Board of Advisers
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Grant Cambridge - PMP, Engineering Technologist, The Meraka Institute
Grant Cambridge is the lead engineer in the Digital Doorway project - a joint initiative between the Department of Science and Technology (DST) and the Meraka Institute with a vision of making a fundamental difference to computer literacy and associated skills in Africa. The project envisages a sustainable network of Digital Doorways computer kiosks in every rural community in the country, including even the remotest areas. Through improved computer literacy, all South Africans can participate in the information society. [More]
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Tom Igoe - Associate Arts Professor, Interactive Telecommunications Program, NYU
Tom Igoe teaches courses in physical computing and networking, exploring ways to allow digital technologies to sense and respond to a wider range of human physical expression. Coming from a background in theatre, his work has centered on physical interaction related to live performance and public space. His current research focuses on ecologically sustainable practices in technology development. He is a contributor to MAKE magazine and a collaborator on the Arduino open source microcontroller project. He hopes someday to work with monkeys, as well. [More]
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Eric Rosenthal - Scientist in Residence, Interactive Telecommunications Program, NYU
Mr. Rosenthal is President of Creative Technology, LLC (CTech), a company specializing in new and advanced imaging technology consulting and development. Mr. Rosenthal received an Emmy award for his work as technical project manager for the audio-video systems engineering of ABC's coverage of the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York. He is Scientist in Residence at New York University (NYU) Tisch School of the Arts Interactive Telecommunications Program. Mr. Rosenthal has been awarded 5 patents and has 2 patents pending. He is on the board of the National Society of Inventors. [More]
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Clay Shirky - Faculty Professor, Interactive Telecommunications Program, NYU
Currently focusing on social software and peer-to-peer technologies, and the ways electronic networks shape the social lives of the groups that form there, and vice-versa. Clay writes extensively about the Internet, and his writings have appeared in the IEEE Computer magazine, FEED, the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Harvard Business Review, and Business 2.0, among others. He also works as a consultant, and his current and former clients include Nokia, Barnes and Noble, the Markle Foundation, the BBC, and the Library of Congress. [More]