Nathan Myhrvold
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A laser-powered space elevator? Seattle team leads NASA contest...for space elevators but for a wide variety of uses. Both also work with Intellectual Ventures, the Bellevue-based invention house run by former Microsoft technology chief Nathan Myhrvold. Here's the latest word on the competition from... In this article: NASA, Seattle, Nathan Myhrvold, Intellectual Ventures, Microsoft, and California |
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CNET News.com | November 03, 2009
Microsoft's Mundie: IT needed to solve global woes
...energy research, Mundie said. One example is TerraPower, a Seattle-area nuclear power company that has attracted Bill Gates and former Microsoft chief technology officer Nathan Myhrvold as investors. TerraPower is designing a...
In this article: Craig Mundie, Microsoft, Cloud computing, Harvard University, CNET News, Deforestation, Carbon, and Bill Gates
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TechFlash | November 02, 2009
Preview: Futuristic Demos from Microsoft's 2009 College Tour
...nuclear reactor. The model draws from the work of TerraPower LLC, a project of Intellectual Ventures, the Bellevue-based invention house headed up by former Microsoft chief technology officer Nathan Myhrvold. Bill Gates is among the...
In this article: Microsoft, Craig Mundie, University of Washington, Deforestation, Princeton University, Cornell University, Intellectual Ventures, and Xbox 360
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TechFlash | November 06, 2009
Microsoft's new ecosystem: Earth
...radical approach. Nathan Myhrvold, the former Microsoft chief technology officer, has been working on a series of "geoengineering" projects in his current role as head of Bellevue-based invention house Intellectual Ventures. One Intellectual...
In this article: Microsoft, Climate change, Global warming, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Carbon, Craig Mundie, and Volvo
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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | November 16, 2009
After Microsoft, Bringing a High-Tech Eye to Professional Kitchens
...Myhrvold scans each page, points out glitches and sketches how he wants a chart to look. "It's basically like a software project," Dr. Myhrvold said. "It's very much like a review we would do at Microsoft." The project has grown in size...
In this article: Microsoft, Dog, Pork rind, Gelato, Confit, Microsoft Windows, and Ice cream
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TechFlash | October 27, 2009
Myhrvold defends hurricane stopper, says critics don't get it
...skeptical that the "kooky" plan would work. But Myhrvold, the former Microsoft chief technology officer, told us in a recent interview that critics are overlooking a critical element of the plan. The system wouldn't be deployed immediately...
In this article: Intellectual Ventures, Daily Show, Global warming, University of Miami, Bill Gates, Microsoft, and Jon Stewart
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washingtonpost.com | October 28, 2009
Joel Achenbach: Gary Smith and the endangerment of detailed, long-form stories
Nathan Myhrvold, the former Microsoft executive who now runs an investment fund for innovative technologies, says by e-mail: "iPhones and Blackberries give us new formats -- like Twitter -- which is a type of story telling. Somebody...
In this article: Gary Smith, Twitter, E mail, Loquat, Facebook, Harry Potter, and Magic Tree House
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TIME | November 02, 2009
Are 'SuperFreakonomics' Authors Wrong on Global Warming?
...of Intellectual Ventures, a private think tank. Myhrvold and his staff have the idea to build a giant "garden hose to the sky" that would pump liquefied sulfur dioxide into the atmosphere. Scientists know that increasing SO2 in the air...
In this article: Steven Levitt, Global warming, Stephen Dubner, Climate change, Carbon, Carbon dioxide, Freakonomics, and Kyoto Protocol
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Guardian | November 03, 2009
Can we manipulate the weather?
...bloom. And in their new book, Superfreakonomics, Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner talk approvingly of Nathan Myhrvold, the former chief technology officer of Microsoft, whose company, Intellectual Ventures, is exploring the possibility of...
In this article: Carbon, Global warming, Climate change, Beijing, China, Royal Society, California, and US
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Gizmodo, the Gadget Guide | October 15, 2009
Former Microsoft Technology Chief Wants To Block Out the Sun With Liquid Sulfur [Environment]
...To Block Out the Sun With Liquid Sulfur [Environment] Former Microsoft Tech chief Nathan Myhrvold wants to dim the sun's rays with liquid sulfur pumped from helium-filled balloons. But it's not like he is sitting behind a desk, tapping his...
In this article: Helium, Microsoft, Global warming, and Bill Gates
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Nathan Myhrvold (born 1959 in Seattle, Washington), formerly Chief Technology Officer at Microsoft, is co-founder of Intellectual Ventures, which is seeking to build a large invention portfolio. He personally holds more than 18 U.S. patents and has applied for more than 100. His company is accumulating patents in software.
Myhrvold attended Mirman School . He began college at age 14. He studied mathematics, geophysics, and space physics at UCLA (BSc, Masters). At Princeton he earned a master's degree in mathematical economics and completed a PhD in theoretical and mathematical physics by age 23. He also attended Santa Monica College. For one year, he held a postdoctoral fellowship at Cambridge working under Stephen Hawking, studying cosmology, quantum field theory in curved space time and quantum theories of gravitation, but left to join a computer startup in Oakland, California. The company, Dynamical Systems Inc., sought to produce a clone of IBM's TopView graphical user interface. Microsoft purchased Dynamical Systems in 1986 and Myhrvold worked there for 13 years. At Microsoft he founded Microsoft Research in 1991.
Myhrvold is a prize-winning nature and wildlife photographer. He is also involved with paleontological research on expeditions with the Museum of the Rockies. His work has appeared in scientific journals including Science, Nature, Paleobiology and the Physical Review, as well as Fortune, Time, National Geographic Traveler and Slate. He has contributed $1 million to the SETI Foundation for the development of the Allen Telescope Array, planned to be the world's most powerful radio telescope.
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