IBM- Track Everything- the Internet of Things

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Like counterfeit software, movies, and games? What about medications? Think again. According to IBM, around 10% of the medication consumed globally is forgery. They look the same, taste the same, but they could kill you. As raising countries like China, India, and Brazil, grow their market share into the development and distribution of prescription drugs, the volume of international sales will increase, as well as counterfeit production. How could we avoid this? IBM is developing software that uses barcodes, GPS sensors, and environmental controls, to ensure that every drug we take came from the manufacturers we trust and in the condition they required. This is, as in a previous post, the internet of things: "Mir:ror- Objects have Life with the Internet".

International Business Machines (IBM) is an American multinational computer, technology and IT consulting corporation headquartered in Armonk, New York, United States. IBM is the world's third largest technology company and the second most valuable global brand
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[Lewis1985]

Everything. That includes me, you and every other fool.

[realalienzjc]

Tech is double edge sword, to overcome the sin of business, both the data and tools must be open, otherwise citizen are always less informed.

IBM should create a eco-system like Apple Store to utilize the global intelligence, I can't imagine that proprietary solution can be cheap and sustainable, pharmacy is already a huge problem in developed countries and developing ones as well.