. >> negroponte co-founded the mit media laboratory - which is credited with driving the multimedia revolution. the research center brings together hundreds of leading thinkers in design, science and technology. >> we had license to do things, which, you know, i can be a little revisionist and tell you it's all because we were smart. but, some of it is because we had a lot of space. >> from gps to touch-finger technology, negroponte has - for the most part - accurately forecast what "new thing" was on the horizon in the digital world. now he's suggesting we'll be able to ingest information - just like we eat food. >> you should be able to swallow a pill and know english. or swallow a pill and know about the french revolution. >> he had a decades-long relationship with apple's steve jobs, but has some pointed criticism for the company now. >> apple, if you had to think of a company that's contributed zero to science and technology, it's apple. >> negroponte has funded dozens of startups, including wired magazine. i spoke to him in new york. >> let's go back to the '80s with predictions that you

. >> negroponte co-founded the mit media laboratory - which is credited with driving the multimedia revolution. the research center brings together hundreds of leading thinkers in design, science and technology. >> we had license to do things, which, you kno c

. >> negroponte co-founded the mit media laboratory - which is credited with driving the multimedia revolution. the research center brings together hundreds of leading thinkers in design, science and technology. >> we had license to do things, which, you know, i can be a

. >> negroponte co-founded the mit media laboratory - which is credited with driving the multimedia revolutionthe research center brings together hundreds of leading thinkers in design, science and technology. >> we had license to do things, which, you know, i can be a little revisionist and tell you it's all because we were smart. but, some of it is because we had a lot of space. >> from gps to touch-finger technology, negroponte has -