productivity with IBM analyticsanalytics technology that has enabled a Michigan agricultural cooperative better account for the source of fruits
The technology platform, built by IBM business partner N2n Global, collects, stores and analyzes data about the food being handled by Cherry Central Cooperative from the time it is harvested and processed,
Steve Eiseler, vice president of operations at Cherry Central Cooperative, said the IBM-based technology has allowed his organization to significantly reduce the amount of paperwork necessary to remain in compliance with government food traceability requirements
The technology that Cherry Central is using includes IBM DB2 Web Query running on the Power system platform.
The cooperative is using a custom IBM System x application from N2n Global called the Quality & Food safety Manager.
Honeywell: The Lindbergh of aviation biofuels
Food of the future: can'Frankenfish'survive politics? Sometime this summer or soon after, the federal Food and Drug Administration may finally approve the first-ever genetically modified animal for human consumption--a fast-growing Atlantic salmon that has taken 17 years to reach the threshold of American consensus. The man to thank
Fuel producer Honeywell UOP says that camelina grows on fallow wheat fields and improves yields in the fields subsequent wheat-growing years.
As a mechanical engineer, he spent much of career with IBM and was instrumental in coming up the Universal product code that put bar codes into practice and your life.
at roughly 330 liters per day for water consumed via the distribution system, and a massive 550 liters per day for all uses, including groundwater sources.
we just haven t quantified them. via Co. Exist
How to feed an astronaut: a talk with NASA's space food managerwhile it's not exactly five-star cuisine,
IBM supercomputer named world's fastest, lands new jobonce again, America can brag about having the world Â's fastest supercomputer.
IBM Â's Sequoia helped regained the top spot on the TOP500 list of the world s top supercomputers.
Drawing from 1, 572,864 cores, the IBM Bluegene/Q system clocked in at 16.32 petaflops per second, according to the LINPACK benchmark.
And just behind the Japanese system is another IBM machine, the Mira, which registered at 8. 15 petaflop/s. In fact, of the top 10 fastest supercomputers,
While it Â's natural to assume that the crown jewel of IBM computing systems would be a real energy vampire
Icon Carol Bartz, former CEO, Autodesk and Yahoo! Carol Bartz isn't afraid to get her hands dirty.
where she put down roots with her husband Bill Marr (a former Digital Equipment and Sun microsystems executive) close to 20 years ago.
and discipline to two very different high-tech companies, design software developer Autodesk and Internet services giant Yahoo!
In her first all-hands meeting at Autodesk--where she grew the company's revenue from $285 million to $1. 5 billion over a 14-year tenure--Bartz  asked one executive to leave
While she brought that mindset to both Autodesk and Yahoo! Bartz had far less time at the latter company to define
It was much easier to develop a plan at Autodesk and actually see it through,
and Digital Equipment before being recruited to Sun microsystems in 1983. Nine years later, she was named CEO and chairman of Autodesk,
the first female to be brought in from the outside to run a major high-tech company. The day after she started
and disseminate its findings at conferences and via its website (www. nordicfoodlab. org). The day before my ant-foraging expedition,
via NASA) Related on Smartplanet: How NASA satellites unearthed Egypt s lost pyramids How satellite technology may have tracked down Bin laden Video:
I spend most of my time on this HP Pavilion notebook I am using to compose this post.
In short, my Verizon broadband via my Blackberry is a better deal. update: I was just speaking with a Verizon exec,
I'll stick with my $290 open box HP Pavilion notebook (320 GB HD, 4gb RAM, fabulous keyboard...
but the savings can be substantial. via MIT Colab Radio Photo: Simply CVR
Is Milwaukee growing the next urban farming trend? Can Milwaukee foster a new trend in urban farming,
Earlier this year, the city received a IBM Smarter Cities Challenge Grant, which provides $500,
Check out IBM's video on aquaponics in Milwaukee: Photo: oceandesetoiles/Flickr
Italian roses bloom under rooftop solar thermalfour generations of the Ciccolella family have relied on sunshine to cultivate the olives and roses on their farm in Puglia.
via: Planetizen; GOOD Cities Images:
Luxury lattes: Starbucks'Geisha'coffee $7 a cupimage via Starbucks Already viewed by many as a symbol of prosperity,
Veolia offer twist on smart water management The philosophy behind Molson Coors beerprint Tech giant LG extends into water treatment Pepsico,
management tips from Intel Pepsico grant supports clean water in rural China Many businesses blind to water risks
Via Nature News. Images: Australian Cancer Council and Action on Smoking and Health
Novel ways to fake ancient goodsbeijing   Strolling through Beijing's Panjiayuan Market, it's easy to imagine you've entered an antique treasure trove.
The Potential for Urban agriculture in New york city Via The City Fix Photo: Gonzlaught/Flickr
One answer to toxic food fears in Chinathe fear among Chinese of biting into a toxic-laden morsel has created a potentially huge market for food safety products in the country.
Pepsico and Flickr/Debs Koritsas Via:
Pepsico invests in growing healthy snacks segment in Mexicomexico CITY--Pepsico has chosen one of the world's fattest nations-Mexico-as a home base for the development of its global healthy snacks initiative.
rian bean/Flickr Via Planetizen
Poet's cellulosic ethanol strategy: Dump fed loan, partner with DSMPOET, the largest ethanol maker in the U s.,has turned down a $105 million federal loan guarantee that would have financed one of the country's first commercial cellulosic ethanol plants.
Both via Flickr
Restaurant business innovation: Marijuana sauceyou're not in Indiana. Amsterdam's Manneken Pis chip shop, named after Brussels'famous pissing boy statue,
via: MIT News Office photo: Top: Â The smart pebbles 10-millimeter cubes with processors and magnets built in.
Kingston, Tennessee had a containment pond spill about a billion gallons of liquid coal ash, which covered 300 acres of land
WSJ points to Intel's five beehive and 200 000 bees and the four hives at Google's headquarters.
via CNN) Photos courtesy of Gardens by the Bay More stunning super-structures: City of Darkness:
with Nvidia providing some of its top-end graphics processors for the development team to work with.
Hewlett-packard was founded in a garage in California (now a national landmark), as was Google, many years later.
and heartbeat of the patient via sensors embedded in the catheter that had been inserted into the patient heart.
ready to be pumped out via subsurface drip irrigation hosing. The Airdrop design also features an LCD screen displaying water levels, pressure strength, solar battery life and system health.
which has hired more than 100 engineers from Apple, Google, Microsoft and other high-tech companies. Its product, introduced in late October,
In addition, the facility says by 2014 it will be providing about 200 jobs to the community, many of them via a partnership with Windy city Harvest,
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