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MIT Media Laboratory Collaborating
Partner Harvard Center for International
Development Principal Investigators Alex
(Sandy) Pentland, Mitchel Resnick Board Nicholas
Negroponte Jeffrey Sachs Jose Maria Figueres
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MIT Media Laboratory Collaborating
Partner Harvard Center for International
Development Faculty Walter Bender, Mike Best,
Justine Cassell, David Cavallo, Glorianna
Davenport, Joseph Jacobson, Amar Gupta, Geoffrey
Kirkman, Henry Lieberman, Scott Manalis, Bakhtiar
Mikhak, Seymour Papert, Deb Roy, Ted Selker,
Brian Smith
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Two Revolutions Communications
Sensors and Actuators
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Economic disruption and opportunity Flattened
organizations, empowered individuals Network
penumbra new players join
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What is a Digital Nation?
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What is a Digital Nation? Access to digital
technology
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What is a Digital Nation? Access to digital
technology Fluency with digital technology
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Ivan Illich Tools for Conviviality People need
not only to obtain things, they need above all
the freedom to make things among which they can
live, to give shape to them according to their
own tastes, and to put them to use in caring for
and about others.
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The Media Lab How people and machines can work
together for expression, learning,
creativity History and Growth Method Apprentice
ship, not lectures Invention, not description
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Research Consortia (TTT, DL, NiF) Pre-competitive
we work on high-risk research Leveraged each
member puts in small fraction of total
cost High-impact research important research
problems affect many different practical
applications
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Value to Sponsors Technology transfer Voice in
research direction Personal Connections Fellows,
meetings, visits to discuss research, education
of senior personnel, brainstorming problems Joint
projects
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How Digital Nations is different Addressing
major social challenges Learning and
education Health care Community
development
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How Digital Nations is different Addressing
major social challenges Learning and
education Health care Community
development New types of sponsors and partners
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How Digital Nations is different Addressing
major social challenges Learning and
education Health care Community
development New types of sponsors and
partners Focusing where needs are greatest
Children Seniors Under-served
communities Developing nations
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Action Projects Learning
Hubs Lincos Computer Clubhouses Silver
Stringers PIE Network
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Benefits of memberships Access to research
results Influence direction of research Executive
visits Action projects Connections with other
members Graduate-student fellows
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Ways to Join Examples Learning Lab
Denmark Telmex Foundations, international
agencies Corporate support Digital Nations Fund
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Research Themes Learning Community Multicultural
Computing Commerce Sustainable Development Health
Low-Cost Technologies
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