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kenjackson

This is like the ultime HN article.

* Born hacker

* Issues of race and oppression

* Entreprenuer spirit

* Issues with patents

* Big companies stifling innovation

Someone should write "Inventors at Work".

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Not only that, but he's a huge supporter of science education for kids. He is a judge at the local Atlanta FIRST Robotics regional.

That is really cool. I guess I met him then. FIRST is an amazing thing, it got me started with Computer Science.

* Experts tell him it won't work and point out the PhD thesis (or equivalent) that "proves" it... however, he is attacking the problem in a different way that the expert did not expect.

Proof that sometimes an outsiders perspective can come at a problem in a novel and seemingly successful way.

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