Scientists, Inventors And Techno Wizards

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Etch-A-Sketch creator Andre Cassagnes was shaken up beyond repair on January 16.

Mitt Romney will be gutted

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The blue/green-screen pioneer (allowing images to be superimposed) Petro Vlahos has died aged 96.

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Ed Iacobucci

 

The founder of Citrix Systems has died of pancreatic cancer aged 59.

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Werner Lang, the 'Godfather' of the Trabant.

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Douglas Engelbart, inventor of the mouse.

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Douglas Engelbart, inventor of the mouse.

 

Reuters is on fire at the moment. It owns the DDP!

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Reuters is on fire at the moment.

 

Anyone obit-worthy likely to perish in this conflagration?

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That's a really critical invention. Can't believe we haven't heard his name more often before. Can you imagine how slow porn-surfing would be without that guy?

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Chuck Foley Unravelled on July 1st. Edited July 13, 2013 by Paul Bearer
Original post moved from the dead thread

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Left hand, blue. Right hand, blue. Left foot, blue. Right foot, blue.

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Charles Foley, inventor of the game Twister died at 82. Now there's someone who deserves to spin in his grave! Thank you Charles, for making these scenes possible.

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Amar Bose, founder of the eponymous audio company has died aged 83.

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Today James Lovelock is 94 years old!

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George P Mitchell has fracked off aged 94.

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George P Mitchell has fracked off aged 94.

 

That's a fracking shame.

 

re fracking gards,

Hein

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George P Mitchell has fracked off aged 94.

 

a great man who has solved many of humanities energy needs.he will be sadly mossed

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Boo hiss, Ray Dolby, founder of Dolby Labs has died aged 80.

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Death is pretty good at reducing noise...

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Will Ray Dolby have surround sound in his coffin I wonder? http://www.bloomberg...dies-at-80.html

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Will Ray Dolby have surround sound in his coffin I wonder? http://www.bloomberg...dies-at-80.html

 

I rather doubt it, but I'm certain it'll be low noise.

 

regards,

Hein

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Will Ray Dolby have surround sound in his coffin I wonder? http://www.bloomberg...dies-at-80.html

 

Re_t in Pea_e.

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Eiji Toyoda, who presided over Toyota's success from the mid 1960s onwards, has been recalled - faulty engine, 100 on the clock.

 

Closest thread I could find, move it if you like.

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Hiroshi Yamauchi the guy who transformed nintendo into the company it is today has died at 85.

 

http://www.forbes.com/sites/tatianaserafin/2013/09/19/billionaire-nintendo-changemaker-hiroshi-yamauchi-dies/

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Wii are all saddened. I'm sure nintened to go

 

 

looking for my coat, have you seen it ?

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Dutch physicist Nico van Kampen died last Sunday, aged 92.

 

His main interest was in statistical mechanics and non-equilibrium thermodynamics.

 

 

Van Kampen was a nephew of Frits Zernike, (1953 Nobel prize in physics) and uncle of Gerard 't Hooft (1999 Nobel prize in physics).

 

No English language obit (yet), here's a Dutch one.

 

regards,

Hein