1. Open Data Institute
Aim: free data for all
The not-for-profit Open Data Institute has positioned itself as both a catalyst for data innovation and a global hub for data expertise. Based in Shoreditch, east London, the ODI oversees a network of collaborative international "nodes."
2. The Human Brain Project
Aim: to reveal the workings of human consciousness
Flush with €1bn in funding, the Human Brain Project is a 10-year quest to reveal the hidden workings of consciousness.
3. IBM's Computational Creativity
Aim: to make computers 'creative'
Big-data analytics techniques have been deployed by IBM's Thomas J Watson Research Center to create new food recipes – what you might call technouvelle cuisine – mined from sources including Wikipedia and Fenaroli's Handbook of Flavor Ingredients, then tweaked with an algorithm designed to add creativity to matched ingredients.
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