Scientist Ray Kurzweil Talks About Alkaline Water

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Ray Kurzweil was inducted in 2002 into the National Inventors Hall of Fame, established by the U.S. Patent Office. He received the $500,000 Lemelson-MIT Prize, the nation’s largest award in invention and innovation. He also received the 1999 National Medal of Technology, the nation’s highest honor in technology, from President Clinton in a White House ceremony.

He has also received scores of other national and international awards, including the 1994 Dickson Prize (Carnegie Mellon University’s top science prize), Engineer of the Year from Design News, Inventor of the Year from MIT, and the Grace Murray Hopper Award from the Association for Computing Machinery. He has received twelve honorary Doctorates and honors from three U.S. presidents.

He has received seven national and international film awards. Ray’s books include The Age of Intelligent Machines, The Age of Spiritual Machines, and Fantastic Voyage: Live Long Enough to Live Forever. Four of Ray’s books have been national best sellers and The Age of Spiritual Machines has been translated into 9 languages and was the #1 best selling book on Amazon in science.

Scientist Ray Kurzweil Talks About Alkaline Water

Question: How can alkaline water with a pH of 9 or 10 be expected to affect the body when the pH of the stomach is 2 or less?

Answer: It is important to remember that large amounts of hydrochloric acid are present in the stomach primarily when food is there. There is only a small amount of acid in stomach when it is empty, and this can be easily overcome when alkaline electron-rich water is consumed. Therefore, in order to gain maximum benefit, we recommend drinking alkaline water in between meals. Water consumed between meals will very quickly pass through the stomach and the GI tract.

Question: I have read on the Internet that it is not possible to create alkaline or acid water from pure water and that water that is pure enough to drink can’t be split into alkaline and acid components. Is this true?

Answer: As responsible scientists, we had the same skepticism when we first heard about alkaline water.

Therefore, the first thing we did was to purchase a water alkalinizer as well as an accurate electronic pH meter. We ran tap water with pH 7.1 from our home faucet into the device and found that the water coming out of the alkaline outlet had a pH of 9.5 (indicating very alkaline), while the water from the acid outlet measured pH 4.5 (indicating very acidic).

We repeated this experiment with a variety of tap waters obtaining alkaline outputs with a pH ranging from 9.5 to 9.9. It is true that “pure” or distilled water can not be ionized. If you were to try to “split” distilled water, it would not work. Tap or spring water, however, has dissolved minerals in it. It’s the minerals in the water; primarily calcium, potassium and magnesium that allow water to be “split” by an electric current into alkaline, “electron-rich” (i.e., containing negatively charged ions that can engage in chemical reactions to provide electrons to positively charged free radicals) and acid, “electron-deficient” components. Individuals who say it is not possible to split tap or spring water are misinformed.

One site on the Internet states “Ionized water is nothing more than sales fiction; the term is meaningless to chemists. Most water that is fit for drinking is too unconductive to undergo significant electrolysis.”

The above statement is easily shown to be incorrect with a simple pH meter and an electrolysis machine. Most tap waters run through the machine produce highly alkaline water as measured by a pH meter.

Question: Since you advocate drinking alkaline water, why not simply mix something like sodium bicarbonate (baking soda) with water and drink that? There are, in fact, alkaline waters sold that are made by mixing water with bicarbonate. Wouldn’t that work as well and be much less expensive than a water alkalinizer?

Answer: There are more benefits to “alkaline water” than simply the alkalinity or pH. The most important feature of alkaline water produced by a water alkalinizer is its oxidation reduction potential (ORP). Water with a high negative ORP is of particular value in its ability to neutralize oxygen free radicals.

ORP can also be directly tested using an ORP sensor and meter. We have conducted these experiments as well. We found that water coming directly from the tap had an ORP of +290mV, while the water coming out of the water alkalinizer had a negative ORP. The more negative the ORP of a substance (that is, the higher its negative ORP), the more likely it is to engage in chemical reactions that donate electrons. These electrons are immediately available to engage in reactions that neutralize positively charged free radicals. This is the key benefit of water produced by a water alkalinizer that is not available by simply drinking water than has had some bicarb or other compounds dissolved in it to make it alkaline.

