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The recently awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Murcia Alan Kay used his stay in the capital of safety to give a lecture at the Faculty of Informatics of this educational institution on the real computer revolution.
Alan Kay believes is coming the great computer revolution, which will cause a change so radical as implied by the rise of printing and books.
The honorary doctor spoke of a future in which the computer go beyond mere access to information and offer a new way of learning to children through dynamic and interactive books that will open your mind to new ways of thinking.
To do so, leader Kay, Viewpoints Research Institute in which he is president, groups investigating these new forms of learning and create software that makes them possible.
Alan Kay received the prestigious Turing Award for Computer establish early seventies the basics of object-oriented programming, which is currently the most widespread form of schedule and is used to create software applications written in languages such as Java, C + + or C # .
In addition to its contribution to the development of personal computers, Professor Kay has also worked on a project to develop low-cost computers to students in developing countries.
Source: Universidad de Murcia. Fotos: Luis Urbina
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