An intelligent information medium for supporting human intellectual activities

A new viewpoint that a computer is an intelligent information medium is presented. A computer is an intrinsic information medium, and it is furthermore considered intelligent. We want a medium through or by which human intellectual activities are assisted or supported. Human intellectual activities consist of acquiring and understanding information, and also conceiving and generating new ideas. The requirements for the intelligent information medium are real time processing ability for natural interaction between a man and a machine, ability to adapt to the environment, i.e. for the machine to adapt to human beings, and multi-media capability in the course of the interaction. Finally, another viewpoint of the media environment by which our everyday life is surrounded is pointed out.