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	Winners' Circle: Raymond Kurzweil
		Kurzweil, who invented the first reading machine for the blind, was awarded the $500,000 Lemelson-MIT Prize in 2001.
		Kurzweil graduated from MIT with a B.S. in computer science and literature (1970).
		Kurzweil has written extensively about the future of computing and artificial intelligence and is the author of The Age of Intelligent Machines (MIT Press, 1990) and The Age of Spiritual Machines (Viking/Penguin Books, 1999).
	web.mit.edu /invent/a-winners/a-kurzweil.html (460 words)

	Who Made America? \| Innovators \| Ray Kurzweil
		Raymond Kurzweil has advanced pattern recognition technologies, and developed tools for blind people, musicians, and many others.
		Kurzweil's K250 synthesizer, the world's first keyboard-input computer instrument, debuted in 1984 and generated the sounds of various acoustic instruments.
		Kurzweil, who has received dozens of awards and honorary degrees, continues to innovate and theorize about artificial intelligence (A.I.) at his Massachusetts lab.
	www.pbs.org /wgbh/theymadeamerica/whomade/kurzweil_hi.html (465 words)

	Tech visionary gets inventor prize \| CNET News.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Raymond Kurzweil was going through the 20-odd messages left on his answering machine when his ears pricked up upon hearing the voice of Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor Lester Thurow.
		Kurzweil has authored a couple of books about the future of technology, charting out his views on the blurring distinction between human and machine and an emerging era where scientists will be able to routinely send microscopic "nanobots"--cell-sized robots--into our bloodstreams to repair damage.
		Kurzweil plans to donate a portion of the prize money to a foundation he has set up for blind students.
	news.com.com /2100-1001-256515.html (529 words)

	Raymond Kurzweil
		Raymond Kurzweil is a pioneer in the fields of optical character recognition (OCR), text-to-speech synthesis, and speech recognition technology.
		He is author of "The Age of Intelligent Machines" and "The Age of Spiritual Machines", and a recipient of the Lemelson-MIT Prize.
		Kurzweil Accelerating Intelligence Network is a Web showcase for the ideas and technologies of leading visionaries.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ra/Ray_Kurzweil.html (80 words)

	Inventor of the Week: Archive
		Raymond Kurzweil (1948-) is one of the world's true pioneers in the field of human-computer interfacing.
		There Kurzweil and his team invented what would be one of the hallmarks of his entire career—the Kurzweil Reading Machine, which included the first CCD ("charge coupled device") flatbed scanner and first omni-font OCR ("optical character recognition") software.
		Kurzweil and his team set out to invent a method of capturing and recreating the true sounds and musical response of acoustic musical instruments such as the grand piano, violin, guitar and drums.
	web.mit.edu /invent/iow/kurzweil.html (714 words)

	Raymond Kurzweil - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Kurzweil was inducted in 2002 into the National Inventors Hall of Fame, established by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
		Raymond Kurzweil states his belief that the future of humanity is being determined by an exponential expansion of knowledge, and that the very rate of the change of this exponential growth is driving our collective destiny irrespective of our narrow sightedness, clinging archaisms, or fear of change.
		Kurzweil is the co-author (and subject) of the 2002 book Are We Spiritual Machines?: Ray Kurzweil vs. the Critics of Strong A.I. He also wrote the introduction to the 2003 artificial personality book Virtual Humans and collaborated with the Canadian band Our Lady Peace for their 2000 album Spiritual Machines.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Raymond_Kurzweil (1401 words)

	Amazon.com: The Age of Intelligent Machines: Books: Raymond Kurzweil (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		In The Age of Intelligent Machines, inventor and visionary computer scientist Raymond Kurzweil probes the past, present, and future of artificial intelligence, from its earliest philosophical and mathematical roots to tantalizing glimpses of 21st-century machines with superior intelligence and truly prodigious speed and memory.
		Raymond Kurzweil is the founder and chairman of Kurzweil Applied Intelligence and the Kurzweil Reading Machine division of Xerox.
		Ray Kurzweil takes the time to explain in explicit detail where we have been and where we might be going in the area of artificial intelligence.
	www.amazon.com /Age-Intelligent-Machines-Raymond-Kurzweil/dp/0262610795 (2188 words)

	MIT World » : Innovation Everywhere—How the Acceleration of “GNR” (genetics, nanotechnology, robotics) Will ...
		Ray Kurzweil was the principal developer of the first omni-font optical character recognition (OCR), the first print-to-speech reading machine for the blind, the first CCD flat-bed scanner, 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 Kurzweil received the $500,000 Lemelson-MIT Prize, the nation’s largest award in invention and innovation, and was inducted in 2002 into the National Inventor Hall of Fame.
		Kurzweil received a B.S. in Computer Science and Literature, from MIT in 1970.
	mitworld.mit.edu /video/327 (459 words)