Although water mixed with bicarbonate is indeed alkaline, it does not have a negative ORP; rather it has a positive ORP, meaning that it is unable to neutralize dangerous oxygen free radicals. Alkaline water produced by running tap water through an electrolysis machine does have a high negative ORP, meaning that it does have the ability to neutralize oxygen free radicals. We have confirmed these ORP measurements through our direct tests.

Question: OK, why is it important to drink alkaline water with a high negative ORP?

Answer: All chemical reactions occur with the transfer of electrons. Negatively charged entities are said to be reducing agents, meaning they are relatively electron rich and are able to donate electrons, reducing the charge of the entity with which they react. Relatively electron-poor entities are referred to as oxidizing agents, meaning they tend to pull electrons away. Thus, each substance in our body may act as either an oxidizing or reducing agent. However, not just any negatively charged ion will be able to engage in the specific chemical reactions needed to neutralize oxygen free radicals. The HCO3- (bicarbonate) ions in alkaline bicarb water do not have this potential, whereas the OH- and mineral-rich water coming from an electrolysis machine (from tap water) does have this potential. That is implied in the negative value of the “oxidation reduction potential.”

Free radicals are among the most damaging molecules in the body and are highly unstable molecules that are oxidizing agents and are electron deficient. They are a principal cause of damage and disease in the body. Oxygen free radicals contribute significantly to a broad variety of harmful conditions in the body ranging from life- threatening conditions such as heart disease, stroke and cancer, to less severe conditions such as sunburns, arthritis, cataracts, and many others. Free radicals MUST get electrons from somewhere and will steal them from whatever molecules are around, including normal, healthy tissues.

Damage to tissues results when free radicals strip these electrons from healthy cells. If the damage goes on unchecked, this will lead to disease. For example, the oxidation of LDL cholesterol particles in arterial walls by free radicals triggers an immune system response that results in atherosclerosis, the principal cause of heart disease. The negative ions in alkaline water from an electrolysis machine are a rich source of electrons that can be donated to these free radicals in the body, neutralizing them and stopping them from damaging healthy tissues. Specifically, these ions have the potential to engage in the chemical reactions necessary to neutralize oxygen free radicals.

Vitamin C and E, grape seed extract and alpha lipoic acid, for example, are all powerful electron donors. The vegetable-rich diet we recommend is alkaline and helps donate electrons to the body. Alkaline, electron-rich water falls in the same category. It can help with your body’s need for electrons to counteract free radicals.

Interestingly, we also tested vegetable juice with the ORP meter and found that it also has a high negative ORP, meaning that it is able to neutralize oxygen free radicals. So at least one of the important benefits of eating vegetables can be obtained from drinking the high negative ORP alkaline water from an electrolysis machine.

Another benefit of drinking alkaline water is that it assists in the absorption of minerals. We know that if the body is not absorbing enough minerals, it will rob minerals from the body’s mineral reserves, chiefly calcium from the bones.

It is well known that many chronic diseases result in excess acidity of the body (metabolic acidosis). We also know that the body tends to become more acidic due to modern dietary habits and lifestyles and the aging process itself. By drinking high negative ORP alkaline water, you combat metabolic acidosis and improve absorption of nutrients.

The blood is carefully buffered to keep it in a narrow range between pH 7.35 to 7.45. The body keeps blood pH stable by utilizing alkaline buffers, chiefly bicarbonate, to neutralize acidic liquids (such as colas, which have a pH as low as 2.5) and other acidic products and byproducts. But as the blood stream receives these acidic substances, the alkaline buffers get used up. Drinking alkaline water helps reduce the burden on the limited alkaline buffers which are needed for the body’s natural detoxification processes.

