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1970 radio television newspapers
1980 content representation
1990 bits atoms
2000 the world
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The Center for Bits and Atoms • NSF • $13.75M / 5 years • basic research, outreach • ~20 students • technical infrastructure • content representation • nm km
CBA Partners • ML • MAS • How To Make (almost) Anything, … • TTT • Motorola, Steelcase, Microsoft, USPS, … • SIGs: PF, SiBio, … • 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