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Founder of Palm Computing
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Jeff Hawkins Biography


Born on June 1, 1957, in Huntington, New York, U.S. Jeff Hawkins is a renowned Neuroscientist. He is the founder of Palm Computing and Handspring. When he focused on neuroscience, he founded the Redwood Center or Theoretical Neuroscience. Jeff is an alum of Cornell University, where he received a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering in 1979. After graduation, he proceeded for Intel, after that Grid Systems in 1982, where the (RAD) rapid application development was designed and developed by Jeff. He also worked for other top companies such as Hewlett-Packard, and USRobotics.Jeff founded Handspring in 1999, and the Palm in 2000. Jeff together with Donna Dubinsky and Dileep George founded the Numenta in 2005, the company is based in Redwood City, California. The mission of the organization is: to reverse-engineer the neocortex and enable machine intelligence technology based on brain theory.Jeff has researched and written a lot on neuroscience and the brain theory. He attempted starting a new department centered on the study of brain functions at Intel but was denied, instead he wrote the book; on intelligence, co-authored with Sandra Blakeslee in 2005.


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