Former MIT Media Lab director talks about the development of the program and the work of the original faculty. His first book, ”The Human Interface”, has become a classic of the disciple. He turned to crime fiction to produce ”Sailor Take Warning”, which also takes place in a mysterious MIT lab. A professor finds his graduate student floating face down in the Charles River and begins delving into the student’s secret activities, including a program that could propel a boat to an America’s Cup victory by drawing on the skill of a disabled master sailor employing a human machine interface program.