From National Public Radio's Talk of the Nation: Science Friday, July 7, 2000, hosted by Ira Flatow
Did you ever wish that your computer adapted to your needs, rather than the other way around?
Did you ever think "these computers would be so much better if only..."?
Did you ever wish that computer makers thought more about usability than about flashy technology?
This programme looks at efforts to improve the way people and computers interact.
Guests:
David Gelernter - Author of Machine Beauty: Elegance and the Heart of Technology (Basic Books, 1999 Professor of Computer Science, Yale University
Michael Dertouzos - Author of What Will Be: How the New World of Information Will Change Our Lives (Harperbusiness, 1998) Director, Laboratory for Computer Science Massachusetts Institute of Technology