Ray Kurzweil
Inventor
Kurzweil Technologies
Boston, MA USA
“Regardless of whether today went well or not, it's a whole new world tomorrow.”
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By Roadtrip NationRay Kurzweil
Milestones
My road in life has been direct.
When he was seven years old, he developed his own "alternate reality" in the form of a puppet theater.
He realized that there was a "magic" to putting things together in exactly the right way.
From then on, he always knew that he wanted to invent things, to be able to take control of problems and solve them.
When he was a sophomore in college, he developed his first company-software that matched high school students to colleges.
He then invented the first blind reader, which allows people with vision impairments to take pictures of text, then have that text read out loud.
His favorite part of invention is the gratification; blind people write to him and tell him that they were only able to go to school because of his work.
Says that you don't need to find a specific vocation that you're good at, you just need to take things on one project at a time.
If you jump from interest to interest, focusing on one thing at a time, you'll eventually be able to look back at the connected dots and say, "there's my career."
Education
High School
Career
Inventor
I'm an inventor, author, futurist, and lead a team developing machine intelligence and natural language understanding.
Career Roadmap
My work combines:
My work combines:
Engineering
Technology
Helping People
Interviewed By
New York City - Portland
Still in New York City, the team interviews a capella musical director and musician Roger Thomas. Arriving in Boston, the team visits inventor and futurist Ray Kurzweil before driving on to Portland, Maine, their last stop. In Maine, they interview sailor Bruce Schwab, who is the first American to complete the round-the-world Vendée Globe Race. Wrapping up their roadtrip, the team reflects on six weeks of eye-opening and life-changing experiences and prepare to head back to Australia to define their own roads in life.
