Nicholas Negroponte

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academic architect author human philanthropist technology visionary

Nicholas Negroponte is an American architect and technology visionary best known as the founding director of the MIT Media Lab and a prominent advocate for the digital revolution.

Aliases (1)

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Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	academic → architect → author → human → philanthropist → technology visionary →
advocatesFor	computers in education → digital media → low-cost laptops for children → ubiquitous computing →
authorOf	Being Digital →
boardMemberOf	Motorola → The New York Times Company →
coFounded	Architecture Machine Group →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1943-12-01 →
educatedAt	Massachusetts Institute of Technology →
employer	Massachusetts Institute of Technology →
familyName	Negroponte →
fieldOfWork	architecture → digital technology → education technology → human-computer interaction → media studies →
founded	MIT Media Lab → One Laptop per Child →
fullName	Nicholas Negroponte →
genreOfWork	technology non-fiction →
givenName	Nicholas →
knownFor	advocacy of the digital revolution → founding One Laptop per Child → founding the MIT Media Lab →
languageSpoken	English →
memberOf	MIT faculty →
notableIdea	convergence of bits and atoms →
notableWork	Being Digital →
occupation	architect → entrepreneur → professor → researcher → writer →
parent	Dimitri John Negroponte →
placeOfBirth	New York City →
positionHeld	director of the MIT Media Lab → founding director of the MIT Media Lab →
publicationDateOfWork	1995 →
residence	Boston →
sibling	John Negroponte →

Referenced by (8)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Mary Lou Jepsen → Walter Bender →	collaboratedWith
John Negroponte ("Negroponte") → Nicholas Negroponte ("Negroponte") →	familyName
MIT Media Lab → One Laptop per Child →	foundedBy
Nicholas Negroponte →	fullName
Mary Lou Jepsen →	influencedBy