The NII would make practical another kind of national treasure – a digital library of active knowledge that would combine text, sound and video in interactive formats.
Predictor: Dertouzos, Michael
Prediction, in context:In a 1991 article for Technology Review, MIT researcher/administrator Michael Dertouzos writes:”The NII [National Information Infrastructure] would make practical another kind of national treasure – a digital library of active knowledge that would combine text, sound and video in interactive formats. You could enter a query like, ‘Show me what happens to the combustion patterns in the cylinders if I load this engine with 1,000 foot-pounds of torque,’ and the screen would display an animation of the combustion process, controlled by you, perhaps with temperatures indicated by different colors and with potential trouble spots highlighted.”
Biography:Michael Dertouzos was director of the MIT Laboratory for Computer Science and the author of “The Unfinished Revolution.” He led a project intended to make computers adapt to people. He outlined a comprehensive proposal for a national information “infrastructure” in a 1991 article for Technology Review. (Research Scientist/Illuminator.)
Date of prediction: January 1, 1991
Topic of prediction: Getting, Sharing Information
Subtopic: Libraries/Databases
Name of publication: Technology Review
Title, headline, chapter name: Building the Information Marketplace
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
http://web2.infortrac.galegroup.com/itw/infomark/599/939/33335311w2/purl=rcl
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