	Kurzweil Educational Systems Press Release - Assistive Technology Software for learning disabilities (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Sonya Kurzweil and Amy Kurzweil are the wife and daughter of Mr.
		Kurzweil 3000 is widely recognized as the most comprehensive and integrated solution for addressing language and literacy difficulties.
		Kurzweil Educational Systems, founded in 1996, is the industry leader and innovator of reading, writing and learning solutions for people with learning disabilities, and people who are blind or visually impaired.
	www.kurzweiledu.com /press_110804.asp (796 words)

	Webcast of Kurzweil image transformation demo - Nanodot (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Raymond Kurzweils presentation (as Ramona) will be the only presentation at TED11 to be webcast free.
		I approached Raymond Kurzweil after his keynote at SIGGRAPH 2000 and pointed out to him that, seeing as I was his female alter ego, perhaps he would like to create me. And so he did.
		Raymond Kurzweil, winner of the National Medal of Technology, in a dramatic, amazing and entertaining presentation complete with singers and dancers will premiere the first complete blurring and image transformation in an astonishing demo of the near future.
	nanodot.org /article.pl?sid=01/02/19/2346232&mode=thread&threshold= (727 words)

	Nanotechnology at Zyvex: Press Releases
		This is just the surface of the many amazing accomplishments of Raymond Kurzweil, inventor of the Kurzweil Reading Machine, who was announced today as an inductee into this year’s class of inventors to be honored by the National Inventors Hall of Fame.
		Kurzweil Medical Learning Company simulates doctor/patient encounters for medical education and reference KurzweilAI.net is the “home of the big thinkers” discussing the future of technology and its impact, hosted by Ramona, Kurzweil’s virtual reality alter-ego.
		Kurzweil Educational Systems continues to develop the next generation of print-to-speech technology to aid both the blind and the learning disabled such as the dyslexic, visually impaired and those learning to read.
	www.zyvex.com /News/KurzweilPR.html (1292 words)

	Biography of Ray Kurzweil
		Ray, along with leaders of the National Federation of the Blind, announced the Kurzweil Reading Machine at a press conference on January 13, 1976, which was covered by all of the networks and leading print publications.
		The Kurzweil systems are now used in ten percent of the emergency rooms in the United States and in many other medical specialties.
		Ray Kurzweil received the $500,000 Lemelson-MIT Prize (view the video), the nation's largest award in invention and innovation, and was inducted in 2002 into the National Inventor Hall of Fame.
	www.kurzweiltech.com /raybio.html (1555 words)

	Machine Dreams - Interview - CIO Magazine Oct 15,2004 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		That was also the case at Kurzweil's next school, MIT, where the young student skipped so many classes to work on inventions that his classmates nicknamed him The Phantom.
		In order for Kurzweil's beliefs to be flawed, he would, in the first place, have to have beliefs to begin with.
		Kurzweil, instead, looks at hard science, which means he's got facts.
	www.cio.com /archive/101504/interview.html (3356 words)

	Kurzweil, Raymond :: Pioneers
		Ray Kurzweil - Substantial interview on The Singularity is Near, with informative graphs.
		Raymond Kurzweil - Growing biography, with links to many related topics.
		Singularity is Near - By Raymond Kurzweil; Viking Press, 2005, ISBN 0670033847.
	computers.gourt.com /History/Pioneers/Kurzweil,-Raymond.html (544 words)

	SwiftTouch - Register Online
		Raymond Kurzweil is the principal developer of the first print-to-speech reading machine for the blind and founder of several successful companies.
		Kurzweil is Founder, Chairman and CEO of Kurzweil Educational Systems, Inc., which he established in 1996.
		Kurzweil has written many articles and two books, including The Age of Intelligent Machines (MIT Press, 1990), which won the “Most Outstanding Computer Science Book of 1990” from the Association of American Publishers, and The 10% Solution for a Healthy Life (Crown Publishers, 1993).
	www.loungelizard.com /swifttouch/site/aboutBoard.asp (611 words)

	AARON: A Product of Kurzweil CyberArt Technologies (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Raymond Kurzweil, a name synonymous with the potential of machine intelligence, brings you the latest in CyberArt advancements with AARON, the Cybernetic Artist.
		Developed by Harold Cohen over a period of nearly thirty years, and productized by Kurzweil CyberArt Technologies, Inc., AARON is the first fine art screensaver to utilize artificial intelligence to continuously create original paintings on your PC.
		With his continued commitment to human assistive technology, Raymond Kurzweil is proud to introduce this breakthrough screensaver.
	www.kurzweilcyberart.com (118 words)

