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Nicholas Negroponte
Nicholas Negroponte

Nicholas Negroponte (born 1943) is a Greek-American architect and computer scientist best known as the founder and Chairman Emeritus of Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Media Lab, and also known as the founder of The One Laptop per Child association (OLPC). Year 1943 ( MCMXLIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. A Greek American (Ελληνοαμερικανοί Ellinoamerikani) is a citizen of the United States, who is of Greek heritage or origin An architect is a licensed individual who leads a design team in the Planning and Design of buildings and participates in oversight of Building Construction A computer scientist is a person that has acquired knowledge of Computer science, the study of the theoretical foundations of information and computation and their application The MIT Media Lab (also known as the Media Lab) is a department within the School of Architecture and Planning at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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Early life

Negroponte, son of Dimitri John, a Greek shipping magnate, grew up in New York City's Upper East Side. Greece (Ελλάδα transliterated: Elláda, historically, Ellás,) officially the Hellenic Republic (Ελληνική Δημοκρατία The City of New York The Upper East Side is a neighborhood in the borough of Manhattan in New York City, between Central Park and the East River. He is the younger brother of John Negroponte, current United States Deputy Secretary of State. Hon John Dimitri Negroponte (born July 21, 1939 in London, England, United Kingdom) (ˌnɛgroʊˈpɒnti is an American The Deputy Secretary of State of the United States is the chief assistant to the Secretary of State who is responsible for foreign affairs.

MIT

He attended many schools, including Buckley (NYC), Le Rosey (Switzerland) and Choate Rosemary Hall in Wallingford, Connecticut where he graduated in 1961. Institut Le Rosey, established in 1880 is the oldest private Boarding school in Switzerland and one of the most exclusive educational institutions in the world Subsequently, he studied at MIT as both an undergraduate and graduate student in Architecture where his research focused on issues of computer-aided design. He earned a Master's degree in architecture from MIT in 1966 and joined the faculty of MIT in 1966. Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. For several years thereafter he divided his teaching time between MIT and several visiting professorships at Yale, Michigan and the University of California, Berkeley. The University of Michigan Ann Arbor ( U of M, U-M, UM or simply Michigan) is a top-ranked Coeducational public research The University of California Berkeley (also referred to as Cal, Berkeley and UC Berkeley) is a major research university located in Berkeley

In 1967, Negroponte founded MIT's Architecture Machine Group, a combination lab and think tank which studied new approaches to human-computer interaction. Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. Human–computer interaction or HCI is the study of interaction between people ( users and Computers It is often regarded as the intersection of In 1985, Negroponte created the MIT Media Lab with Jerome B. Wiesner. Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) Jerome Wiesner (Jerome Bert Wiesner ( May 30, 1915 – October 21, 1994) was an educator a Science Advisor to U As director, he developed the lab into the pre-eminent computer science laboratory for new media and a high-tech playground for investigating the human-computer interface.

Wired

In 1992, Negroponte became involved in the creation of Wired Magazine as the first investor. Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) Wired is a full-color monthly American Magazine and on-line periodical published in San Francisco, California since March 1993 From 1993 to 1998, he contributed a monthly column to the magazine in which he reiterated a basic theme: "Move bits, not atoms. Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) "

Negroponte expanded many of the ideas from his Wired columns into a bestselling book Being Digital (1995), which made famous his forecasts on how the interactive world, the entertainment world and the information world eventually merge. Being Digital is a Non-fiction computer Science book by famed technology author Nicholas Negroponte Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 Being Digital was a bestseller and was translated into some twenty languages. However, critics have faulted his techno-utopian ideas for failing to consider the historical, political and cultural realities with which new technologies should be viewed. Techno-utopianism or technoutopianism refers to any Ideology based on the belief that advanced Science and technology will eventually bring about an

