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IBM’s Watson Will Dish Out Customized Highlights For The Masters

At the Masters Tournament this weekend, IBM will use its artificial intelligence Watson to sift through hundreds of hours of play and produce customized video highlights for fans. IBM this week introduced an automated, personalized highlight reel service called “My Moments” that will be available to fans for free through Masters.com and the tournament’s iPhone […]

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Thor Guard Technology Protects The Masters From Lightning, Bad Weather

Despite early inclement weather at Augusta National last week prior to The Masters, the overall forecast for the season’s first Major was relatively fair. However, if there had been lightning and further signs of bad weather, the golf tournament would have been aided by Thor Guard, a lightning prediction system that has been in operation since 1973 […]

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