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Internet Everywhere - The Future of History's Most Disruptive Technology

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Course Description

Overview

Explore the revolutionary impact of the internet in this thought-provoking World Science Festival panel discussion featuring pioneers of the digital revolution. Delve into the brief but explosive history of this disruptive technology and discover nascent projects set to reinvent our interaction with technology and each other. Gain insights from experts Vinton Cerf, Neil Gershenfeld, Elizabeth Stark, and Alex Wright as they examine topics ranging from the origins of email and early internet concepts to the Internet of Things, cloud computing, and social media's influence on global politics. Investigate critical issues such as online privacy, emerging technologies, and the future of human-computer interaction. Learn about fascinating developments like the inter-species internet and MIT's augmented reality projects. This comprehensive exploration offers a captivating glimpse into the past, present, and future of one of history's most transformative technologies.

Syllabus

John Donvan's Introduction
Participant introductions
The father of the internet... Who is the mother of the internet?
Is this the future that you had imagined for the internet?
Inventing the first E-mail.
What does history tell us about technology that lets us access knowledge?
12th century canon table technology and indexing books.
The Book on the Book... the very first thoughts of the internet.
Who is Vannevar Bush?
What is the internet of things?
What is the internet and how does it work?
Who owns the internet?
How has the cloud made the internet better... or worse?
What is the "stop online piracy act"?
Social media changing politics world wide.
The inter-species internet.
MIT's augmented reality.
Privacy and control of where our information is found.
What are the new technologies from Google?


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World Science Festival

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