Jeff Hawkins, innovator

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Jeff Hawkins, innovator

• 1979 BSEE Cornell, 1979-1986 worked at Intel and
  GRiD
• 1986-1987 ABD BioPhysics doctoral program, U.C.
  Berkeley
• 1987- back at GRiD he created GRiDPAD, first pen
  computer
• 1992 formed Palm Computing, 1993 created first
  handwriting reco software product for a mobile
  handheld - Casios Zoomer
• 1995 Palm Computing bought by U.S. Robotics
• 1996 created PalmPilot, first PDA with Graffiti
  shorthand alphabet (over a million shipped in 18
  months, a 66 market share, and the fastest
  growth of any computing product in history,
  faster than the TV and the VCR)
• 1997 U.S. Robotics bought by 3Com
• 1998 left Palm to form Handspring, 1999 launched
  Visor
• 2000 Palm Computing spun off by 3Com
• 2002 created and now directs Redwood Neuroscience
  Institute
• 2003 Handspring (with Hawkins, et al.) acquired
  by Palm Computing