Net Pioneer Wants New Internet

July 1, 2005 | Source: Wired News

David Clark, who led the development of the Internet in the 1970s, is working with the National Science Foundation on a plan for a whole new infrastructure to replace today’s global network.

A new architecture could allow for ubiquitous embedded wireless communications devices and sensors. It could also provide for more secure and convenient forms of commerce. A super-high-speed Internet could even allow people a world apart to collaborate inside elaborate 3-D virtual arenas, a process called tele-immersion.