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Ray Kurzweil
AS Profile Ray Kurzweil is a futurist who's been thinking up the future for years - with his on-the-money past predictions including the emergence of the internet and a computer being world chess champion by 1998. [29 Sep 2009]
Singularity University: Where today's tech titans teach the next generation
News Founded by leading futurist and The Singularity is Near author Ray Kurzweil, X Prize chairman and CEO Peter Diamandis, and former Yahoo Brickhouse head Salim Ismail, the nine-week course examines exponentially growing... [21 Aug 2009]
Kurzweil and friends launch Silicon Valley university
News The gatherings will be part of what is known as Singularity University, a brand-new academic institution co-founded by inventor and futurist Ray Kurzweil, X Prize chairman and CEO Peter Diamandis, and former Yahoo! [03 Feb 2009]
2008: The year in numbers
News The year futurist Ray Kurzweil predicts will see global warming solved by nanotech $1bn The value Steve Jobs reckons the iPhone App store will achieve Five million The estimated number of iPhone 3Gs sold in the third... [02 Jan 2009]
The credit crunch, CV tips and future computing
News Kurzweil: Technology is a double edged sword Futurist Ray Kurzweil provided a distraction from the economic doom and gloom with his predictions that computers will increase in capability a billion-fold... [31 Dec 2008]
Moon mobiles, Windows without Gates and DIY wi-fi signal boosting
News From mobiles on the moon to life after Bill Gates and futurist Ray Kurzweil's musing on spiritual machines - click on the links below to read silicon.com's stories of the year. Kurzweil: "Technology is a... [15 Dec 2008]
Photos: Top 10 presents for a CIO this Christmas
Photo Futurist Ray Kurzweil, one of this year's silicon.com Agenda Setters, has plenty of ideas worth chewing over - his most recent book, The Singularity is Near, details his predictions of a future where human and machine... [28 Nov 2008]
Kurzweil's future, iPhone love, NHS IT, ID card insecurity
News Being funny is no joke, according to Kurzweil. Kurzweil: "Technology is a double-edged sword" On the positive side, silicon.com readers lapped up the words of futurist, inventor and 2008 silicon.com... [25 Nov 2008]
Inbox: Brits baying for blood over ID
Comment And last, a silicon.com exclusive interview with Ray Kurzweil prompted readers to reach for their keyboards. Kurzweil: "Technology is a double-edged sword" Inventor and futurist Ray... [24 Nov 2008]
'Nanotech to solve global warming by 2028'
News Nanotechnology is key to solving the world's energy crisis, according to inventor and futurist Ray Kurzweil. Speaking in an exclusive interview with silicon.com, Kurzweil said nanotech will enable global... [20 Nov 2008]
Kurzweil: "Technology is a double-edged sword"
Comment Inventor and futurist Ray Kurzweil was ranked 14th in this year's silicon.com Agenda Setters list. The computer in your cell phone today is a million times cheaper and a thousand times more powerful and about a hundred... [19 Nov 2008]
Ray Kurzweil
AS Profile Ray Kurzweil bills himself as an inventor and futurist. Technologies Kurzweil lays claim to developing - and commercialising - include the first CCD flat-bed scanner, a text-to-speech synthesiser, voice... [07 Oct 2008]
Editor's Blog: WFH, LOL?
Comment I'm always interested in what futurist Ray Kurzweil has to say - read what he was talking about at the BlackBerry event in Orlando last week. The average UK commuter spends almost 29 working days each year travelling to... [21 May 2008]
The future, in 3D
News The mobile phone is already revolutionising societies around the world but its impact is accelerating as phones become more powerful and find their way into the hands of more and more people, says futurist, inventor and author Ray... [19 May 2008]
Kirk to Enterprise: "None of this sh*t works for me!"
News Despite being instructed in voice recognition software by Ray Kurzweil, an expert in that field, and having a home entertainment system installed to answer his every oral command with a "Yes, master", the actor admitted:... [13 Sep 2002]
