Len comments about the transformation of Silicon Valley (SV) from an engineering to software/web & mobile apps centric hub. Any hope that IoT/M2M/sensor farms/robotics will cause SV to build hardware again? Len says there will be a balance of hardware and software but it will never be as it was in the 1970s to early…

In answer to an audience member question, Len says that the emphasis today is on software and that is appropriate. But it’s a pendulum that swings back and forth. Len predicts that every object we’ll soon own will be a combination of hardware and software designed into small packages.

The panelists talk about the state of current research in Silicon Valley and beyond.

The panelists talk about opportunities to extend the Computer History Museum beyond its Silicon Valley base.