IBM未来5年的五大创新

Going even deeper, they can then access 3-D visualizations and audio clues of the heart—at a scale and resolution beyond anything they can view today—to better understand your ailment. The computer will automatically compare

those visual and audio clues to thousands or hundreds of thousands of similar patient records, and be much more precise in diagnosing and treating you. The explosion of medical information and emerging visualization technologies that were once the sole domain of supercomputing geeks will transform how doctors diagnose and treat you right in their office.

In effect, doctors will gain superpowers: technologies to allow them to gain x-ray like vision to view medical images, super-sensitive hearing to find tiniest audio clues in your heart beat, and ways to organize information in the same way they treat a patient, by using the human body as a metaphor for a filing cabinet.

You are what you eat

Eat an apple today and you know it came from the grocery store. Eat an apple five years from now and you could know it was grown on a 5th generation Cortland apple tree in Oregon, was never treated with

pesticides, was picked on July 6th, traveled by air-conditioned truck to your local farmers’ market and has 65 calories.

Your food will have a digital passport: Using second-generation barcodes, wireless tags like RFID, and specialized sensors, you will have access to detailed information on your food from its origins and transportation conditions to its final destination. Additionally, you will know how its

production impacted the environment, so you can make purchasing decisions based on how eco-friendly products are.

Your shopping cart will be smart: When you put an item in your shopping cart, it will read the digital passport of your food using a network-connected device. For example, if you are on a diet that calls for grain-fed meats, you can find that information instantly by simply placing a package of meat in your cart.

Loyalty cards will become an early warning system: Using loyalty cards, grocers will be able to instantly tell you—by e-mail, text message or phone call—when items are recalled, alerting you that the food in your refrigerator

should be tossed and crediting your account.