The Virtual Lab at Carnegie Mellon: An Internet Revolution.

The Carnegie Mellon Virtual Lab represents a breakthrough in the "Age of Information." This course offers a unique connection between the lab bench of the past and experiments for the future. The latest in electrical engineering equipment is internet accessible, from anywhere, from anyplace, at any time. By pushing the boundaries of the information age, this technology greatly enhances the flexibility of laboratory education, and introduces students to the new paradigm of remote experimentation.

Millions of people already explore the World Wide Web in what we now know as the Age of Information. Children in elementary school can look into an on-line encyclopedia. Middle school students can access supercomputers and render 3-D graphics while learning about geometry. Over the internet, scientists can collaborate on projects for NASA, and then email their friends about lunch plans. In all these examples, the 'information superhighway' is being used to retrieve or trade information located on the network, in Cyberspace.

The Virtual Lab represents the next revolution in the internet in which information will be created by human interation with the real world.


- intro with compuers in elementary school
- remote experimetation
- flexibility offered
- anywhere
- anytime
- anyplace
- explain setup