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(from the upcoming book
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| professional bio: (from the upcoming book ) |
Tod E. Kurt engineered hardware and software for robotic camera systems that went to Mars. He was a founding developer and systems architect of Overture Systems, originally GoTo.com, later sold to Yahoo. Now as co-founder of ThingM, he's designing sketchable hardware and networked smart objects. He has degrees in Electrical Engineering from Caltech and Physics from Occidental College. He started robotics hacking at the age twelve when he took apart his BigTrak, RC car, and chemistry set to make an upright programmable robot. | personal bio: |
Tall blond smiley Web nrrd/Perl coder/Internet polymath. Have been fortunate enough to have incredible friends. Actually had work during and through The Bubble. Gadget freak, especially for some new gizmo that makes neat noises, with blinky lights & knobs. Grew up on a farm in Kansas (yeehaww), then high school in Las Vegas (ka-ching, baby!), and California for university. (like, dude) Degrees in Physics and Electrical Engineering from Occidental and Caltech. Before the Web, engineered cameras for space probes, some of which went to Mars (and crashed into it, oh well). Likes to travel; likes to stay at home. Has vague desires for a PhD. Likes to try to play many musical instruments but isn't very good at any of them. Most likely an INTP, if you believe in that claptrap. |