Both IBM and Samsung did a live demonstration of ADEPT in February 2015 of this year https://youtu.be/U1XOPIqyP7A it is a POC so don't expect to see regular updates on it.  Just because someone left the company does not mean the POC is cancelled.  IBM have been known in the past to work on 20 year projections.

ADEPT is based on the internet of things concept.  Mckinzie and Co's recent report on IoT predicts the market to be worth 4 trillion to 25 trillion dollars by 2025 

http://www.mckinsey.com/insights/business_technology/the_internet_of_things_the_value_of_digitizing_the_physical_world

Before talking fud please do your research. IoT is not going away and will rely on blockchain tech and smart contracts.

http://postscapes.com/autonomous-connected-device-marketplaces-adept

https://www.vmware.com/ciovantage/article/create-value-from-smart-connected-products


Harvard Business Review - How Smart, Connected Products Are Transforming Competition by Michael E. Porter and James E. Heppelmann

https://www.vmware.com/ciovantage/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/VMW-HBR-Article-9-2-2015.pdf

I would suggest everyone read up on this.  Ethereum and smart contracts are the most disruptive innovations since Bitcoin.   Vitalik Buterin is indeed a true prodigy