Mumbai: Google's Chief Technology Advocate Michael Jones and Bluetooth Inventor Jaap Haartsen will attend the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay’s Techfest commencing on Friday i.e. January 7, 2011. As per sources, constructor of the world's tallest building William Baker will also share the event with two personalities mentioned above.
Further, sources told that Michael Jones will tell students about how Google developed Google Earth and Google Maps. Jaap Haartsen will speak about the development of Bluetooth, sources added. In addition, sources told that the Techfest is a three-day event in which, nearly 75000 students are expected to take part.
In order to showcase the research activities at IIT-Bombay, exhibitions like the Leonardo Da Vinci Robotics, Tech Connect and Open Vibe will also be organized in the event. Gajendra Dhaka, a student organizer said that genius that he was, Da Vinci had constructed mechanical flying birds during his last years. Reconstruction of two of his works will be exhibited for the first time at 'Techfest' by Niccolai-Techno Art Research Group from France.
