Thursday, May 27, 2004

Did someone mention SUBMERSIBLE / AWESOME

CFG Team: (FYI)

Merit Network, Internet2 plan event in Lansing: Ann Arbor-based Merit Network Inc., the state's oldest Internet service provider, and the University Corp. for Advanced Internet Development, better known as Internet2, will demonstrate research and education applications that depend on high-speed access in an event Tuesday in Lansing. The event runs from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., with featured speakers beginning at 11:30 a.m., in the Mackinaw Room on the fifth floor of the Anderson House Building, 124 N. Capitol. Activities are to include a real-time visit over the Internet to the resting place of the Titanic, with Dr. Robert Ballard, who discovered the location of the great ship; controlling a robot in the Upper Peninsula online; a chance to watch children operate an undersea submersible; an opportunity to listen to a high school band concert being given at multiple remote locations simultaneously, and more. Among those attending will be Huntington Williams III, president of Merit, and Douglas Van Houweling, president and CEO of Internet2.

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Best,

Jim

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