The Computerworld
Smithsonian Program
134 Beach Street, Suite 4, Boston, Massachusetts 02111-2844
Telephone 617.357.1977 Facsimile: 617.357.7085 http://innovate.si.edu
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Kinderview.com nominated for Computerworld Smithsonian Award
Washington, D.C. (February
1, 2000)---Kinderview.com's Internet Viewing System will become
part
of the Permanent Research Collection on Information Technology at
the Smithsonian's national Museum
of American History on Monday, April 3rd when the 2000 Information
Technology Innovation collection
is formally presented to the Institution.
"The Laureates in this year's Collection are utilizing new
information age tools to extend the benefits of
technology to society," said Dan Morrow, Executive director
of the computerworld Smithsonian Awards
Program.
Nominated by John Chambers, President and chief Executive Officer
of Cisco Systems, in the Education
& academia category, Kinderview.com's work is part of a collection
that includes over 440 of the year's
most innovative applications of technology from 38 states and 21
countries.
At Kinderview.com, secure Internet communication allows a parent
at the office, or a sailor at sea on the
other side of the world, to see what their child is doing at their
daycare center right now, providing families
with greater peace of mind.
"The primary source
material submitted by Kinderview.com will enrich the national Museum
of American
History's growing collection on the history of information technology,
and contribute significantly to the
museum's ongoing efforts to chronicle the Information age,"
said Spencer R. Crew, Director of the
National Museum of American History. The museum is part of the Smithsonian
Institution, founded in
1846, which is a complex of 16 museums, 7 research facilities and
the National Zoo.
Case Studies form the 2000
Compuerworld Smithsonian collection will be available at http://innovate.si.edu,
the official Internet Site of the Computerworld Smithsonian Program,
where the entire collection is available
to scholars, researchers and the general public worldwide.
*This is an exact copy of the actual letter,
on file w/ Kinderview Inc.
