1. MIT Sloan Technology Testbed Draft Proposal v.0.7 26 August 2002 Joost Bonsen jpbonsen@alum.mit.edu 617.930.0415 jpbonsen@alum.mit.edu

2. Proposing MIT Sloan as Premier Technology Testbed An organized MIT Sloan Initiative to attract Companies and Labs deploying latest prototypes & products in a “Tech Testbed” MIT Sloan students as an “Early-Adoptor Microcosm” Allowing Sloan & 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. 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.oreillynet.com/pub/a/wireless/2001/06/08/xircom_review.html http://www.emperorlinux.com/acc_network.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

4. 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

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

6. Existing Efforts Include… Sloan’s Virtual Customer Initiative Sloan Product Development & Marketing Classes –http://web.mit.edu/15.783j/www/http://web.mit.edu/15.783j/www/ MasterCard’s RFID PaymentCard GSC’s SafeRide GPS BCS’s Paperless Classroom MIT’s New Grad Dorm Equipment Newbury Network’s Location Enabled Networking –http://www.newburynetworks.com/http://www.newburynetworks.com/

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

8. 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

9. 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 …

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

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

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

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

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

15. MIT Project Oxygen http://oxygen.lcs.mit.edu/

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

17. 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

18. http://www.microopticalcorp.com/

19. 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/http://architecture.mit.edu/house_n/ CMS –http://web.mit.edu/cms/http://web.mit.edu/cms/ eBusiness –http://ebusiness.mit.edu/http://ebusiness.mit.edu/ Auto-ID –http://www.autoidcenter.org/main.asphttp://www.autoidcenter.org/main.asp … MIT Media Laboratory

20. 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

21. 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…

22. 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

23. Possible Sponsors I-Campus Project –http://swissnet.ai.mit.edu/projects/i-campus/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

24. Interested MIT Students Rutledge Ellis-Behnke – BCS Paperless Classroom Richard Lee – MBA Marketing Club Curtis Eubanks – MBA ex-Sony Ronak Bhatt – NukE Outback Dorm Various MIT Sloan Clubs

25. 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

26. Shouldn’t MIT Sloan be the Premier Tech Testbed?

27. 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”.

28. References Project Athena –http://wwwtech.mit.edu/V119/N19/history_of_athe.19f.htmlhttp://wwwtech.mit.edu/V119/N19/history_of_athe.19f.html –http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/tt/1991/feb27/24322.htmlhttp://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/tt/1991/feb27/24322.html Research on Human Subjects –http://web.mit.edu/policies/14.3.htmlhttp://web.mit.edu/policies/14.3.html Project Notebook –http://web.mit.edu/is/np/projects/wireless/http://web.mit.edu/is/np/projects/wireless/ Cisco/Radiata's 802.11a Promises –http://www.eetimes.com/story/OEG20000728S0021http://www.eetimes.com/story/OEG20000728S0021 –http://www.radiata.com/company/PDF/IEEE-802.11wp.pdfhttp://www.radiata.com/company/PDF/IEEE-802.11wp.pdf Project Oxygen –http://oxygen.lcs.mit.edu/http://oxygen.lcs.mit.edu/ MIT IS –http://web.mit.edu/is/http://web.mit.edu/is/ Wearable Computing –http://www.media.mit.edu/wearables/http://www.media.mit.edu/wearables/ Product Innovation –http://web.mit.edu/cipd/http://web.mit.edu/cipd/ MIT Sloan Virtual Customer –http://mitsloan.mit.edu/vc/Pages/vc.htmlhttp://mitsloan.mit.edu/vc/Pages/vc.html MIT CMS –http://web.mit.edu/cms/http://web.mit.edu/cms/