Boston Community Information System User Manual,

Abstract

The Boston Community Information System turns your computer into a personal information assistant that monitors the news as it happens. This experiment, CommInS, tests a new way of distributing world news and features from the New York Times and the Associated Press (AP) wire service directly to personal computers via radio waves. Acting on your instructions, your computer will 'filter' this flow of information, saving the stores that match your list of interests. thus, you can walk up to the system at any time, and browse through the stores that the system has saved for you. Because your personal computer can receive and filter much more information than you could read yourself, it can help you focus and enlarge your awareness of the world. You will probably find that the system consistently finds more articles of interest on certain subjects than you do.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1986
Accession Number
ADA171426

Entities

People

  • David E. Burmaster
  • David K. Gifford
  • John M. Lucassen
  • Steven T. Berlin

Organizations

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Agreements
  • Communities
  • Computer Programs
  • Computer Science
  • Computers
  • Information Processing
  • Information Systems
  • Military Research
  • New York
  • Operating Systems
  • Personal Computers
  • Radio Stations
  • Radio Waves
  • Serial Ports
  • Standards
  • Supreme Court
  • System Software

Readers

  • Computer Science/Computer Engineering/Data Science/Digital Signal Processing.
  • Geospatial Intelligence and Artificial Intelligence Analytics
  • International Journalism and Media Studies.