	Wired News: Kurzweil's Future Coming Fast
		The tall arm of the growth curve -- approaching an unreachable that Kurzweil calls "the singularity" -- is the part Kurzweil claims we'll be climbing over the next century.
		Of course, a quick rejoinder to this claim is that Kurzweil bases his claims on mathematical models of technological progress, a phenomenon that's ultimately a human construct.
		However, Kurzweil replies to this charge with a counter-example: "That's one of the key aspects of 'the singularity': Biological intelligence is not needed for the continuous development of technology.
	www.wired.com /news/technology/0,1282,43278,00.html (755 words)

	ALA \| 2002 Sottong
		Raymond Kurzweil proposed seven stages in the "life cycle of a technology." Libraries can use the technology life cycle concept to determine when to invest in newer technologies.
		Kurzweil gave no criteria for determining what stage a technology had achieved in the life cycle.
		Kurzweil recognized display technology problems in his article but underestimated their magnitude and the time it would take to make improvements.
	www.ala.org /ala/lita/litapublications/ital/2002sottong.htm (5117 words)

	Kurzweil Music Systems (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Kurzweil Music Systems Inc. was founded by inventor Raymond Kurzweil, who had developed a revolutionary reading machine for the blind that scans written materials and reads them aloud in a synthesized voice.
		When the K-250 was introduced in 1983, the music industry was astounded by its ability to emulate a piano, strings, choirs, drums and other acoustic instruments with extraordinary accuracy.
		Raymond Kurzweil has long since left the company, but Kurzweils's reputation continues to grow as new technologies are developed and Kurzweil engineers sample new sounds from around the world, using state of the art digital technology to add to the sound library.
	www.kurzweilmusicsystems.com /about.html (263 words)

	Johns Hopkins Gazette: April 24, 1995 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Newsbriefs ---------------------------------- Raymond Kurzweil presents Friedberg Lecture ---------------------------------- Raymond C. Kurzweil, a leading figure in applied artificial intelligence and electronic music technology, will present the third annual Sidney M. Friedberg Lecture in Music and Psychology at 4 p.m.
		Kurzweil's presentation is titled "Turing's Prophecy: Intelligent Technology in the 21st Century." Earlier, at noon on April 27, Kurzweil will speak at the Peabody Institute in the Friedberg Concert Hall at 1 E. Mount Vernon Place.
		Kurzweil, founder and chairman of Kurzweil Applied Intelligence, has received nine honorary doctorates in science, engineering, music and humane letters.
	www.jhu.edu /~gazette/aprjun95/apr2495/24briefs.html (445 words)

	Raymond C. Kurzweil: Prophet Of Longevity
		Inventor-entrepreneur-author Raymond C. Kurzweil is keeping his eye on the year 2030.
		By 2030, Kurzweil believes, biomedical technology will have advanced to the point where it will be possible to halt the body's aging process.
		Kurzweil himself takes scores of supplements a day and claims that tests show his body is that of a person 10 years younger than his actual age, 57.
	businessweek.com /magazine/content/05_31/b3945019.htm?... (912 words)

	Kurzweil Educational Systems, Inc., Publications
		It is clear to me that the Kurzweil Reading Machine would not have been an effective tool if it was not for the key insights into its design that were contributed by the NFB scientists and engineers.
		One was Kurzweil Music Systems, Inc. which created the first computer based musical instrument that could recreate the sounds of the grand piano and other orchestral instruments.
		Moore's law actually is corollary of a broader law I like to call Kurzweil's law on the exponentially quickening pace of technology that goes back to the dawn of human history, Not much happened in, say, the tenth century, technologically speaking.
	www.ccs.neu.edu /home/elan/ray.html (3798 words)

	Kurzweil 250(Precurser to the 2500) Innovative Digital Synthesizer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		He was demonstrating the Kurzweil Reading Machine, a product that could vocalize printed words for the blind.
		While the K250 didn't succeed in all of that, the Kurzweil 2000 approached that kind of promise.
		Along with Ray Kurzweil, the main creators of the K250 were software developer Chet Graham and signal-processing guru Bob Chidlaw.
	www.musicplayer.com /lounge/reviews/kurzweil.htm (851 words)

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		Raymond Kurzweil is an inventor, entrepreneur, author, and futurist.
		George Gilder writes, "Kurzweil's ideas make all other roads to the computer future look like goat paths in Patagonia." Stevie Wonder writes, "Ray's technology and ideas have truly been among the sunshines of my life.
		Raymond has also received scores of other national and international awards, including the 1994 Dickson Prize (Carnegie Mellon University's top science prize), Engineer of the Year from Design News, Inventor of the Year from MIT, and the Grace Murray Hopper Award from the Association for Computing Machinery.
	www.thinkhdi.com /ITIM2005/session.aspx?SessionID=550 (360 words)

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