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James Gosling: Liquid Robotics http://www.liquidr.com/news_events/press/2011/2011-08-30-gosling.html http://www.liquidr.com/news_events/press/2011/2011-08-30-go

James Gosling: Liquid Robotics http://www.liquidr.com/news_events/press/2011/2011-08-30-gosling.html http://www.liquidr.com/news_events/press/2011/2011-08-30-gos... John D. Carmack: Armadillo Aerospace http://www.armadilloaerospace.com/n.x/Armadillo/Home http://www.armadilloaerospace.com/n.x/Armadillo/Home I'm tempted to throw in Google's Sergey Brin (Larry Page too?) for Google Glass. And I'm sure there are a few others. Elon Musk just shows up more in the news due to his success. Also, not all billionaires are technically inclined geeks.

CodeCube 14y ago
Jeff Bezos: http://www.blueorigin.com/ http://www.blueorigin.com/ In addition to glass, the google guys get credit for http://www.planetaryresources.com/ http://www.planetaryresources.com/ and the driverless cars ;)
- rayiner 14y ago
  What did the Google guys do for Glass or driverless cars other than bankroll them?
  - dbrian 14y ago
    Isn't that kind of the point?
    - CodeCube 14y ago
      So what? what did Elon musk do for spacex and tesla other than bankroll them? edit: meant as reply to GP :)
      - rayiner 14y ago
        Quit his day job to run them?
    - albemuth 14y ago
      No, Tony Stark builds and code everything himself. From scratch.
andyjohnson0 14y ago
Gosling is a senior employee of Liquid Robotics, joining four years after it started. He didn't found it.
- manaskarekar 14y ago
  Is that relevant? The link I've posted is the press release announcing him joining the company. If he decides to pick up from a point where progress has been made, that's just less time wasted reinventing the wheel.
rayiner 14y ago
I think the reason Musk gets so much attention is: 1) Tesla and SpaceX are both successful and in the news; 2) he doesn't just bankroll the projects, he's on the ground executing them while advocating for them zealously in the press. It's the same reason why Bill Gates has gotten such attention for his philanthropic work. He lends something which is in a way more valuable than his money: his personal time and ability to execute.
ippisl 14y ago
I would add: Khosla, who pushed green tech as a VC and with his private money. ratan TATA , who pushed the low cost indian car , which is a sort of science fiction in his culture. Idan ofer , who invested in "better place" the electric car company with the swappable batteries. And BTW , i'm sure bezos see full e-commerce(including groceries and fashio and furniture) as a science fiction.

CodeCube 14y ago

Jeff Bezos: http://www.blueorigin.com/ http://www.blueorigin.com/ In addition to glass, the google guys get credit for http://www.planetaryresources.com/ http://www.planetaryresources.com/ and the driverless cars ;)

rayiner 14y ago
What did the Google guys do for Glass or driverless cars other than bankroll them?
- dbrian 14y ago
  Isn't that kind of the point?
  - CodeCube 14y ago
    So what? what did Elon musk do for spacex and tesla other than bankroll them? edit: meant as reply to GP :)
    - rayiner 14y ago
      Quit his day job to run them?
  - albemuth 14y ago
    No, Tony Stark builds and code everything himself. From scratch.

andyjohnson0 14y ago

Gosling is a senior employee of Liquid Robotics, joining four years after it started. He didn't found it.

manaskarekar 14y ago
Is that relevant? The link I've posted is the press release announcing him joining the company. If he decides to pick up from a point where progress has been made, that's just less time wasted reinventing the wheel.

rayiner 14y ago

I think the reason Musk gets so much attention is: 1) Tesla and SpaceX are both successful and in the news; 2) he doesn't just bankroll the projects, he's on the ground executing them while advocating for them zealously in the press. It's the same reason why Bill Gates has gotten such attention for his philanthropic work. He lends something which is in a way more valuable than his money: his personal time and ability to execute.

ippisl 14y ago

I would add: Khosla, who pushed green tech as a VC and with his private money. ratan TATA , who pushed the low cost indian car , which is a sort of science fiction in his culture. Idan ofer , who invested in "better place" the electric car company with the swappable batteries. And BTW , i'm sure bezos see full e-commerce(including groceries and fashio and furniture) as a science fiction.