According to IBM researchers, these innovations and developments will determine how our world will become in the near future.

Quantum computing

Today, quantum computing is more likely a playground for researchers, but within five years they will become a familiar reality for professionals working on problems that previously seemed insoluble. Quantum computing will be mastered everywhere in universities and even (to some extent) at the high school level.

Now already, IBM researchers have successfully modeled an atomic bond in beryllium hydride (BeH2), the most complex molecule ever modeled by a quantum computer. In the future, quantum computing will solve much more complex problems, and ultimately they will surpass everything that we can do with classic machines.

Cryptography and blockchain

Most recently, IBM introduced a microchip the size of a salt granule and a cost of about 10 cents. In terms of computing power, it is comparable to computers in the 1990s. It supports blockchain technology and can serve as a data source for relevant applications.

In the near future, such tiny chips can be used as “cryptographic anchors” to track the supply of goods, control food safety, identify genuine luxury goods and so on. Buyers themselves will be able to track the entire path of the goods from production to the time of sale.

Grid Cryptography

To keep up with the times and new technologies, IBM is developing encryption methods that can surpass all existing protocols. A lot of hope lies in the method of post-quantum encryption, the so-called cryptography on lattices, that is, on complex algebraic structures.

Hacking such encryption is practically impossible, even future quantum computers will not be able to do it, IBM representatives assure. That is why this technology can be used to protect the most valuable data from hacker attacks.

AI robots

In the next five years, with the help of artificial intelligence and robotics, one of the most important problems of mankind can be taken under control — pollution of the oceans. It is planned to introduce a network of autonomous microscopes that signal adverse effects.

We are talking about micro-robots united in the cloud and located around the world, capable of monitoring the behavior of plankton. It is plankton that is a biological sensor that characterizes the content of harmful substances in the seas and oceans. Data on the movement of plankton will allow much faster to determine changes in water composition.

Unbiased Artificial Intelligence

To prevent the bias of artificial intelligence from becoming a real problem soon, IBM is already working on systems that can be trusted. First of all, it is AI trained on data free from racial, gender and ideological prejudices.

To this end, the company’s researchers have developed a method of reducing bias, which can be used in the set of educational materials of AI. This approach will create an objective system that will not contribute to the spread of inequality, IBM researchers are sure.

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In the framework of the IBM Think 2018 conference held this week in the US, IBM proposed to discuss its idea of ​​”5 in 5″ – the five technologies that will most likely affect society and business over the next five years. IBM believes that such technologies will be blockade, unobtrusive AI, quantum computing, cryptography, and robot microscopes with artificial intelligence. And helping humanity in all these industries will be the newest smallest computer in the world that has developed in IBM Research. The company itself has not presented it yet, but journalists have unearthed details about this interesting device.

The size of the computer is 1 x 1 mm, less than granules of some salt. (In the photo with a finger below – a set of 64 motherboards, each of which contains two such mini-computers). The price of a single device is ten cents.

Prior to this, the smallest computer in the world was Michigan Micro Mote (M3), introduced in 2015. Its dimensions are 2 x 4 x 4 mm. That computer contained a pressure and motion sensor, a radio, a solar cell, and also was able to do a photo and measure the temperature, preserving this information in its memory. Programming of the computer was carried out by light pulses. It is now used in implantable medical devices.

IBM believes that their computer will not only be the smallest but also powerful enough. According to the characteristics, it is comparable to the x86 chip from the 90’s. He has enough power to play on it in the first Doom (which required processor 386 and minimum 4 MB of RAM). The computer has several hundred thousand transistors, SRAM memory and photovoltaic cells for refueling, and it is possible to “provide information” to the surrounding world with the help of a photodetector and a LED. The IBM mini computer is not a video chip and not a processor, but a completely independent device, with no peripherals. Some enthusiasts already plan how they will use LED in the chip as a single-pixel display at the expense of low prices. True, in order to create a full-screen from such devices, it will be necessary to spend more than one hundred thousand dollars.

IBM itself plans to use the device to track the shipment of goods and detect thefts. The computer can also be useful in aviation, automotive, and smart home systems. IBM has believed in the blockade technology, and such chips, in its words, can become reliable “crypt anchors” for such chains.

At the moment, IBM researchers are only testing a prototype, so it’s too early to talk about a commercial launch. But Arvind Krishna (Senior Vice President, Director of Research at IBM) says that:

“For the next five years, tiny computers that are smaller than the crystal salt will be introduced into everyday objects and devices.”

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What are the main benefits of Cloud Computing:

1. Saving time and money

2. Availability

3. Efficiency and Flexibility

4. Cost effectiveness

There are a few major players on the US market at this time that can provide you serious solutions and they are:

– Microsoft

– IBM

– Google

In my next post I will describe benefits in more details

1.Turn off the computer; then disconnect the AC adapter and all cables from the computer.

2. Close the computer display, and turn it over.

3. Remove the battery.

Step 4

4. Remove the four(4) screws that secure the palm rest.

5. Turn the computer over and open the display. Open up the palm rest in the direction shown by arrow (1) by picking up the projection tabs on the sides, and then release the palm rest from the computer (2).

6. Find the notch on the contact edge side of the SO-DIMM.

7. Note: To avoid damaging the SO-DIMM, do not touch its contact edge.

Step 5

8. With the notched end of the SO-DIMM toward the contact edge side of the socket, insert the SO-DIMM into the socket at an angle of about 20 degrees (1); then press it firmly (2).

9. Pivot the SO-DIMM downward until it snaps into place.

10. Make sure that the card is firmly fixed in the slot and does not move easily.

Source: IBM.com

More and more businesses are adapting cloud computing. IBM has announced following new clients benefiting from IBM’s Cloud initiatives: the Australian Bureau of Statistics, C&D Foods, Crawford & Company, FIDM/Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising, General Milling Corporation, General Motors Components Holdings and the Zoo and Aquarium Association of Australia.

Recent research shows that worldwide spending on cloud computing will be reaching $44,2 billion by 2013.

IBM LotusLive is a suite of business and collaboration services based on the Cloud computing and is hosted by IBM.

LotusLive offers following services: LotusLive Notes, LotusLive iNotes, LotusLive Engage, LotusLive Meetings, LotusLive Connections.

IBM has recently announced of availability LotusLive Symphony for cloud. “LotusLive Symphony authors will be able to co-edit documents in real time or work privately, store and share documents in LotusLive, comment, chat and manage revisions with other authors in real time, and assign and manage sections and tasks across multiple authors,” IBM said.

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