CRUSH Software Helps Memphis Cops Predict Crime
Facing rising crime rates, the Memphis Police Department turned to a predictive crime analytics program developed by IBM back in 2006, thus making the threat of 'Minority Report' one step closer to reality. According to GovTech, the CRUSH (Criminal Reduction Utilizing Statistical History) software, which puts crime data on a digital map of the city, has helped the MPD reduce crime by 31-percent ...
For design aficionados, the name "Memphis" is more likely to evoke the influential '80s Italian design movement than it is the home of rock 'n' roll. For those who missed the movement's heyday, Danish kitchenware company Bodum will be releasing a kettle originally designed by Memphis founder Ettore Sottsass.
Sottsass designed the kettle in 1986, but, due to manufacturing problems, it never went ...









