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IBM tries to forecast and control Beijing's air pollution |
July 07, 2014
China’s nagging pollution problems could start to abate with the help of an IBM project that seeks to predict and control the air quality in Beijing, using new computing technologies.On Monday, IBM announced it was partnering with the Chinese capital to address the city’s ongoing air pollution woes. Populated by over 21 million people, Beijing is one of the country’s largest municipalities. But it’s also among the Chinese cities with some of the worst air quality in the nation, with pollution levels often rising to hazardous levels.Causing the smog are the millions of cars in Beijing, the surrounding factories, fossil fuel burning power plants, and the pollution coming from other neighboring cities. Despite the complexities, IBM wants to accurately map the problem with computer modeling.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here
Link: http://www.pcworld.com/article/2451140/ibm-tries-to-forecast-and-control-beijings-air-pollution.html#tk.rss_all
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