IBM 5 in 5

Launched in 2006, IBM’s 5 in 5 has become a hallmark event as the calendar flips from one year to the next. Each December, IBM unveils the 5 in 5 -- five predictions about how technology innovations will change the way we work, live and play within the next five years. The 5 in 5 is based on market and societal trends, and the ideas come from the thousands of biologists, engineers, mathematicians and medical physicians in our Research labs around the world -- IBM has the world's largest industrial research organization.

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17 Dec 2012	IBM Reveals Five Innovations That Will Change Our Lives within Five Years

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IBM 5 in 5: Five Innovations That Will Change Our Lives within Five Years

Date added: 17 Dec 2012

Physical Analytics Research Manager Hendrik Hamann examines an array of wireless sensors used to detect environmental conditions such as temperature, humidity, gases and chemicals at IBM Research headquarters in Yorktown Heights, NY, Monday, December 17, 2012. In five years, technology advancements could enable sensors to analyze odors or the molecules in a person’s breath to help diagnose diseases. This innovation is part of IBM’s 5 in 5, a set of IBM annual predictions that have the potential to change the way people work, live and interact during the next five years. (Jon Simon/Feature Photo Service for IBM)

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