Do you remember IBM Computer Watson? It competed against two Jeopardy champions in 2011 and won.<\/p>\n
http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/technology-12491688<\/a><\/p>\n The computer is back with a more practical and serious purpose. New York’s Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and IBM are using Watson’s computing capability and massive database of 1.2 million current and former patients spanning 20 years to help the specialists diagnose cancer and recommend treatment options. Watson will tap into both the patient records and outside data, something it successfully demonstrated ability for on Jeopardy.<\/p>\n The question is whether Watson is as good in diagnosing alternatives as it is in reaching out into a datamart of facts, figures and general information.<\/p>\n Watson has been tasked with working on lung cancer to start.<\/p>\n http:\/\/www-03.ibm.com\/innovation\/us\/watson\/index.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Do you remember IBM Computer Watson? It competed against two Jeopardy champions in 2011 and won. http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/technology-12491688 The computer is back with a more practical and serious purpose. New York’s Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and IBM are using Watson’s computing capability and massive database of 1.2 million current and former patients spanning 20 years to […]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":""},"categories":[3,1],"tags":[88,84,86,85,87],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t