| Similar Articles |
|---|
 |
PC Magazine
August 2, 2006 |
Speak To Me The National Federation for the Blind (NFB) and inventor/author Ray Kurzweil have announced a new reading tool for the Blind.   |
Search Engine Watch
November 30, 2006
Matt Bailey |
Making Search Accessible to Visually Impaired Users Until recently, the needs of visually impaired users wasn't a top priority for search engines. That's changed, but there are still issues that need to be resolved, according to people with vision challenges. |
Fast Company
April 2005
Lucas Conley |
60 Seconds with Ray Kurzweil Futurist and inventor Ray Kurzweil has been alive 56 years. In that time, he has invented a reading machine for the blind, built orchestra-quality music synthesizers, and pioneered speech-recognition technology. |
BusinessWeek
August 1, 2005
Otis Port |
Raymond C. Kurzweil: Prophet Of Longevity Inventor-entrepreneur-author Raymond C. Kurzweil believes that by 2030, biomedical technology will allow us to halt the body's aging process and rejuvenate tired cells. He laid out several predictions that have proven successful in his book, Fantastic Voyage; another book is due in September. |
T.H.E. Journal
April 2005 |
New Kurzweil 3000 Offers License-to-Go Feature The software's new feature provides an easy way for network users to access it without being physically connected to the network. |
PC Magazine
June 15, 2006
Sebastian Rupley |
Beyond The Brain Entrepreneur Ray Kurzweil believes the hardware and software necessary for computers to operate at a human level is in the near future. |
PC Magazine
December 9, 2003 |
Bits & Bytes Futurist Ray Kurzweil predicts we will have reading machines within a few years that are not just sitting on a desk, but are tiny devices you put in your pocket, enabling blind people to read anywhere... Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has announced a string of new security initiatives... etc. |
Bio-IT World
May 2006
John Russell |
Kurzweil: Life Is the Fast Lane Inventor and futurist Ray Kurzweil's opening keynote at the Bio-IT World Life Sciences Conference + Expo painted an optimistic vision of a world governed by growing information technologies that will transform what it means to be human. |
IEEE Spectrum
December 2010
John Rennie |
Ray Kurzweil's Slippery Futurism His stunning prophecies have earned him a reputation as a tech visionary, but many of them don't look so good on close inspection |
Wired
April 2001
Paul Boutin |
Kurzweil's Law Change is accelerating. And so is the acceleration. Say good-bye to the future as we know it... |
Technology Research News
July 14, 2004 |
Retinal display guides near-blind Researchers develop a wearable computer that helps people with low vision see potential obstacles. The system will become practical in three to five years. |
PC Magazine
September 13, 2006 |
Now You See Me . . . Futurist Ray Kurzweil has been awarded U.S. patent No. 7,084,874, titled Virtual Reality Presentation, for his technology used to simulate the presence of a speaker at an event. |
