IBM’s Machine Learning Platform ‘Watt-Sun’ set to predict the Skies
What happens when you leverage technologies like IBM’s artificial intelligence engine Watson for clean power? The answer is the awesomely named Watt-sun project, a machine learning platform that IBM...
View ArticleUN unveils Big Data Climate Change Challenge
The United Nations is hosting a global competition designed to spur the use of big data to tackle issues pertaining to climate change. The Big Data Climate Challenge (BDCC) seeks recently published or...
View ArticleForecasting weather with greater accuracy
“You can’t control the weather.” It’s a phrase we often utter as we plan weddings, family picnics, and beach vacations. While it’s true that we can’t control the weather, scientists and technologists...
View ArticleHow Intel is using IoT and big data to improve food and water security
California’s farm economy is a $43.6 billion industry. The state produces nearly half of US-grown fruits, nuts, and vegetables, and it grows more than 400 different commodities. Its exports have also...
View ArticleWhy is climate change big data’s biggest challenge?
Global sea levels are about eight inches higher today than they were in 1880, and they are expected to rise another two to seven feet during this century. At the same time, some 5 million people in the...
View ArticleYou can’t change weather, but you can change weather forecasting
Early, granular, and accurate forecasts could benefit everyone from governments to retailers and healthcare providers. “You can’t control the weather.” It’s a phrase we often utter as we plan weddings,...
View ArticleHow airliner data improves weather forecasting
When severe thunderstorms, tornadoes, flash floods, or winter storms threaten the Washington region automated observations from airliners taking off and landing at airports as far away as Philadelphia...
View ArticleBig Data meets wildlife: Can Big Data save rare species?
Big Data has always been associated with business improvements, increased profitability and even the sentiment of customers towards a particular company. In reality, this is the absolute minimum of the...
View ArticleClimate change is here to stay, says Big Data
By now, most scientists—97 percent of them, to be exact—agree that the temperature of the planet is rising and that the increase is due to human activities such as fossil fuel use and...
View ArticleHow to solve California’s wildfire Epidemic? Just wire up all trees with Big...
California is currently in the grips of a major drought, one of the worst of this generation. The region’s lack of precipitation has not only hindered California’s agricultural industry, it’s also...
View ArticleDrones revolutionize the way farmers collect data
Over the past two decades, the use of GPS and data sensors has been a standard phenomenon in farming — known as precision agriculture, and the information, chiefly gathered by tractors during planting...
View Article13 companies that offer “food resilience” innovations
Can Big Data offer the most fertile solution for countering systemic food waste and frightening future scarcity scenarios? Last month Microsoft, Amazon Web Services, Coca-Cola, Nestlé and dozens of...
View Article5 ways big data can make our world greener
It’s true that technology has contributed a lot to the environmental crisis we’re currently facing. Old electronics dumped into landfills, plastics, air pollution—the list goes on. While it’s easy to...
View ArticleDoes Big Data make or break building and manufacturing industries?
No matter what industry you’re in, it’s likely that big data already plays a huge role or will in the near future. That includes the building, construction and manufacturing industries, which use data...
View ArticleHow big data is going to help feed nine billion people by 2050
To feed the world’s rapidly-expanding population in the coming decades, agriculture must produce more. Big data holds one of the keys for farmers, but it’s also a weapon that could be used against...
View ArticleGlobal real estate is the next target for big data and AI disruption!
If you’ve ever purchased (or sold) a home or participated in any kind of commercial real estate transaction, there’s a good chance that you’ve noticed how complex, time-consuming, and cumbersome the...
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Agriculture Analytics market is booming – Global forecast to 2023
The global Agriculture Analytics Market size is expected to grow from USD 585 million in 2018 to USD 1,236 million by 2023, at a CAGR of 16.2% during the forecast period, according to a new market...
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Interview with IntelStor founder Philip Totaro on renewable energy data platform
We had a chance to interview Philip Totaro, founder, and CEO of IntelStor, market research and strategic advisory company that recently launched a renewable energy data platform built for decision...
View Article10 big data & AI projects that could save our planet and its inhabitants
When we talk about climate issues and wildlife disappearing from the face of the Earth, most of us tend to shrug helplessly. It is because most of us these problems just seem too hard and too big to...
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Is AI the solution that the oil & gas industry needs?
Artificial intelligence refers to the ability of devices to learn and operate without human intervention. The AI platform uses a set of predictive and prescriptive analytics tools to generate solutions...
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