Poesia [ ] T 514 Posted May 3, 2009 http://www.transcendentman.com/ * Ray Kurzweil has been described as “the restless genius” by the Wall Street Journal, and “the ultimate thinking machine” by Forbes. Inc. Magazine ranked him #8 among entrepreneurs in the United States, calling him the “rightful heir to Thomas Edison,” and PBS included Ray as one of 16 “revolutionaries who made America,” along with other inventors of the past two centuries. As one of the leading inventors of our time, Ray was the principal developer of the first CCD flat-bed scanner, the first omni-font optical character recognition, the first print-to-speech reading machine for the blind, the first text-to-speech synthesizer, the first music synthesizer capable of recreating the grand piano and other orchestral instruments, and the first commercially marketed large-vocabulary speech recognition. Ray’s web site Kurzweil AI.net has over one million readers. Among Ray’s many honors, he is the recipient of the $500,000 MIT-Lemelson Prize, the world's largest for innovation. In 1999, he received the National Medal of Technology, the nation's highest honor in technology, from President Clinton in a White House ceremony. And in 2002, he was inducted into the National Inventor's Hall of Fame , established by the US Patent Office. He has received sixteen honorary Doctorates and honors from three U.S. presidents. Ray has written five books, four of which have been national best sellers. The Age of Spiritual Machines has been translated into 9 languages and was the #1 best selling book on Amazon in science. Ray’s latest book, The Singularity is Near, was a New York Times best seller, and has been the #1 book on Amazon in both science and philosophy. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
oceangrove 1 Posted May 3, 2009 this dude is the most overrated inventor this century, get off his nuts Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Harvey Wallbanger 402 Posted May 3, 2009 I'm curious who the second most overrated inventor of the century is. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SystemFailure 548 Posted May 3, 2009 Whoever invented the ShamWow duh. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Poesia [ ] T 514 Posted May 3, 2009 everyone knows the shamwow was invented by extraterrestrials Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shai 710 Posted May 3, 2009 this dude is the most overrated inventor this century, get off his nuts What have you invented lately? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Daddy Screw 29 Posted May 4, 2009 fuck ray kurzweil, ill break his fucking jaw. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
delonemonkey 148 Posted May 4, 2009 The shamwow was made in germany, and you know the germans always make good stuff Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YouMad.GIF 277 Posted May 4, 2009 Kurzweil synthesizers are the top of the line for concert pianists who go digital I use to be a dealer for kurzwell Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MAR 256 Posted May 5, 2009 You just want joker to put him down in your crew. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Smart 183 Posted May 5, 2009 you think he really thinks more than me? There's a lot to be said for success but, some of us discard million dollar ideas everyday.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Poesia [ ] T 514 Posted May 5, 2009 This is a true statement i myself hold the key to a million dollar idea but not the time or money to invest in it.. /patent pending Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Smart 183 Posted May 5, 2009 aw and yer the only one...I think I'm gonna sell the Ferrari Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
oceangrove 1 Posted May 6, 2009 T;6333057']This is a true statement i myself hold the key to a million dollar idea but not the time or money to invest in it.. /patent pending whats the idea? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GnomeToys 328 Posted May 6, 2009 I came up with a mathematical proof that the product of all non-zero real numbers is 1 last night. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shai 710 Posted May 6, 2009 aw and yer the only one...I think I'm gonna sell the Ferrari Who's Ferrari, yours or Poesia's? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bojangles 793 Posted May 6, 2009 Sounds like Ray's the best maaaan... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites