Kane Kramer: ahead of his time.

[madlori]

Do you know about Kane Kramer? Ever heard of him? I hadn't, and neither had Eric, who is a champion Hearer About Things, so that was a good indicator that a lot of you might not have heard of him, either.

Kane Kramer invented something that you probably have in your bag or your pocket, that goes with you wherever you go...but he invented it twenty

Comments

[pooklaroux]

That is very cool. I have seen The Mother of All Demos. I think people who seriously contemplate futurism can image these kinds of things. My husband's uncle worked in telecommunications in the late 60's, at the time what he was doing was so "out there" that it seemed esoteric. But what was actually doing was helping to lay the groundwork for our modern communications, including the internet. He's very modest about his contributions, but I know from talking to family members that his work was pretty serious