Thursday, April 03, 2003

Business Week: Five People Pushing Tech's Boundaries



Business Week has an interesting special report on five people pushing the boundaries of current technology. These people are:




  • Ching Tang, who investigated the properties of organic light emitting substances, giving rise to OLEDs (organic light emitting diodes)

  • Sheila Kennedy, an architect looking into moulding flexible light displays (based on OLEDs) into structures

  • Vic Hayes, one of the pioneers of wireless technology, leading to the current 802.11 wireless standards (Wi-Fi)

  • Jeff Pulver, one of original people who is pushing for VoIP (voice over IP) technologies

  • Yoseph Bar-Cohen, a scientist investigating the properties of materials that change shape, leading to the creation of artificial muscles



Pretty interesting stuff.