Scientists, Inventors And Techno Wizards

[themaninblack 2,112]

The inventor of the disposable nappy, Valerie Hunter Gordon, has died aged 94.

 

Oh shit...

[gcreptile 10,966]

The "father of computing in Canada", Calvin Gottlieb, dead at 95:

 

http://thevarsity.ca/2016/10/30/father-of-canadian-computing-passes-away/

[The Unknown Man 584]

Ralph J. Cicerone, president of National Academy Sciences from 2005 to 2016, has died aged 73.

[YoungWillz 21,033]

Jay Wright Forrester, system dynamics computer pioneer and DDP pick, dead at 98. http://www.systemdynamics.org/#news

 

Qualifying obit? Bon chance...

[Sir Creep 7,070]

This wasn't contemplated when they created the inventors thread:

 

Chef Peng Chang-kuei (彭長貴), the founder of the famous Hunan-style restaurant chain Peng's Garden Hunan Restaurant (彭園湘菜館) and inventor of the world famous Chinese dish General Tso's Chicken, died on Nov. 30 at the age of 98 from Pneumonia.

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http://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/3042881

[Whitehouse 872]

Astronomer Vera Rubin who discovered dark matter in space will be buried in dark matter on earth.

 

Edit:

BBC obit.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-38440291

[gcreptile 10,966]

Inventor of the Kinder Surprise Egg, William Salice, dead at 83:

 

http://www.konbini.com/ng/lifestyle/inventor-kinder-surprise-egg-died-aged-83/

[rockhopper penguin 2,265]

Inventor of the Kinder Surprise Egg, William Salice, dead at 83:

 

http://www.konbini.com/ng/lifestyle/inventor-kinder-surprise-egg-died-aged-83/

Will they have to construct his coffin I wonder.

[Whitehouse 872]

Well,

 

This was a (kinder-)surprise!

 

William Salice inventor of the egg, died at 83-years old.

 

 

[rockhopper penguin 2,265]

It was a surprise yesterday.

[Whitehouse 872]

It was a surprise yesterday.

Touché.

[gcreptile 10,966]

Creator of Siri, the artificial intelligence, Dag Kittlaus, has pancreatic cancer:

 

http://www.recode.net/2017/1/12/14230982/siri-creator-dag-kittlaus-exam-pancreatic-tumor-silicon-valley

 

It is the low-aggressive kind that killed Steve Jobs. Kittlaus does not seem to share Jobs' preference for 'alternative treatment' however.

[The Mad Hatter 1,092]

Creator of Siri, the artificial intelligence, Dag Kittlaus, has pancreatic cancer:

 

http://www.recode.net/2017/1/12/14230982/siri-creator-dag-kittlaus-exam-pancreatic-tumor-silicon-valley

 

It is the low-aggressive kind that killed Steve Jobs. Kittlaus does not seem to share Jobs' preference for 'alternative treatment' however.

Creator of Siri, the artificial intelligence, Dag Kittlaus, has pancreatic cancer:

 

http://www.recode.net/2017/1/12/14230982/siri-creator-dag-kittlaus-exam-pancreatic-tumor-silicon-valley

 

It is the low-aggressive kind that killed Steve Jobs. Kittlaus does not seem to share Jobs' preference for 'alternative treatment' however.

Creator of Siri, the artificial intelligence, Dag Kittlaus, has pancreatic cancer:

 

http://www.recode.net/2017/1/12/14230982/siri-creator-dag-kittlaus-exam-pancreatic-tumor-silicon-valley

 

It is the low-aggressive kind that killed Steve Jobs. Kittlaus does not seem to share Jobs' preference for 'alternative treatment' however.

If so then he will surrive for a while.

[Cat O'Falk 3,290]

Have you developed a stammer?

[Sir Creep 7,070]

Have you developed a stammer?

He's got panc panc pancreatic cancer!

[Sir Creep 7,070]

Creator of Siri, the artificial intelligence, Dag Kittlaus, has pancreatic cancer:

 

http://www.recode.net/2017/1/12/14230982/siri-creator-dag-kittlaus-exam-pancreatic-tumor-silicon-valley

 

It is the low-aggressive kind that killed Steve Jobs. Kittlaus does not seem to share Jobs' preference for 'alternative treatment' however.

Dag's phone: "What can I help you with?"

[Thatcher 2,386]

Magic Alex, who worked closely with The Beatles, has died aged 74.
http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/obituary/7655255/magic-alex-mardas-beatles-dead?utm_source=&utm_medium=&utm_campaign=

[YoungWillz 21,033]

Magic Alex, who worked closely with The Beatles, has died aged 74.

http://www.lalibre.be/culture/musique/le-proche-des-beatles-magic-alex-est-decede-58794b12cd70717f88f460bf

 

FFS! Never had him going so soon, Mediterranean born etc, I was sure he had 10-15 years in him.

 

I'm going to miss a ton of Beatles related deaths this year, I know it...

[Thatcher 2,386]

 

Magic Alex, who worked closely with The Beatles, has died aged 74.

http://www.lalibre.be/culture/musique/le-proche-des-beatles-magic-alex-est-decede-58794b12cd70717f88f460bf

 

FFS! Never had him going so soon, Mediterranean born etc, I was sure he had 10-15 years in him.

 

I'm going to miss a ton of Beatles related deaths this year, I know it...

 

I thought about putting this in The Beatles thread, couldn't decide where was more fitting! I agree, he's relatively young - says he died of pneumonia.

[Sir Creep 7,070]

In 1963, Harold Rosen had succeeded in upending the world of science and engineering, overseeing the creation of the world’s first geosynchronous communications satellite and laying the foundation of a future multi-billion dollar industry that would be dominated by California.

Rosen died Monday at his home in Santa Monica at age 90.

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[msc 18,438]

Brit on the Manhatten Project, Cambridge physicist Anthony French, died aged 96 in early February.

 

My memory was telling me he was a pick on the DDP before, but the website says I'm wrong.

[gcreptile 10,966]

Craig Venter, first mapper of the human genome, had prostate cancer, as you might recall. But the tumour has been removed:

http://www.forbes.com/sites/matthewherper/2017/02/21/can-craig-venter-cheat-death/#4a2f9c683242

The article also mentions that Nobel Laureate Hamilton Smith had a deadly lung tumour, but after surgery, his prognosis is good.

[drol 11,927]

Just now, gcreptile said:

Craig Venter, first mapper of the human genome, had prostate cancer, as you might recall. But the tumour has been removed:

https://www.breakingbelizenews.com/2017/02/19/leela-vernon-belizes-bruk-queen-passes/

The article also mentions that Nobel Laureate Hamilton Smith had a deadly lung tumour, but after surgery, his prognosis is good.

Wrong article,I guess.

[gcreptile 10,966]

Just now, drol said:

Wrong article,I guess.

Thanks, corrected.

[CastAway 488]

Presidential Medal of Freedom winner and the "queen of carbon science," nanotechnologist Mildred Dresselhaus has died at age 86.