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MIT Technology Testbeds

MIT Technology Testbeds. Draft Proposal v.1.2 30 January 2003 (Firstdraft 26 August 2002) Joost Bonsen jpbonsen@alum.mit.edu 617.930.0415. Proposing MIT as Premier Technology Testbed.

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MIT Technology Testbeds

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  1. MIT Technology Testbeds Draft Proposal v.1.2 30 January 2003 (Firstdraft 26 August 2002)Joost Bonsenjpbonsen@alum.mit.edu617.930.0415

  2. Proposing MIT as Premier Technology Testbed • An orchestrated MIT-wide Initiative to attract Companies & Labs deploying latest prototypes & products in a “Tech Testbed” • MIT-generally & Sloan students specifically as an “Early-Adoptor Microcosm” • Allowing MIT faculty to do rigorous social science, observing usage patterns, adoption rates, social networks, and more • If not a testbed, at least new product showcase!

  3. Proposing Action Over Time

  4. Example Technology Testbed Ideas • Project Mercury – Latest wireless technologies; showcase for MIT Labs • App Assessment – Fast feedback on new applications & usage patterns • Premier Digital Infospace – Next generation libraries, info databases & visualization environments • Evocative Architectural Innovations – Digital Glass, Organic HVAC, Ultra-Reconfigurability, Working Elevators http://www.emperorlinux.com/acc_network.html http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/wireless/2001/06/08/xircom_review.html http://www.handspring.com/ http://www.futurelooks.com/features/Lifestyle/Wearable_comps/page1_frame.htm http://www-5.ibm.com/se/news/archive/images/computers/wearable-pc/wearable-pc-closseup-guy.jpg

  5. Being a Tech Testbed • Deploying latest prototypes, devices, etc AND tracking actual usage patterns • Sourcing devices & systems from both MIT Labs and corporate partners • Serving as “Neutral Ground” for cross-comparison • Clearly useful for “Consumer InfoTech”, but not limited to it

  6. Tech Testbed promises… • We see the Future First • Part of Comparative Market Research initiative • Accelerating Educational Innovation • Possibly part of larger effort to Observe Innovation broadly • Basis for MIT Cross-Campus Collaborations • Huge PR & Buzz for MIT & Sloan

  7. Existing Efforts Include… • Sloan’s Virtual Customer Initiative • Sloan Product Development & Marketing Classes • http://web.mit.edu/15.783j/www/ • MasterCard’s RFID PaymentCard • GSC’s SafeRide GPS • MIT’s New Grad Dorm Equipment • Newbury Network’s Location Enabled Networking • http://www.newburynetworks.com/ • iCampus-funded Xbox CycleScore • Harris, Harlev, & Heitzeberg • BCS’s Paperless Classroom • DEMO

  8. Early-Adopter Microcosm • Are MIT & Sloan students representative of ultimate purchasers? • Possibly predictive and therefore a method of advanced market research?

  9. Project Mercury • Case example of Tech Testbed idea • A Wireless “Project Athena” • Athena was a $100 Million Experiment in mid-80s • Campus-wide broadband wireless networking • Latest terminal devices • PDAs, padPC, wearable computers, watches • Tracking Social & Applications Usage • Location, Communication, Collaboration, Games • Multi-MIT Lab Collaboration • Social Systems Experiment

  10. Go Dramatically Beyond Our Boilerplate IT Infrastructure • We expect Laptops, Ethernet, WiFi 802.11b • How about ReallyWiFi 802.11a, quivers of computers, wireless power, etc? • Advanced applications • Paperless workplace …

  11. What are some example emerging devices & systems? • Hand-helds • New peripherals • Wireless applications …

  12. Palm & iPaq Variants… http://www.palm.com/products/palmm515/3Ddemo/palmm515_3D.html http://www.compaq.com/products/handhelds/pocketpc/

  13. Wireless iPAQ Applications… http://www.golfps.com/images/ipaq.gif http://www.digital-doc.com/C2/images/wirele4.jpg http://www.igisa.com/grafiken/ipaq.jpg

  14. Sony clie w/ Camera! http://www.sonystyle.com/home/item.jsp?hierc=9684x9744x9746&itemid=34011

  15. What are MIT Labs & companies working on that could be deployed?

  16. MIT Project Oxygen • http://oxygen.lcs.mit.edu/

  17. MIT Media Lab Wearables http://www.media.mit.edu/wearables/wearfolk-sam-big.jpg http://www.media.mit.edu/wearables/mithril/index.html

