| SMAU 2001, is the most important Italian convention about Hi tech for the expert of this sector and for the
amateurs. It's held every year in Milan from 18th to 22nd of October 2001 although the tragic facts of New York. In this exibition, companies of all the world, from the colossus like Microsoft to the small companies like Aruba (Italian ISP), have allowed to imagine how the future with the intelligent house will be, the UMTS cellular, the new video and audio technologies, and the Internet world in continuous evolution. SMAU offers in fact one window on all the products and the new developments, from most futuristic to most classic supplying , an useful advertising outlet for the companies and an useful mean of modernization and information for the visitors. On Saturday afternoon the crowd seemed inferior than last year, in spite of the great attention for the safety and the strong presence of the police forces as in fair as in metropolitan. Only hurting note, during this edition there was an extreme visitors' rudeness who scattered pieces of paper and inserts everywhere ( inside and outside the pavilions) that, soak of rain (that has fallen plentiful), has formed a multicolour, sticky, and slippery marsh. It's useful to accept the innovations without forgetting the good education. Sala Paolo  |