(December 17, 2013) Today IBM unveiled the eighth
annual "IBM 5 in 5" (#ibm5in5)
– a list of innovations that have the potential to change the way people work,
live and interact during the next five years.
* The classroom will
learn you
* Buying local will
beat online
* Doctors will
routinely use your DNA to keep you well
* A digital guardian
will protect you online
* The city will help
you live in it
This year’s IBM 5 in 5 explores the idea that everything
will learn – driven by a new era of cognitive systems where machines will
learn, reason and engage with us in a more natural and personalized way. These
innovations are beginning to emerge enabled by cloud computing, big data
analytics and learning technologies all coming together, with the appropriate
privacy and security considerations, for consumers, citizens, students and
patients.
Over time these computers will get smarter and more
customized through interactions with data, devices and people, helping us take
on what may have been seen as unsolvable problems by using all the information
that surrounds us and bringing the right insight or suggestion to our
fingertips right when it’s most needed. A new era in computing will lead to
breakthroughs that will amplify human abilities, assist us in making good
choices, look out for us and help us navigate our world in powerful new ways.