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Many people probably dismiss IBM as a company whose time has come and gone. While it was once the dominant player in PCs – and frankly were it not for IBM most of us wouldn’t be reading this statement right now. So while IBM gave way to Microsoft and Apple- not to mention Dell, HP and a dozen other companies – in the personal computer space, Big Blue continues to “Think.”
They “Think” about a lot of things, and recently the company noted in its 5 in 5 what the future could mean for fitness. IBM tracks five new trends that could be big in five years, and in The Next 5 in 5 is “Energy: People power will come to life.”
IBM sums it up here:
Imagine being able to use every motion around you—your movements, the water rushing through the plumbing—to harness energy to power anything from your house to your city. It’s already being tested in Ireland, where IBM scientists are studying the effects of converting ocean wave energy into electricity. But instead of a buoy to capture motion, a smaller device that you wear or attach to your bicycle during a ride, for example, will collect the energy you create.
So this won’t be so much power to the people, but rather power FROM the people! This could make for a healthier nation as people burn calories to earn energy and potentially save money. We see this as a bright future!
[Via IBM: The Next 5 in 5]