Healthcare

What is IBM's Watson up to? Helping health care professionals to fight cancer.

Sponsored | 1 | March 6, 2013 6:28am | By Martin Kohn

MELBOURNE -- Drink a beer, it's good for the world. That's the proposition being put forward by Australia's first non-profit bar.

1 | March 6, 2013 1:50am | By Lieu Thi Pham

Will young people in developing nations share data about social conditions in exchange for access to free music?

1 | February 25, 2013 3:00am | By Beth Carter

GE is investing $300 million in Indonesia to support infrastructure projects.

3 | February 22, 2013 6:39am | By Tyler Falk

If you want to get your adrenalin pumping, don't teach at a university.

2 | February 19, 2013 6:28pm | By Joe McKendrick

An award-winning designer, Formosa spoke with us about designing IBM's first personal computer, how design has changed over the decades -- and why you should have meetings in elevators.

4 | February 18, 2013 2:22am | By Molly Petrilla

Founded as his revenge against addiction, Loeb's 3-year-old Internet startup uses videoconferencing to offer intensive outpatient treatment services.

6 | February 14, 2013 3:00am | By Heather Clancy

"The Morning Briefing" is SmartPlanet's daily roundup of must-reads from the web. This morning we're reading about the Internet of Things.

February 12, 2013 12:45am | By Charlie Osborne

The O2Amps can help doctors see through skin to find hidden veins and trauma. Now it turns out that these same glasses can help diminish red-green deficiency.

February 8, 2013 3:44pm | By Janet Fang

Big Blue's water-soluble concoction may someday be used in creams and various treatments for open wounds, skin infections and other injuries.

3 | February 7, 2013 4:40am | By Tuan C. Nguyen

Have your genome sequenced? The knoSYS (TM) 100 can analyze the data for you ... for $125,000.

February 4, 2013 7:32pm | By Laura Shin

Does the crossover between two respected (and unrelated) annual rankings from Boston Consulting Group and "Fortune" suggest any correlation between innovation and a happy work place?

January 30, 2013 6:29pm | By Reena Jana

The new joint venture has upgrades to bolster its offering in a field for which -- in the U.S., anyway -- interest is growing.

2 | January 30, 2013 10:32am | By Andrew Nusca

There are devices that help those suffering with mobility issues, but few for children with tiny limbs. Where does 3D printing come in?

January 25, 2013 5:26am | By Charlie Osborne

In the future, researchers may use actual DNA as an alternative way to encode data to store entire libraries the size of a pinky finger.

January 24, 2013 7:19pm | By David Worthington

Incremental progress has been made towards a better flu shot. But researchers say millions more must be directed toward a universal vaccine that'll protect the most vulnerable and last for a decade.

January 24, 2013 5:50pm | By Janet Fang

The e-learning industry is heating up as a trio of startups receive funding for cloud-based education platforms that personalize instruction for students.

1 | January 24, 2013 8:25am | By Andrew Nusca

A prominent leader in social innovation, Novogratz helped pioneer a new approach to addressing global poverty.

2 | January 21, 2013 3:45am | By Molly Petrilla

Architects have mastered the art of defensive building, says SmartPlanet columnist C.C. Sullivan. But can an emerging architecture restore our sense of humanity as well?

2 | January 16, 2013 4:14am | By C.C. Sullivan

Within a decade, InterKnowlogy CEO Tim Huckaby believes technology user interfaces will include a functional holodeck and mind-reading machines. Here's why.

3 | January 16, 2013 1:42am | By Mari Silbey