Author: Rimlee Patgiri

According to Kyu Hee (Vice President and Chief Health Officer at IBM Corporation), a stethoscope worn by a doctor instills a level of trust in patients. This has, and continues to be, a tool that doctors use. But as we look into the future, the role of a cognitive AI system, like IBM’s Watson, will have extraordinary implications in the medical industry. We’re going to see AI systems fight for space in the sector, and become as ubiquitous and common as the stethoscope. This is part of the bigger global trend we’re witnessing – with AI gradually in line to replace human…

The planet is dabbled with 71% water. According to the US Geological Survey, over 68% of the fresh water on earth is in icecaps and glaciers. Just over 30% is found in ground level. In fact, only about 0.3% of our fresh water is found in the surface as lakes, rivers and swamps. And in case you forget, sea water is almost 97% on Earth. So when we’re talking about fresh sources we can use, all the numbers we just listed are in the context of just the 3% of the water available to us. While conventional wars have been fought generally…

As of 2013 , there are more than 170 million objects smaller than 1 cm in orbit around our planet. About 670,000 objects range between 1 to 10 cm, while about 29,000 larger debris are also circling the Earth. That’s a lot of space junk. Fortunately, space is big. Or so we’ve thought. Soon, space junk will be a bigger problem that’ll need urgent solutions. Also Read: Bringing Back Space Culture Space junk includes space debris, junk, and waste, litter of defunct manmade objects in space (old satellites, spent rocket stages, and fragments from disintegration, erosion and collisions – including those caused by debris itself). During the…