Nerd Alert: IBM Does ‘Jeopardy’; Scientists Invent Ambulatory Goo

Posted on Apr 28, 2009

Tired of making machines that beat humans at chess, IBM is prepping a computer competitor for “Jeopardy,” which makes sense since Alex Trebek himself is computer-generated. Japanese researchers, meanwhile, have created walking goo.

Both videos via Engadget.

Waseda University’s super-creepy gel:

IBM’s Watson:

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