The Super Bowl XLVI simulation was conducted utilizing artificial intelligence powered by real-life data from each team to determine player ratings, and includes variances, such as injuries, to predict the outcome.

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"We can obtain real-life data to train our algorithms in large amounts that would practically be impossible to get in any other way, " said Leopold Summerer, head of the Esa lab that developed the app.

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It looks at real-life repair data for one full calendar year on 10 model years worth of vehicles, weighing the frequency of repairs and the cost of those repairs equally.

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CarMD looked at real-life repair data for one full calendar year on 2002-2012 vehicles and discovered that different brands tend to have a unique set of problems and common failures.

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Using predictive data modeling, contestants will examine three years of historical medical data from anonymized real-life people.

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All companies can use real-time continuous data to monitor shelf-life, cash flow, debtors outstanding.

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As Big Data becomes a fixture of office life, companies are turning to tracking devices to gather real-time information on how teams of employees work and interact.

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