Ray Kurzweil. Raymond "Ray" Kurzweil (/ˈkɜrzwaɪl/ KURZ-wyl; born February 12, 1948) is an American author, computer scientist, inventor, futurist, and is a director of engineering at Google.
Aside from futurology, he is involved in fields such as optical character recognition (OCR), text-to-speech synthesis, speech recognition technology, and electronic keyboard instruments. He has written books on health, artificial intelligence (AI), transhumanism, the technological singularity, and futurism. Kurzweil is a public advocate for the futurist and transhumanist movements, as has been displayed in his vast collection of public talks, wherein he has shared his primarily optimistic outlooks on life extension technologies and the future of nanotechnology, robotics, and biotechnology.
Life, inventions, and business career[edit] Early life[edit] Ray Kurzweil: Music Making - Past, Present and Future (1 of 3)
Kurzweil. People Who Are Change The World. Kim Dotcom. In January 2012, the New Zealand Police placed him in custody in response to US charges of criminal copyright infringement in relation to his Megaupload website.
Dotcom was accused of costing the entertainment industry $500 million through pirated content uploaded to his file-sharing site, which had 150 million registered users.[13] Dotcom has vigorously denied the charges, and is fighting the attempt to extradite him to the United States.[14] Despite legal action still pending over Megaupload, Dotcom launched a new project/website named "Mega" in January 2013, opened to the public exactly one year after Megaupload was shut down. It is a cloud storage service that uses encryption to protect users from government or third party "spies" from invading users' privacy. Personal life[edit] Prior to his arrest in New Zealand, he enjoyed a luxurious lifestyle. In 2001, his main source of income was a company called Kimvestor, which he valued at 200 million euros. Kim Dotcom - Mr President.
Kim Dotcom.