Smart machines have come a long way since the 1940s, in fact, most people already own one or are thinking of purchasing one.

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WHAT IS A
SMART MACHINE?
A smart machine is a machine embedded with cognitive
computing ability that uses artificial intelligence and
machine learning algorithms to sense, learn, reason and
interact with people in different ways .
How did machines get smart?
Where are smart machines today?
Where next?
Smart machines include robots,
self-driving cars and other cognitive
computing systems that are able to
make decisions and solve problems
without human interaction.
Smart electricity meters
Smart watches with sensors
measuring blood glucose, blood
pressure and more
Increasingly autonomous cars
Home automation
Delivery drones
Virtual personal assistants
Surgical robots
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1996
2008
2014
The first programmable
computer, the Z3
Autonomous cars – designed to travel between
destinations without human intervention – are
already being tested. Semi autonomous cars will
be on the road in the next couple of years – and
fully autonomous cars within 10 years
1. More smart machines will enter our lives.
They’ll become better, faster and cheaper in
accordance with Moore’s Law
2. Smart machines will start to
automate knowledge worker tasks.
Smart locks – inform you via smartphone when
someone knocks on your door
Smart phones – Google now uses its
knowledge of your location and habits
to make predictions and offer you
useful information
Smart thermostats – use sensors to predict
when to turn your heating on and off
The first product using a
microprocessor is launched.
It’s a calculator
IBM’s Deep Blue beats
chess world champion
Garry Kasparov
The world has over
1bn PCs in use
A computer simulates one second of
human brain activity using 82,944
processors – each of which has up to
five billion transistors