HELP! * GREY=local LOCAL HTML version of Foils prepared March 15,1995

Foil 5 Future Components of WebWindows

From Overview of NPAC Database Acivity Dun and Bradstreet Visit to NPAC -- March 15,1995. by Geoffrey C. Fox * See also color IMAGE

Project Management and Decision Support
  • Calendar, calculator etc.
Personal Digital Assistant -- Merging of Web and Telescript(Magic Cap)
Collaboration -- multiple video streams of participants, whiteboards, forums, MOO etc.
  • Distributed Software development
Computation -- harness the world wide web as a distributed computer -- WebWork project at NPAC, Boston University, Cooperating Systems Corp.
  • Will apply to find prime factors of 512 binary bit integer and so break security of Bank of England.
  • This will take 10,000 Pentiums for 300 hours each or equivalent.
  • Computation can make use of Web clients as well as servers. Servers "publish" their problems. Clients negotiate part of problem -- take away solve and return. Can use new Java technology
  • VRML important technology (open WWW 3D data structures)



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