Following are highlights from the past week's news developments in blockchain, artificial intelligence and Internet-of-Things technologies:
Blockchain/Bitcoin conferences planned across Europe
Moscow-based Smile-Expo is hosting a series of Blockchain & Bitcoin conferences across Europe this year, including a first-time event scheduled for Sept. 7 in Stockholm. During another conference held in May in Prague, attendees talked about…
Following are highlights from the past week's news developments in blockchain, artificial intelligence and Internet-of-Things technologies:
EU to kick off blockchain observatory effort
The European Commission on April 18 announced it plans to seek a service contract to set up an observatory and forum focused on blockchain and distributed ledger technologies. With a two-year budget of €500,000,…
Following are highlights from the past week's news developments in blockchain, artificial intelligence and Internet-of-Things technologies:
IBM & Hejia launch blockchain platform for pharmaceutical sector
IBM and China's Sichuan Hejia Co. Ltd. on Tuesday launched a blockchain-based platform to provide financial services to the pharmaceutical industry. The Yijian Blockchain Technology Application System, which uses Hyperledger Fabric, is…
IBM has joined a Danish consortium working to develop an intelligent infrastructure for large-scale adoption of sustainably powered electric vehicles.
Other firms participating in the EDISON effort (for "Electric Vehicles in a Distributed and Integrated Market using Sustainable Energy and Open Networks") include Denmark's DONG Energy, the regional energy company of Oestkraft, Technical University of Denmark,…
IBM today announced the launch of a new technical validation program aimed at helping IT customers choose energy- and environment-friendly technologies.
The "Ready for IBM Energy and Environment" programme is a first for the IT industry, according to Big Blue. The validation will enable IBM Business Partners to validate their offerings with a unique mark indicating…
The odd thing about IBM is that whenever it does something about green tech, it's technically impossible to write anything about it without mentioning the words 'big green', thanks to its Big Blue nickname.
See? Greenbang just did it then and she didn't even mean to. She was thinking about not mentioning the words 'big green',…
Doing a little preliminary Googling on a story today, Greenbang was bombarded by adverts for "cheap red wine and white cigarettes". It took her literally minutes to get back on track after that and she's still hankering for a spot of cotes du rhone now.
The reason for this booze and fags inspired search result, she…
IBM is helping change Greenbang's mind about high tech rice. Previously, Greenbang had considered the bastard love child of technology and rice - that two minute microwave precooked nonsense - as an embarrassment to the human race. What kind of lazy-arsed folk can be bothered to cook rice? It's not like it's the culinary equivalent…
Imaging having a shedload of tiny robots to do your bidding. A fabulous idea, is it not?
Now the Saudis have an idea to do precisely that, and have enlisted IBM to help them out. Rather than world domination, as tiny robots might be more suited to, Greenbang would argue, IBM and King Abdulaziz City for…