1	Disabilities and the Future of the Internet Vint Cerf MCI Oct 4, 2004
2	35^th Anniversary of ARPANET Sept 2, 1969, the first node of the ARPANET was installed at UCLA The success of this first wide-area packet switching network inspired the creation of the ground mobile Packet Radio Net and the Packet Satellite Net These became the core of the Internet
3	30^th Anniversary of TCP/IP May 1974: “A Protocol for Packet Network Intercommunication,” Vint Cerf and Bob Kahn, IEEE Transactions on Communications A copy of this was auctioned for $3,000 in 2002 Another copy is in a NY antiquarian bookstore for $7,500 in 2004
4	Internet - Global Statistics 22.5 Million Hosts (Bellcore June 1997) 50 Million Users (NUA Jul 1997) 250 Million Hosts (ISC Apr 2004) 797.9 Million Users (InternetWorldStats.com August 2004) [Other estimates range from 850M-950M]
5	Internet Penetration Aug. 2004 Asia - 255.6 M No. Amer. -223.8 M Europe - 222.2 M Latin Am - 51.2 M Africa - 12.3 M Mid-east - 16.8 M Oceania- 16.0 M --------------------------- Total - 797.9 M
6	Internet expansion
7	The Power of IP Layering of Protocols IP decouples application from transmission/transport IP does not care what transport is used (satellite, fiber, twisted pair, radio, ATM…) IP does not care what application it is carrying (video, audio, web, email…) Profound impact on regulatory models Integration of all communication modes under IP control.
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9	Internet-enabled Appliances
10	Presence Instant messaging First “presence” application Smooth spectrum of communication (text, voice, video, shared applications, group collaboration) Presence may vary by application and by community Apparent presence can be tailored Alternative communication media a function of requesting party and medium requested
11	SIP Telephony Session Initiation Protocol Telephones Cisco Systems, Pingtel, etc. “email” addressing ENUM:
12	Videoconferencing online Video-conferencing is a reality. High speed access is preferable but it can be made to work at dial up speeds (jerkily) Many suppliers
13	Speech Understanding Increasingly feasible, in use today Structured dialogues, limited vocabulary needed in each interaction Order entry, status checking (e.g. Airline Flight status – anecdote) Command/Control of Internet-enabled applicances, environmental systems
14	RFID Toll-Road passive transponder Consumer product identifier (like UPC) Drug/Food shelf-life and identification Patient identification
15	Internet-enabled Devices Programmable – Java, Python, etc. Examples: WebTV, Palm-Pilot, Mobiles,Video games, Picture Frames, Washing Machines, Surf Board! Refrigerator (and the bathroom scales) Automobiles (Japan, Germany) Internet-enabled wine corks (also note new quantum theory of wine: Schrödinger’s wine bottle) Internet-enabled socks Universal Remote Control
16	IPv6 128 bit address space (10³⁸) IPSEC requirement Eliminates need for Network Address Translation Consumer electronics IPv6 enabled Dual-stack migration strategy
17	Wireless Access 802.11a,b,g Wireless LANs (Wi-Fi) 802.16 Wireless MANs (Wi-MAX) Bluetooth for local interconnections SIP/802.11 telephones, PDAs, tablets, laptops CDMA/3G access
18	Remote diagnosis/detection Astronauts – as far back as the Mercury Program Telemetry by radio back to ground data collection systems Patient monitoring
19	Biosensors Today Non-invasive flow Oxygenation levels 10^-18Mole detection DNA array chips 10^-15 sec laser pulse Protein marker detection
20	Computer-aided Surgery Intuitive Surgical DaVinci system
21	Sensori-neural Augmentation Cochlear Implants (Sigrid’s story) Ocular implants (Carver Mead/Foveon) Sensori-neural implants (University of Brisbane) Able-Planet (here in Denver!) Acoustic/electronic signal processing Synchronization effects in central auditory nervous system (motor implications)
22	National Cristina Foundation Cristina’s story (MS, MAC assisted writing) NCF initiative (re-purposing of PCs) Global initiative www.ncf.org
23	Déjà vu (Intel) Experiments in cognitive augmentation “Now, where was I?” Computer-controlled TV cameras, monitors Common tasks, interrupted (e.g., cooking)
24	World Wide Web evolution Doug Engelbart (AHI, SRI Int’l 1968!!) Tim Berners-Lee/Robert Cailliau WWW CERN 1989 Marc Andreesen/Eric Bina MOSAIC 1992 Indexing of unstructured information E.g. Alta-Vista, Google search engines (“did you mean…”) Rise of controlled vocabularies (e.g. NLM’s MESH) Tim Berners-Lee’s Semantic Web XML annotations, meta-data Refined searching based on tags
25	Expectations More internet-controllable appliances, sensor systems Adaptive homes, cars and offices Rich, multi-modal communication tools (think “vastly enhanced Instant Messaging”) Online systems for environmental control
26	Cerf’s slides and other Internet information can be found at:
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