Nicholas Negroponte
MIT Media Lab Founder | Author of Being Digital, Global Tech Pioneer
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Nicholas Negroponte transformed how the world understands digital technology. As founder of MIT's Media Lab, he pioneered groundbreaking research connecting technology and human potential.
His seminal 1995 book 'Being Digital' - translated into over forty languages - predicted digital transformation decades before it became mainstream. Through the One Laptop per Child Association, Negroponte demonstrated technology's power to democratize education globally, bringing innovative computing solutions to underserved communities worldwide.
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A 30-year history of the future
MIT Media Lab founder Nicholas Negroponte takes you on a journey through the last 30 years of tech. The consummate predictor highlights interfaces and innovations he foresaw in the 1970s and 1980s that were scoffed at then but are ubiquitous today. And he leaves you with one last (absurd? brilliant?) prediction for the coming 30 years.
Taking OLPC to Colombia
One Laptop per Child, two years on
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| Event | Year | Location |
|---|---|---|
| TED2014 | 2014 | 🇨🇦Vancouver, Canada |
| TED in the Field 2008 | 2008 | |
| EG 2007 | 2007 | |
| TED2006 | 2006 | 🇺🇸Monterey, United States |
| TED1984 | 1984 |
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