Internet 2

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Internet 2
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Written presented by
Martina Blackwood
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Agenda

• What is Internet 2?
• What is the main focus of Internet 2?
• What is the future of Internet 2?

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What is Internet 2?
Internet 2 is much like the Internet that we are
all familiar with except that improvements have
been made to increase efficiency. The purpose of
Internet 2 was to provide high speed access to
digital images, video and audio in addition to
text based material.
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Continuation of what is Internet 2
This high speed network will eventually cover the
United States and interconnect universities and
research centers. Currently there are about 170
universities working with various sectors of
industry and government. The expected
transmission rate will be up to a gigabit per
second which is about 1000 Mbps.
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What is the main purpose of Internet 2?

• There are four main application areas that
  Internet 2 will address.
• The digital Library
• Learning ware
• Tele-immersion
• Virtual laboratories

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The Digital Library
The title digital library sums up the purpose of
this electronic application. A digital library is
an application that will electronically represent
books, periodicals, papers, art, videos and
music. A person accessing this digital library
will be able to quickly retrieve any data through
the use of a powerful query language. For
example, music art and videos can quickly be
located based on one or more descriptive
keywords.
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Learning Ware
Learning ware is a distributed environment used
for instruction and research. Learning ware will
come with generic cross platform building
materials and protocols that will allow the user
to create effective learning tools. Some of the
building blocks that will be included are two and
three dimensional graphing templates,
mathematical modeling templates,molecular
modeling templates and other templates that are
specific to a particular science.
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Tele-Immersion

• Tele- immersion arguably the mist exciting aspect
  of Internet 2 will allow people from
  geographically diverse locations to communication
  in real time in a shared simulated environment.
• Since high powered interactive audio and visual
  equipment will be used it will be as if all of
  the users are in the same location.
• Some of the advanced technology that will be used
  is three dimensional environment scanning,and
  projective, tracking and display technologies.

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Virtual Laboratories
Virtual laboratories are realistic lab
surroundings that will allow universities and
other institutions to avoid the cost of building
brick and mortar facilities. This virtual
laboratory will allow users to to work on
experiments that can not be done in real life
such as atomic explosions. Virtual laboratory in
conjunction with tele-immersion will allow people
from all over the globe to work on the same
project simultaneously
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The future of Internet 2
Internet 2 is remarkable improvement over the
internet that is used today. The creation of
Internet 2 can be used not only in the
advancement of university research but also in
the medical field. With the use of tele-immersion
specialist from around the world can assist in
medical procedures and research. Such
collaborations will greatly beenfit our society
as continue to make strides in the world of
medicine.
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The end