CAMBRIDGE, Mass.-Motorola Inc.’s Semiconductor Products Sector announced a $5 million grant to establish the Motorola DigitalDNA Laboratory at the MIT Media Lab in Cambridge, Mass.
The DigitalDNA Laboratory will focus on linking smart products, such as set-top TV boxes, automobiles, household appliances, personal digital assistants and wireless communications systems, said the company. The combination of the pair’s resources will focus on developing embedded systems, software, architecture and applications, said Motorola.
“The Motorola DigitalDNA Laboratory is an excellent extension of our Things That Think research consortium,” said Nicholas Negroponte, director and co-founder of the MIT Media Lab. “Through this new partnership, we’ll continue to create technologies that help make everyday life easier.
“The current ‘cacophony’ of independent gadgets and appliances will evolve into a seamless society of intelligent mechanisms,” continued Negroponte. “For example, phones won’t ring. They’ll behave like well-trained English butlers, knowing when-and when not-to interrupt you, with a full understanding of who’s calling, and maybe even why.”
