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...offering a prediction about the evolution of the human voice box. He was describing how a technology ... would change our relationship to culture. These 'machines,' Sousa feared, would lead us away from ... 'amateur' culture. We would become just consumers of culture, not also producers." For his part, the inventor of the World Wide Web, Tim Berners-Lee, "was keen that the Web be an RW medium," even though he would eventually capture only a tiny fraction of the money that his invention would create...
Greg Kinnear's latest movie, Flash of Genius, about the inventor of the intermittent windshield wiper and his battle with the Ford Motor Company, opens Oct. 3. He spoke with TIME about how real rain is bad for the movies, which news anchor would have made a great actor and his plans for retirement...
Will Wright is that rarest of creatures, a true intellectual omnivore. He is literally interested in everything. Based on his conversation, he might be a molecular biologist or an economist. In fact, he designs video games for a living. Wright is the inventor of The Sims, the revolutionary game in which actual humans control the lives of little simulated humans, making them go to work or fall in love or swim around in virtual swimming pools till they drown. The Sims is the best-selling computer game of all time. Among game designers, Wright is considered a living...
...Vinzenz Krause, inventor...
...anthrax vaccines in general. After the attacks, the Army's vaccine got back on track with Ivins' help. The lab also received a surge of resources and prestige as the deaths from the letters made anthrax a matter of national security. Ivins also gained financially as a co-inventor on two patents connected to his work, though it remains unclear how much money Ivins personally made from them. At the time of his death, according to the Army, he and his fellow inventors were collecting $2,000 a year each in royalties. In 2003, Ivins and his fellow scientists received...