Tuesday, December 12, 2006

Weather anyone?

From the MIT Technology Review, I caught the personalized weather forecast that IBM's supercomputer is spitting out. The article talks about why this resolution can be beneficial and what some of the downsides are.

Personalized Weather Forecasts by Duncan Graham-Rowe
An IBM supercomputer forecasts weather down to a one-kilometer resolution.

Pretty nifty animations (well, time-lapse jpegs) of tempature, cloud and precipitation, wind and surface conditions.

Now, can you link this to an investment strategy?

Kipp

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