World Community Grid

Opening the Pod Bay Doors to Possibility: The Distinctly Human Applications of IBM's Watson

After trouncing its carbon-based competitors in Jeopardy!, it seems Watson can answer nearly every question except one: "Where does Watson go from here?" To borrow a phrase from HAL 9000: I'm sorry, readers—I'm afraid it can't do that.READ MORE›

How IBM's World Community Grid Is Helping Cure AIDs, Cancer, and World Hunger

IBM's virtual supercomputer is tapping the unused processors of half a million people to speed up critical scientific research.READ MORE›

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