Summary

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About

As a partner in one of the first futurist consulting firms, Joy explored commercial spin-off applications of NASA technology for Rockwell (1975-1976). Based on these studies, Joy assembled a team of engineers and marketers as Scienco (Scientific Entertainment Company) and successfully designed and developed, for the game and toy industry, some of the original consumer applications of the microprocessor (1976-1982). He has led the design and development of the first microprocessor-based computer for children (Smart Alec, 1978) and the the first Internet Cafe (The Planet, 1980).

In 1990, Joy founded TelePad corporation.  At TelePad, Joy led the design and development of the first multi-purpose, pen-based handheld and tablet-size computer and communications devices. Vertical applications included use in hospitals and nursing homes.  As Chairman majority shareholder, and CTO, he took TelePad public in 1994 raising over 25 million in the first year.

As founder and president of Roku Technologies (1996-2001), Joy pioneered the wireless connection of mobile devices to PCs, servers, and the Internet via peer to peer software.

Scott’s major focus for the past 16 years has been developing the Air Knowledge Network System, a knowledge sharing platform with many unique features such as enabling authors to own and share their content across multiple public  and Member Hubs.

Education & Research

Future Options Room

Developed categorization and retrieval system for organizing future options in business, government, education, scientific research, non-profits and other disciplines (FOR, 1975)

In 1974, established one of the first futures research consulting firms, Future Options Room (FOR) with partners Jerry Glenn and Roy Mason assisted by Alvin Toffler, Herman Kahn, Ted Gordon et al.

Discovery at Briggs Pond

As part of masters degree program in Education at the University of Massachusetts, worked with leading New England educators and large suburban real estate developers exploring how to design and build new kinds of educational communities (Discovery at Briggs Pond, 1970) and Supplemental and Alternative Programs (SAP Directory, 1972).

Smart Alec

At Scienco (see below) I designed one of the first microprocessor-based computers for children that many years later was popularized by Leapfrog.

Other Educational Projects

• VIX (Video Information Exchange), a pioneer in the sharing of information over cable (1983)
• Formed a non-profit foundation to provide a variety of educational materials, programs, and funding to support researchers and students in neurosciences and bioengineering  (Brain Research Institute,1984)
• Created an incubator for the artificial intelligence industry which brokered management, marketing, and technical services for the nascent AI industry (AI Group ,1985)
• Designed web-based knowledge/research portals for aggregating information and knowledge on a particular topic with subject matter experts as guides and curators, online peer review and easy to create and administer web sites (Web Health Directory (2005)

Technology Entrepreneurship

 Scienco

Telepad

Designed and developed one of the first pen-based, pocket-sized handheld computers that featured multipurpose data management and voice/data/video communications i.e. a smartphone (Uni,1990) and some of the early tablet PCs (TelePad Sl, 1991 and the TelePad 3, 1994). Founder and chair of tablet computer company, TelePad Corporation. Took TelePad public as majority shareholder and raised 30 million dollars in equity capital in the first year (1993-94). Telepad was a pioneer in outsourcing electronics manufacturing in Taiwan in addition to  final assembly in US as one of IBM’s first outside manufacturing clients (TelePad, 1995).

TelePad’s initial product development efforts focused on the Uni in 1990.  The Uni was a smartphone prototype designed and developed with the principal developers of the Amiga Computer. The Uni could be operated with a pen or by touch, had voice communications and data modem capability, and much of the computer functionality of the early Palm  handheld computers.

 

 

The TelePad SL in 1991 was one the first tablet computers to use Windows Pen Computing software.

 

TheTelePad 3, which I was the principal designer, was considered a “a complete rethinking of what a portable computer should be and, in our opinion, succeeded brilliantly” according to Pen Computing magazine in a 1995 issue

 

Roku Technologies

Conceived and designed a patented, object-oriented, PC-based software platform that was organized around six basic types of information: Who, What, When, Where, Why, and How (CUE systems later renamed Roku Technologies, 1996).  Led the conceptual design, product development, and strategy for an industry leader in wireless communications between mobile devices and PCs employing an Internet version of the CUE software in one of the first  peer to peer systems  (Roku, 1998). Formed equity  and joint venture partnerships with major technology companies such as Hewlett Packard, Nextel, and 3Com (Roku Technologies, 1997-2000) and raised over ten million dollars in venture capital.

At Roku, Joy also developed a half dollar-sized device that could be attached to PCs, phones, and other electronic equipment to exchange information and commands between these devices.  Sun Microsystems assisted Roku with the software development and Dallas Semiconductor built the initial prototypes.

Article in Forbes magazine.

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Air Networks

Developed some of the first applications for 3D topical online environments using standard DHTML and XML web software.  Topical worlds were visualized as graphical isands (iLands, 2001) and digitized representations of real world places (CitiLands, 2003) later adapted for the District of Columbia Government  as the DC Bird’s-eye Tour  (2004).

Patents