MIT Media Lab SIG: PennyPC


	PennyPC The MIT Media Laboratory's PennyPC special interest group (SIG) is no longer active as of Fall 2000. This site provides background on some of the people and projects that were associated with this research. The most current information about related projects at the Media Lab can be found in the Lab's Research section. Events & News Projects & Research Sponsors People Prospectus MIT Media Lab Sponsor Meeting 2000
PennyPC (PPC) explores the use of commodity processes and natural mechanisms to dramatically reduce the cost and expand the reach of computing and communications. This includes developing new technologies to print conductors, insulators, semiconductors, memories, sensors, actuators and display elements, and creating the means to remotely interrogate smart materials embedded in objects to determine their identity, track their locaton, and detect the nature of their environment, for pennies per tag.