Meet ' Medical Minecraft, ' An Educational Experience Powered By IBM Watson

IBM Watson gained global fame as a "Jeopardy!" While Watson is no longer dominating the game circuit, IBM has put the computer system to use in a wide range of applications from tennis to weather. Now Watson is also powering a modified version of "Minecraft" that makes learning about the human body as fun as crafting a house. "Medical Minecraft," as its called, was created by high school educators to teach students about infectious diseases. Normally, that would be a topic that would completely bore teens or to be too complex to the point of alienation.