,
Making big radio telescopes

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April 10, 2014.
What’s being made in the world today?
It’s Day 2 of the Masters. And like the golfers, we’re just getting warmed up. Watch Dispatches No.9 through No.19 during the first break in play starting at 3PM. Or on YouTube.

April 10, 2014.
What’s being made in the world today?

It’s Day 2 of the Masters. And like the golfers, we’re just getting warmed up. Watch Dispatches No.9 through No.19 during the first break in play starting at 3PM. Or on YouTube.

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Penguin watching made with data.
Before data became a household name, zoos depended on good weather and maybe the birth of a cute, baby elephant to draw crowds. Now they’re able to keep visitors coming with social media and analytics. Like The Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium in Tacoma, Washington. It feeds the public’s interest in the zoo with data by taking what they learn from comments on social media and offering special deals and membership events on the fly.
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