{"id":2519,"date":"2004-08-16T22:47:19","date_gmt":"2004-08-17T02:47:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/dbnews\/2004\/08\/16\/digital-device-convergence\/"},"modified":"2004-08-16T22:47:19","modified_gmt":"2004-08-17T02:47:19","slug":"digital-device-convergence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/dowbrigade\/2004\/08\/16\/digital-device-convergence\/","title":{"rendered":"Digital Device Convergence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a name='a3671'><\/a><\/p>\n<table width=\"537\" border=\"0\">\n<tr>\n<td width=\"537\">\n<p align=\"left\"><em>Digital device convergence is a happening<br \/>\n        field.&nbsp;While we are still waiting for our combo phone, PDA, iPod<br \/>\n        and mini-browser, with built-in GPS and wi-fi detector, numerous tempting<br \/>\n        new combinations are appearing.<\/em><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><em>One of the more interesting involves an attempt to<br \/>\n          bridge the digital divide separating the wired world from the three-quarters<br \/>\n        of the planet which is still off-line.&nbsp;Projected to cost $250,<br \/>\n        the device will combine a personal computer, wireless networking, TV,<br \/>\n        DVD player, telephone and videophone, according to developer Raj Reddy.<\/em><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><em>Although the article doesn&#8217;t mention power supply, our<br \/>\n        extensive experience in the third and fourth worlds suggests this is<br \/>\n        as much a key issue as the range of functions. Let us suggest AC and<br \/>\n        DC, 70-300 Volts, battery, hand crank or bicycle generator, and maybe<br \/>\n        an optional solar setup.<\/em><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Mr. Reddy, a pioneering researcher in artificial intelligence<br \/>\n        and a professor at Carnegie Mellon University, plans to unveil at the<br \/>\n        end of this year his new project, called the PCtvt, a $250 wirelessly<br \/>\n        networked personal computer intended for the four billion people around<br \/>\n        the world who live on less than $2,000 a year.<\/p>\n<p>Because his low-cost computer doubles as a TV and a DVD player, Mr. Reddy believes<br \/>\nthat he will be able to use it as a vehicle to take computing and communications<br \/>\nto populations that until now have been excluded from the digital world.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2004\/08\/16\/technology\/16combo.html\">the<br \/>\n      New York Times<\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Digital device convergence is a happening field.&nbsp;While we are still waiting for our combo phone, PDA, iPod and mini-browser, with built-in GPS and wi-fi detector, numerous tempting new combinations are appearing. One of the more interesting involves an attempt to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/dowbrigade\/2004\/08\/16\/digital-device-convergence\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":299,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1443],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2519","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-esl-links"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/dowbrigade\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2519","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/dowbrigade\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/dowbrigade\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/dowbrigade\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/299"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/dowbrigade\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2519"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/dowbrigade\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2519\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/dowbrigade\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2519"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/dowbrigade\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2519"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/dowbrigade\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2519"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}