For decades, computers and robotics have been excellent at executing a series of repeatable and predictable tasks. But complex problem solving endeavors are a much more challenging arena for them. In the Next Grand Computing Challenge - IBM set out to take autonomous problem solving to a whole new level. Watson was designed and built exclusively to compete on the TV game show, Jeopardy. After completion, it would play the game against the show's two best contestants of all time, Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter.
Recently, I had the opportunity to work with the company that makes more toys than any other company on the planet. No, it wasn't Mattel or Fisher Price. Actually, you wouldn't even recognize my former company's name if you heard it. We earned this 'most' moniker because were responsible for designing and producing McDonald's Happy Meal toys. While I was there, I had the chance to play around with the latest in 3D Printing Technology so I can tell you first hand,
The Saab Phoenix has the coolest car dashboard you will have ever seen. The in-dash computer is running Android and it even has an App Store. More examples of truly, revolutionarily, innovative technology from The World Changing.
Nothing helps us illustrate how quickly the World is Changing like a great video infographic. And although the video below is more than a year old, the info is still staggering and the time that has passed only makes these things more true.
One of the coolest new technologies we saw released at SXSW was the Small Business - Independant Merchant Credit Card Processing Device and its corresponding app from SquareUp.com.
The Kno Educational Tablet will change our lives. It will change the way our children learn. It will change the way we teach. It will accelerate the growth of knowledge to a degree we have not yet witnessed.
For decades, computers and robotics have been excellent at executing a series of repeatable and predictable tasks. But complex problem solving endeavors are a much more challenging arena for them. In the Next Grand Computing Challenge - IBM set out to take autonomous problem solving to a whole new level. Watson was designed and built exclusively to compete on the TV game show, Jeopardy. After completion, it would play the game against the show's two best contestants of all time, Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter. 