Later career

In 2000, Negroponte stepped down as director of the Media Lab as Walter Bender took over as Executive Director. 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Walter Bender is the former president of One Laptop per Child Software and Content the organization that coordinates and develops software and content including the Sugar However, Negroponte retained the role of laboratory Chairman. When Frank Moss was appointed director of the lab in 2006, Negroponte stepped down as lab chairman to focus more fully on his work with One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) although he retains his appointment as professor at MIT. Frank Moss is an entrepreneur and 25-year veteran of the software and computer industries Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. The XO-1, previously known as the $100 Laptop or Children's Machine, is an inexpensive Laptop computer intended to be distributed to children in developing

Mary Lou Jepsen, Alan Kay and Nicholas Negroponte unveil the $100 laptop.
Mary Lou Jepsen, Alan Kay and Nicholas Negroponte unveil the $100 laptop. Mary Lou Jepsen (born 1965 was the founding Chief technology officer of One Laptop per Child (OLPC an organization whose mission is to deliver low-cost mesh Alan Curtis Kay (born May 17, 1940) is an American Computer scientist, known for his early pioneering work on Object-oriented programming

In November 2005, at the World Summit on the Information Society held in Tunis, Negroponte unveiled a $100 laptop computer, The Children's Machine, designed for students in the developing world. The World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS was a pair of United Nations -sponsored conferences about Information, Communication and in broad terms Tunis ( Arabic: تونس Tūnis) is the Capital of the Tunisian Republic and also the Tunis The XO-1, previously known as the $100 Laptop or Children's Machine, is an inexpensive Laptop computer intended to be distributed to children in developing The project is part of a broader program by One Laptop Per Child, a non-profit organisation started by Negroponte and other Media Lab faculty, to extend Internet access in developing countries. The Internet is a global system of interconnected Computer networks

Negroponte sits on several boards, including Motorola (listed on the New York Stock Exchange), Velti (listed on the London Stock Exchange) and privately-held Ambient Devices. Motorola Inc ( is an American, multinational Fortune 100, Telecommunications company based in Schaumburg Illinois. Velti Plc ( is a publicly traded company listed on the London Stock Exchange's AIM Market Ambient Devices Inc is a privately held company based in Cambridge Massachusetts USA that designs and markets various Ambient devices for display of information He is also on the advisory board of TTI/Vanguard. TTI/Vanguard is a Santa Monica-based company that puts on five conferences a year for senior business executives exploring upcoming trends in technology with a 2-5 year horizon He has invested in over 30 startup companies over the last 30 years, including Zagats, Wired, Ambient Devices, Skype and Velti. Zagat Survey zʌ'ɡæt was established by Tim and Nina Zagat in 1979 as a way to collect and correlate the ratings of Restaurants by diners Wired is a full-color monthly American Magazine and on-line periodical published in San Francisco, California since March 1993 Ambient Devices Inc is a privately held company based in Cambridge Massachusetts USA that designs and markets various Ambient devices for display of information Skype (skaɪp is Software that allows users to make telephone calls over the Internet. Velti Plc ( is a publicly traded company listed on the London Stock Exchange's AIM Market In August 2007, he was appointed to a five-member special committee with the objective of assuring the continued journalistic and editorial integrity and independence of the Wall Street Journal and other Dow Jones & Company publications and services. Dow Jones & Company is an American publishing and financial information firm The committee was formed as part of the merger of Dow Jones with News Corporation. News Corporation (often abbreviated to News Corp) (,,) is one of the world's largest media conglomerate companies by Market capitalisation [1] Negroponte's fellow founding committee members are Louis Boccardi, Thomas Bray, Jack Fuller, and the late former Congresswoman Jennifer Dunn. Louis D Boccardi was President and Chief Executive Officer of The Associated Press (AP the world’s largest news organization from 1985 until his retirement in Jennifer Blackburn Dunn ( July 29, 1941 – September 5, 2007) was a prominent Republican member of the United States House of

References

  1. ^ Wall Street Journal, August 1, 2007. "Text of Dow Jones Editorial Agreement". Online edition retrieved on October 21, 2007.

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