  18. Media Lab Smart Nametags http://web.media.mit.edu/~fredm/projects/memetag/mtsmall.jpg http://el.www.media.mit.edu/groups/el/papers/mres/lifelongk/Image26.gif

  19. http://www.microopticalcorp.com/

  20. Social Net Analysis & Facilitation Dynamic Visualization • Understanding social relationshiops • Guiding flows of information • Real knowledge management • Orchestrating Serendipity http://www.netvis.org/ Facilitator Room http://whitechapel.media.mit.edu/facilitator/introduction.html

  21. Predictive Microcosms http://www.cothink.com/Papers/phdthesis.pdf

  22. MIT Labs • LCS / AI Project Oxygen http://oxygen.lcs.mit.edu/ • Media Wearable Computing http://www.media.mit.edu/wearables/ • House ‘n’ • http://architecture.mit.edu/house_n/ • CMS • http://web.mit.edu/cms/ • eBusiness • http://ebusiness.mit.edu/ • Auto-ID • http://www.autoidcenter.org/main.asp … MIT Media Laboratory

  23. Company Benefits • Fast Iteration • Visibility • Comparative Market Research

  24. Potential Applications • “Where are open meeting rooms?” • Enhanced SloanSpace? • “Where’s SafeRide?” • Making most of Spare Moments. • Seamless Collaboration • No-Delay Resources • Advancing Practice of Fast Iteration

  25. Potentially Interested Social Science & Innovation Faculty (?) • John Hauser / Sloan Marketing, Virtual Customer Initiative • Jonathan Cummings / Sloan Innovation, Social Network Analysis • Henry Jenkins / HASS Comparative Media Studies, Games-for-Learning • Judith Donath / Media Lab, Sociable Spaces • Steven Eppinger / Sloan Product Design • Plus all those developing technologies…

  26. Resources Required • Premier Industry Collaborators • Linkage to Sloan Technology Services & MIT IS • Prototype & Pre-production equipment donations • Institutional Commitment • Alumni & Industry Oversight Board • Operational Funds for administration, support, and maintenance

  27. Possible Sponsors • I-Campus Project • http://swissnet.ai.mit.edu/projects/i-campus/ • Peer Testbeds • Cambridge-MIT Institute • Singapore-MIT Alliance • Industry Consortia • Government: DARPA, NSF • E.g. CIPD • Foundations

  28. Likely Alums • Pascal Chenais – Project Canard, MessageMachines • Vanu Bose – Vanu Inc software radio • Bill Warner – Wildfire • Tim Rowe – Cambridge Innovations • Rob Poor – Ember • Yonald Chery – Newbury Networks • Matt Reynolds – ThingMagic • Fred Martin -- SmartTags • Mike Parduhn, John Muhlner, Paul Strasma, Matt Rhoden http://www.mitwf.org/images/oct23_yc.jpg

  29. Shouldn’t MIT be the Premier Tech Testbed?

  30. Benefits (a)Boosting MIT campus & student experience, (b)Envisioning the future by experiencing it, (c)Basis for cross campus research collaboration, (d)Prototype testbed for inventive developers to fast iterate the next generation artifacts, (e)Experimental anthropology via predictive microcosms, (f)Inspiring entrepreneurial new product and venture development, (g)Capturing intellectual property for truly novel Project-related inventions, and (h)Great PR around this “really MIT idea”.

  31. References • Project Athena • http://wwwtech.mit.edu/V119/N19/history_of_athe.19f.html • http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/tt/1991/feb27/24322.html • Research on Human Subjects • http://web.mit.edu/policies/14.3.html • Project Notebook • http://web.mit.edu/is/np/projects/wireless/ • Cisco/Radiata's 802.11a Promises • http://www.eetimes.com/story/OEG20000728S0021 • http://www.radiata.com/company/PDF/IEEE-802.11wp.pdf • Project Oxygen • http://oxygen.lcs.mit.edu/ • MIT IS • http://web.mit.edu/is/ • Wearable Computing • http://www.media.mit.edu/wearables/ • Product Innovation • http://web.mit.edu/cipd/ • MIT Sloan Virtual Customer • http://mitsloan.mit.edu/vc/Pages/vc.html • MIT CMS • http://web.mit.edu/cms/

  32. Related Initiatives • Showcase Sloan • Hall of Heroes • Highlighting MIT’s innovators • Modern Muddy • New lights, soundsys, etc • Cathedral of Creativity • Lobby 7 plus

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