Thanks to Ann Higgins for sending me information on a new foundation for broadband innovation…
Rouzbeh Yassini is credited with inventing the cable modem. He’s been disappointed with the current state of broadband so he’s established a new Yassini Broadband Knowledge Center and will begin funding research grants. He is putting up his own money to fund four $50,000 research grants every year, one per quarter.
His goal is to get people to come up with innovations to help everyone enjoy the Internet. By everyone, he gives as examples people with visual disabilities or creating applications such one that would allow people with diabetes to monitor sugar levels.
The Yassini Broadband Knowledge Center, based in Boston, will be the support center for the grant recipients. Other activities planned for the center are:
- New technology research and innovation with anticipated industry impact within five years;
- An executive scholar and broadband policy center;
- A broadband “Think Tank” for entrepreneurs, scientists, consumer electronics researchers, and service provider executives; and
- Weekly educational tours to share the tools and power of a next-generation, broadband work force.
You can learn more in the Cable Digital News.
