Biotechnology

Sally Smith Hughes is a historian of science at the Bancroft Library at the University of California, Berkeley. She is the author of "The Virus: A History of the Concept" and the creator of an extensive collection of in-depth oral histories on bioscience, biomedicine, and biotechnology. (From Google Books)

Computer scientist, author, inventor, and futurist. Known for his work in optical character recognition (OCR), text-to-speech synthesis, speech recognition technology, and electronic keyboard instruments. Public advocate for the futurist and transhumanist movements.

Founded Mirror (AI co funded by SoftBank, Thiel, Ron Conway); Ostrovok; TokBox. Extreme biohacker. Cornell/Stanford/YCombinator/Google alum. Born in Siberia.

Fostering long-term thinking and responsibility through diverse projects aiming to inspire, educate, and challenge our concepts of the future.

Achieved a bachelor's degree from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem at the age of 17 and a master's degree from the same institution at the age of 18. Completed a PhD at Stanford University in 1993.