Thursday, April 14, 2005
A Boston T-Party for Computer Freedom
MIT is trying to start a new revolutionary Boston T-Party aimed at Rethinking Computers . The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is teaming with Quanta Computer( world's largest maker of laptop computers) in a five-year, $20 million research effort to define the future of computing by creating the next generation of computer-communications platforms and products. That's a pretty ambitious project for the money. According to the article:
"While some T-Party technologies might find their way into commercial products before the project is completed in 2010, many of them will be geared to laying the foundation for a new era, when computer hardware recedes into the background and computing is all but invisible to the average person.
"An ultimate form would be for you to walk into a room and your biometrics would validate you and give you your data," Brooks said, referring to fingerprint or iris scanning that could enable the display of information on electronics-embedded surfaces or mobile devices.
The marriage of MIT's research expertise and Quanta's production prowess - the Taiwanese company is the world's largest maker of laptop computers - is intended to eliminate the clunkiness of personal computers and the frustration of having to use devices that do not easily talk to each other, including cellphones, digital calendars and hand-held computers. The goal is to make accessing data more intuitive while addressing tricky issues like information transfer, configurations, security, maintenance, backups and upgrades."
MIT and Stanford have been key pioneers in the art of blending industry and academia in useful entrepreneural activities. They were the intellectual engines that drove the development of the Route 128 and Silicon Valley phenomena, responsible for much of our modern electronics and automation.
"While some T-Party technologies might find their way into commercial products before the project is completed in 2010, many of them will be geared to laying the foundation for a new era, when computer hardware recedes into the background and computing is all but invisible to the average person.
"An ultimate form would be for you to walk into a room and your biometrics would validate you and give you your data," Brooks said, referring to fingerprint or iris scanning that could enable the display of information on electronics-embedded surfaces or mobile devices.
The marriage of MIT's research expertise and Quanta's production prowess - the Taiwanese company is the world's largest maker of laptop computers - is intended to eliminate the clunkiness of personal computers and the frustration of having to use devices that do not easily talk to each other, including cellphones, digital calendars and hand-held computers. The goal is to make accessing data more intuitive while addressing tricky issues like information transfer, configurations, security, maintenance, backups and upgrades."
MIT and Stanford have been key pioneers in the art of blending industry and academia in useful entrepreneural activities. They were the intellectual engines that drove the development of the Route 128 and Silicon Valley phenomena, responsible for much of our modern electronics and automation.
