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Tech Visionaries Who Died In 2013 by Dhelake: 6:47pm On Dec 24, 2013 |
Aaron Swartz (1986 – 2013) In perhaps the death that shook the technology world more than any other in 2013, Internet activist and virtuoso programmer Aaron Swartz took his own life on Jan. 11 at age 26. Swartz helped develop RSS at age 14 and went on to found Infogami, a wiki application framework, which later merged with Reddit. In 2010, Swartz started Demand Progress, a group that fought against Internet censorship and legislation such as the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA). He eventually faced legal trouble for downloading and harvesting millions of academic journal articles from the digital library JSTOR. Swartz was reportedly battling depression. Yvonne Brill (1924 – 2013) The many accomplishments of Canadian scientist Yvonne Brill Canadian earned her the 2011 National Medal of Technology and Innovation, presented by U.S. President Barack Obama. Brill worked on a number of NASA projects over the years, and in the 1970s designed a rocket thruster that kept satellites from falling out of orbit. Jack Harker (1926 – 2013) Jack Harker (center) is known as the father of removable disk storage. He worked for IBM for 35 years, ending in 1987, and led the IBM 1311 Disk Storage Drive — a project that released its first model in October 1962. Harker discussed his career accomplishments in the Computer History Museum’s “Oral Histories” series. He died at his home in San Mateo, Calif., on April 27. Ray Harryhausen (1920 – 2013) From Mighty Joe Young (1949) to the original Clash of the Titans (1981), Ray Harryhausen’s work laid the foundation for the mind-boggling special effects you see in today’s movies. The creator, writer and producer was the undisputed king of stop-motion animation. Harryhausen invented a technique called Dynamation for inserting his imaginative clay creatures into live action. Harryhausen’s family announced his death on May 7, and filmmakers from George Lucas to Peter Jackson paid tribute to Harryhausen on The Ray and Diana Harryhausen Foundation Facebook page. Amar Bose (1929 – 2013) Amar Bose earned his Bachelor’s degree, Masters and Doctorate in electrical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He founded audio manufacturing company Bose Corporation in 1964, and to this day, the company remains a leader in audio technology, producing speakers and headphones. Bose died at his home in Wayland, Mass., on July 12. Ray Dolby (1933 – 2013) Ray Dolby was a pioneer in the field of audio noise reduction and compression. He founded Dolby Laboratories in 1965 and unveiled his noise- reduction system in Stanley Kubrick’s 1971 film A Clockwork Orange. Dolby suffered from Alzheimer’s disease for several years and he was diagnosed with leukemia several months before his death on Sept. 12. Hiroshi Yamauchi (1927 – 2013) Hiroshi Yamauchi served as the president of Nintendo from 1949 until 2002. He is widely credited with turning the company into the video game empire it remains today. The Internet responded with several touching tributes when the video game magnate died of pneumonia in Japan on September 19. Hiroshi Yamauchi served as president of Nintendo from 1949 until 2002. He’s widely credited with turning the company into the video game empire it remains today. The Internet responded with several touching tributes to Yamauchi when the video game magnate died of pneumonia in Japan on September 19. Douglas Engelbart (1925 – 2013) Engineer and inventor Douglas Engelbart introduced the computer mouse to the world on Dec. 9, 1968, at an event dubbed the “Mother of All Demos.” He also helped develop other common computing technologies such as video conferencing, word processing, hypertext and collaborative editing. Engelbart died on July 3 after a six-year battle with Alzheimer’s Disease. –mashable.com |
Re: Tech Visionaries Who Died In 2013 by Drniyi4u(m): 6:58pm On Dec 24, 2013 |
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Re: Tech Visionaries Who Died In 2013 by Habidab: 7:59pm On Dec 24, 2013 |
What a loss!!! |
Re: Tech Visionaries Who Died In 2013 by Dhelake: 7:18am On Dec 26, 2013 |
Drniyi4u: . Habidab: What a loss!!! Drniyi4u: .See Bookings |
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