24 Hours in Cyberspace

Gary Garriott (mailto:garyg@VITA.ORG)
Tue, 6 Feb 1996 07:43:41 EST 

Message-ID:  <9602061243.AA14850@lan.vita.org>
Date:         Tue, 6 Feb 1996 07:43:41 EST
From: Gary Garriott <mailto:garyg@VITA.ORG>
Subject:      24 Hours in Cyberspace
To: Multiple recipients of list DEVEL-L <mailto:DEVEL-L@AMERICAN.EDU>


An on-line experience which is being billed as the "largest
collaborative Internet event ever" will take place on February 8:
"24 Hours in Cyberspace," the creation of Rick Smolan, best-
selling author of the "Day in the Life..." book series. His
company, Against All Odds, has teamed up with the largest
computer and information services corporations in America to
create an extensive World Wide Web site containing stories of how
"cyberspace has changed lives."


Over 100 photojournalists have been sent out around the globe to
get pictures of sites and people whose lives have been greatly
affected. Smolan says: "The value of this project is to prove
that the Internet is not about companies, it's about people." One
of those to be featured is VITA's VITASAT earthstation operating
at the remote Kibidula Farm Institute near Mafinga, Tanzania,
where an innovative communications connection has permitted the
local construction of light aircraft used to shuttle doctors
between villages and provide technical assistance. The
earthstation allows email to and from the Internet to be sent and
received when the low-orbiting satellite "passes" over Kibidula.


Visit this web site for more information on the event and all the
news, photos, even audio on Kibidula and other sites/people
February 8:


http://www.cyber24.com


A book and CD-ROM will also be published.


"24 Hours in Cyberspace" will be featured on NPR's "Talk of the
Nation/Science Friday" this Friday, February 8th. Host station
for this program in the Washington, DC area is WAMU (88.5 FM).




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