Before 1970 radio television newspapers 1980 content representation
Before …
1970 radio television newspapers
1980 content representation
1990 bits atoms
2000 the world
… after
News in the Future Things That Think Cars? Toys? Food? Tags? Printing? Healthcare?
News in the Future Things That Think CI TOT Penny Tags Printed PC SIGs
News in the Future Things That Think CI TOT Penny Tags Printed PC
News in the Future Things That Think CI TOT Penny Tags Printed PC Penny PC IPID Silicon Biology Personal Fabrication
News in the Future Things That Think CI Center for Bits and Atoms from atomic nuclei to global networks TOT Nanofab, Biofab, Macrofab Penny Tags Printed PC Penny PC IPID Silicon Biology Personal Fabrication How To Make (Almost) Anything The Nature of Mathematical Modeling The Physics of Information Technology Silicon Biology Quantum Computing
The Center for Bits and Atoms • • NSF $13. 75 M / 5 years basic research, outreach ~20 students technical infrastructure content representation nm km
• ML • MAS CBA Partners – How To Make (almost) Anything, … • TTT – Motorola, Steelcase, Microsoft, USPS, … • SIGs: PF, Si. Bio, … • MLA – rural healthcare, governance, micro-entrepreneureship… • MIT • Computer Clubhouses – instrumentation, fabrication • NAS – Koshland Museum • TAB – Charles Bennett, Ruzena Bajcsy, Barrie Gilbert, Alan Huang, … • NSF – CCR-0122419 – annual report, site visit – nuggets
CBA Questions • Who is CBA? – hopes/dreams/desires/wants/needs • What will CBA accomplish? – – – personal (de)fabrication natural intelligence B/D/B emergineering global development, security • How will CBA operate? – – – meetings, events capital equipment seminars, courses visitors, talks reporting outreach
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