1. Andrew Lippman Media Lab lip@mit.edu January, 2008 Spectral Opportunities

2. Disruptors: Speed kills 2000: Technology was the disruptor 2008: The disruptor is speed Clock rate of society Diffusion of ideas + collaboration Business plans go stale quickly Social development enabled by technology

3. YouTube2/14/2005 FaceBook2/4/2004 Second Life (beta)2003 Founding Dates

4. Identity A technology is RFID Fixed, isolated, imperfect, brittle Active Identity Challenge Communicate Cooperate Spectral Examples: Identity Symmetry

5. Halifax/San Francisco vs Katrina/VA Tech The basis is context: Who can help Who should know Mashing up the real world Spectral Oportunities: Security It’s not about 911

6. Opportunistic connectivity -- subscription-free More radios = more bandwidth Cooperative application support Semantic support Scaling Breadcrumbs, again

7. “Communications enhanced voice” Audio spaces “Hi-phonelity” Fluid Voice