We hope to hasten the day when a student in his living room can browse through the electronic index of the Library of Congress, retrieve a specific document and have it printed on his laser printer, within the space of minutes.
Predictor: Boucher, Rick
Prediction, in context:A Communications Daily article outlined a piece of legislation introduced by Rep. Rick Boucher (D-Va.) that would provide funding for research to make new network technologies widely available to the public. The High-Performance Computing and High-Speed Networking Applications Act of 1993 (H.R. 1757) would establish support for the development of networking technologies for use in education, libraries, health care and government. The article says: ”Bringing uniform telecommunications services to all schools and rural areas through a state-of-the-art network that uses a common set of standards and protocols is the goal of legislation introduced Wednesday by Rep. Rick Boucher (D-Va.), chairman of the House Subcommittee on Science & Technology … The new bill … would provide research funds for a wide range of core projects, including connections that would route medical information to hospitals and other users at high speeds, develop network-accessible digital libraries, link schools for distance learning and disseminate innovative curricular materials … ‘We hope to hasten the day when a student in his living room can browse through the electronic index of the Library of Congress, retrieve a specific document and have it printed on his laser printer, within the space of minutes,’ Boucher said.”
Biography:Rick Boucher was a U.S. Congressman who backed the amendment that allowed the National Science Foundation to support computer networks and opened the floodgates of digital commerce in the early 1990s. (Legislator/Politician/Lawyer.)
Date of prediction: April 1, 1993
Topic of prediction: Getting, Sharing Information
Subtopic: General
Name of publication: Communications Daily
Title, headline, chapter name: Industry Shows Support: Boucher Introduces R&D Bill for the Telecommunications Network
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
http://web.lexis-nexis.com/universe/document?_m=a70023254f7aa1731d2df72d7d66509f...
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