Advisory board
• John
Perry Barlow
• Gordon
Bell
• Maria Bezaitis
• Peter
Cochrane
• Eric Haseltine
• Mike
Hawley
• Alan
Kay
• Len
Kleinrock
• Doug
Lenat
• Bob
Lucky
• Nicholas
Negroponte
• David
Reed |
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Professor Nicholas Negroponte is the founder and chairman of One Laptop per Child, a nonprofit foundation dedicated to providing each child in the world with the means to learn and teach. Professor Negroponte has been a member of the MIT faculty since 1966, is the co-founder and former director of the MIT Media Lab, and was the Jerome B. Wiesner Professor of Media Technology. A pioneer in the field of computer-aided design, Nicholas is also the author of the best-selling book Being Digital, which has been translated into more than 40 languages. In the private sector, he served on the board of directors for Motorola, is a general partner in a venture capital firm specializing in digital technologies for information and entertainment, and is a member of the Special Committee of News Corporation. Nicholas has provided startup funds for more than 40 companies, including Wired magazine. |
