[LINK] What should an information technology tourist see in E urope?

[Chirgwin, Richard]

Tom,

The Brits' broadband lobby has some interesting stuff to show off ... IIRC
Marconi has worked up an improved TV-over-DSL system for an Italian
broadcaster/broadband operator. There's a guy called Martin Harriman at
Marconi who's also on the British broadband advisory group.

Ericsson is involved in several PON projects.

You could pack your scepticism and wander into Living Tomorrow in the
Netherlands to find out how Windows Media Player and RFID will give us a
better world than the Jetsons had ...

Just 2c worth.

Richard c

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tom Worthington [mailto:tomw99 at fastmail.fm] 
> Sent: Friday, April 02, 2004 11:53 AM
> To: link at anu.edu.au
> Subject: [LINK] What should an information technology tourist 
> see in Europe?
> Importance: Low
> 
> 
> Just over ten years ago I wrote:
> 
> >Can you suggest any hi-tech related tourist activities for 
> an Australian 
> >computer person in Europe in April? The details are still a little 
> >sketchy, but I will starting at Oxford UK, at the beginning 
> of April, then 
> >travelling: London, Paris, Geneva, Avignon and Rome ... Can 
> I drop in and 
> >check my e-mail at someone's place along the way?
> <http://groups.google.com.au/groups?selm=1994Mar19.092121.1359
> 6%40sserve.cc.adfa.oz.au&oe=UTF-8&output=gplain>.
> 
> Time to do it again. At the end of June I will starting at 
> Cambridge UK, 
> then travelling via Brussels to Berlin. Suggestions on what 
> to see and who 
> to talk to would be welcome. I thought I might look again at 
> the technology 
> park in Cambridge, ask the EU in Brussels how they are doing 
> with Spam 
> policy and inspect smart buildings in Germany. I would be 
> happy to give 
> presentations along the way, if you know anyone who would like one.
> 
> 
> ps: The report on that trip is in the book at: 
> <http://www.tomw.net.au/nt/>. Including how I gate crashed the Oxford 
> Computer Centre to read my mail.
> 
> 
> 
> Tom Worthington FACS tom.worthington at tomw.net.au Ph: 0419 496150
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