Topic: IBM Almaden Research Center

How IBM Gets Unstuck

The tips IBMers turn to when they hit creative roadblocks.READ»

Lab Results May Vary

Bell Labs has the history, and Google--where engineers devote 20% of their time to personal projects--has the buzz. But other models of corporate innovation are also showing results.READ»

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Action Item - Talk Back to Me

Gadgets and applications that make your computer more human.READ»

IBM Simulates a Cat-Like Brain: AI or Shadow Minds for Humans?

IBM's new cat brain simulation is both more -- and less -- than it seems.READ»

Women Role Models: Yuqing Gao, Women of Vision Winner for Innovation by Telle Whitney

One of the great parts of my job is the chance to recognize extraordinary women leaders, many of whose contributions are not widely know.   The Anita Borg Institute’s Women of Vision event recognizes three women in the areas ...READ»

The Incredible Shrinking Man

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The Role of Group Think in Innovation

Not surprisingly, amazing things happen when groups of inventive people congregate. Edison was able to accomplish so many great things, through trial and error and with the help of other inventors in his lab. While modern-day labs ...READ»

Alan Ganek: Perspective

Alan Ganek is VP of Autonomic Computing for IBM. What follows is a partial transcript of his Supernova talk: We tend to think about autonomic computing in terms of enterprise, but this concept has traction in small and medium-sized ...READ»

Collaboratories: How can you compete with the most innovative companies in the world?

In this week's Business Week magazine, its main article entitled Big Blue's Global Lab discusses how companies such as IBM, Hewlett-Packard, Proctor & Gamble and Eli Lilly are collaborating all over the world with their geographically disbursed offices, universities, governments and even other companies in their R&D efforts. IBM actually calls theirs "collaboratories" - with the potential to set up over 100 worldwide over the coming years. "The world is our lab now," states John E. Kelly III, director of IBM Research.READ»

Sisterhood Is Digital

Anita Borg is a living legend among computer scientists. She is also leading a worldwide movement to redesign the relationship between women and technology. Some of the world's most powerful technology companies are finally paying attention.READ»

Defining Social Media

Ross Mayfield is CEO of SocialText. James Currier is founder and president of Tickle Inc., as well as consumer SVP for Monster. Dan Gillmor works as a technology columnist for the San Jose Mercury News. Reid Hoffman serves as CEO of ...READ»

Why the Microgrid Could Be the Answer to Our Energy Crisis

Why small-scale, local power -- the microgrid -- could be the answer to our energy crisis. And why the big utilities are fighting it with all they've got.READ»

The Road Not Taken

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Building A Better Skunk Works

In a bold effort to nurture new businesses, IBM is putting its best and brightest in charge of its risky startups.READ»

IBM's Grassroots Revival

The real story of how Big Blue found the future, got the Net, and learned to love the People in Black.READ»