Over the weekend I was doing some research for my upcoming book on ‘Social Media, The Impact On Your Bottom Line’ where I am collaborating with Chris Heuer, Founder of the Social Media Clubs worldwide and Robert Scoble, the famous Microsoft Blogger and “Scoble-izer”. I was asked what my first experience was with Virtual World’s [...]
Posts Tagged ‘computer history museum’
LON’S INVENTIONS ARCHIVED IN THE COMPUTER HISTORY MUSEUM
The Computer History Museum In Mountain View, CA has requested some of Lon’s other inventions and the SenSei System Software for its permanent collection. The SenSei System Software, conceived as a human interface between the early Apple Computer and disabled users, was a milestone in the development of the Smart Home.
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M&M’s Replaced The Popcorn
It was great to see Herb alive and smiling. Herb was cautious, and happy. Herb eventfully left St. Elizabeth’s hospital to live and work on his own. A funny note I remembered as I completed the last entry. The last time I saw Herb I was with my new wife Sherry. She joined me on [...]
Flashlights And Roller Coasters
(Innovators Rules #10 & #11)
From the last story we realize two more important Rules of being an Innovator; Rule #10: Don’t Force Your Product Into One Category and Rule #11: The Roller Coaster Ride.
Rule #10 is easy to forget but important to remember. If you aren’t constantly aware of this rule, you could miss out [...]
Handshake And A Smile
(Is It Possible?)
As I left ST. Elizabeth’s hospital that morning I had a strange sense of profound satisfaction. It was the first time I had ever designed and built something for someone who was so in need. It was gratifying. It was very exciting for me to see that someone could benefit so greatly from [...]
Chicken Or The Pig?
(Are your Cheap, Committed and Self-Confident?)
In the last installment of our Innovators story we saw three new Rules of Innovation emerge; Rule #7: Innovators Are Cheap, Rule #8: Commitment Versus Contribution, and Rule #9: Embrace Your Self - Confidence.
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911 For An Apple IIe
After several months of therapy, rehabilitation, and instruction on how to live as a quadriplegic, Leon returned home, was working as an engineer, earning a good living, and doing very well on his own. In the fall of 1998; however, we lost Leon due to medical complications. Because of the quadriplegic’s paralysis, they [...]
One is for On, and Two is for Off
(The World’s First Voice Activated Environmental Control Computer)
During the remaining four days before the demonstration, I retreated to my garage both day and night. What would this country be without its garages? Some people think that it’s the entrepreneurial spirit that makes us so innovative, but it may very well be that most everyone has [...]
The Founding Of The $5.3 Billion Assistive Technology Industry
(In The Beginning…)
I’m going to step away from the technical aspects of Innovative Thinking for this entry and interweave actual practical examples. Below is the story of how I co-founded the $5.3 billion Assistive Technology industry and how Innovation helped me to develop the first commercially available voice recognition, voice synthesizing, environmental control, the HeadMouse, [...]
The Three ‘C’s Of Innovation
(An Introduction)
Welcome to Innovation…
I wanted to launch this blog with what I believe is the most important thing you should do–become better at Innovative Thinking. Innovative or Creative Thinking has the highest rate of return of anything you can do for yourself and your company.
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