A Look at the Future
Self Organizing Networks
Wireless Connection of Household devices Not hub and spoke, but self-organized peers Wireless connectivity (Bluetooth, 802.11) Lighting, ventilation, motions sensors, air-conditioning ducts, sprinkler systems, data storage bricks
Grid Computing
Teragrid, an NSF Project to network supercomputers National Center Illinois US Department of Energy?s Argonne Laboratories near Chicago Caltech in Pasadena San Diego Supercomputer Center California 13.6 trillion floating point operations per second (teraflop)
Nanobiotech
Nano-devices tuned to detect large molecules
Human Computer Interaction
This is where the action will be Top Labs for 1990s
Bell Apple Computer Advanced Technology Group Xerox PARC
Top Labs for 2000-2010
Microsoft Research Xerox PARC Canegie Mellon University
Pancake Technology Rundown in Honor of DB’s pancake batter swim for charity Napster Dumps 30 More Employees
Down to 58 employees Third round of layoff in six months Feud between Bertelsman CEO and John Fanning (uncle of Steven Fanning ), and Mummer Winblad, a VC firm
Online Filing for the Tardy Security Sharing the Airwaves
A new approach is needed FCC Take Heed Spread spectrum technologies rather than allocating fixed bands
Internet Fraud Complaint Center 2001 Statistics
42% Identity Theft 20% Web Auctions 15% Nigerian 419 e-mail scam Balance Credit Card Fraud and Confidence Fraud
National ID Cards Questions to Blue Ribbon Panel
National Academy Constitutional issues Technical issues Economic issues
WiFi Lite Proposal by Microsoft
Another bad idea, like WinModem
Mail Bag
Improper Program Removal — Reinstall and then remove with Add/Remove Wizard File association brings up wrong program — Go to Windows Folder Options and reassign program association Readers for visually impaired — One reader likes the Pronto Reader instead of Galileo Reader Love Tech Talk MP3 Files — Thanks for all the love
Stratford News
Next Start April 22, 2002