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US net pioneer hails Australian govt’s ‘breathtaking’ broadband network – Goldstein Report

US net pioneer hails Australian govt’s ‘breathtaking’ broadband network – Goldstein Report

Call him Kevin Rudd’s $ 43 billion man. Larry Smarr, a 60-year-old US physicist and one of the pioneers of the internet, says the Rudd Government’s announcement last month of a new broadband network is “breathtaking” and puts Australia at the forefront of government policy around the world embracing “intelligent infrastructure”, reports The Australian.

GENERATION INNOVATION-SAN DIEGO

Typography, Motion graphics, and 3D animation were used to kickoff the 2008 Most Innovative New Products Awards. San Diego tech legends Larry Smarr and Craig Ventor speak on this generation’s responsibility to bring up the next generation of innovators.