Question: Is there research that actually shows the benefits of drinking alkaline water?

Answer: A number of studies are summarized below. One study described below suggests that alkaline water encourages “friendly” anaerobic microflora in the human intestinal tract, and discourages “unfriendly” aerobic organisms. The researcher (see Vorobjeva NV below) writes: “Many diseases of the intestine are due to a disturbance in the balance of the microorganisms inhabiting the gut. The treatment of such diseases involves the restoration of the quantity and/or balance of residential microflora in the intestinal tract. It is known that aerobes and anaerobes grow at different oxidation-reduction potentials (ORP). The former require positive E(h) values up to +400 mV. Anaerobes do not grow unless the E(h) value is negative between - 300 and -400 mV. In this work, it is suggested that prerequisite for the recovery and maintenance of obligatory anaerobic microflora in the intestinal tract is a negative ORP value of the intestinal milieu. Electrolyzed reducing water with E(h) values between 0 and -300 mV produced in electrolysis devices possesses this property. Drinking such water favours the growth of residential microflora in the gut. A sufficient array of data confirms this idea.”

Dr. Grossman has also had many of his patients report of health benefits they have experienced from drinking alkaline electron-rich water.

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A sample of studies on the health benefits of alkaline electron-rich water.

Huang KC, Yang CC, Lee KT, Chien CT. Reduced hemodialysis-induced oxidative stress in end-stage renal disease patients by electrolyzed reduced water. Kidney Int. 2003 Aug;64(2):704-14.

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BACKGROUND : Increased oxidative stress in end-stage renal disease (ESRD) patients may oxidize macromolecules and consequently lead to cardiovascular events during chronic hemodialysis. Electrolyzed reduced water (ERW) with reactive oxygen species (ROS) scavenging ability may have a potential effect on reduction of hemodialysis-induced oxidative stress in ESRD patients. METHODS: We developed a chemiluminescence emission spectrum and high-performance liquid chromatography analysis to assess the effect of ERW replacement on plasma ROS (H2O2 and HOCl) scavenging activity and oxidized lipid or protein production in ESRD patients undergoing hemodialysis. Oxidized markers, dityrosine, methylguanidine, and phosphatidylcholine hydroperoxide, and inflammatory markers, interleukin 6 (IL-6), and C-reactive protein (CRP) were determined. RESULTS: Although hemodialysis efficiently removes dityrosine and creatinine, hemodialysis increased oxidative stress, including phosphatidylcholine hydroperoxide, and methylguanidine. Hemodialysis reduced the plasma ROS scavenging activity, as shown by the augmented reference H2O2 and HOCl counts (Rh2o2 and Rhocl, respectively) and decreased antioxidative activity (expressed as total antioxidant status in this study). ERW administration diminished hemodialysis-enhanced Rh2o2 and Rhocl, minimized oxidized and inflammatory markers (CRP and IL-6), and partly restored total antioxidant status during 1-month treatment. CONCLUSION: This study demonstrates that hemodialysis with ERW administration may efficiently increase the H2O2- and HOCl-dependent antioxidant defense and reduce H2O2- and HOCl-induced oxidative stress.

Shirahata S, Kabayama S, Nakano M, Miura T, Kusumoto K, Gotoh M, Hayashi H, Otsubo K, Morisawa S, Katakura Y. Electrolyzed-reduced water scavenges active oxygen species and protects DNA from oxidative damage. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 1997 May 8;234(1):269-74.

Active oxygen species or free radicals are considered to cause extensive oxidative damage to biological macromolecules, which brings about a variety of diseases as well as aging. The ideal scavenger for active oxygen should be ‘active hydrogen’. ‘Active hydrogen’ can be produced in reduced water near the cathode during electrolysis of water. Reduced water exhibits high pH, low dissolved oxygen (DO), extremely high dissolved molecular hydrogen (DH), and extremely negative redox potential (RP) values. Strongly electrolyzed-reduced water, as well as ascorbic acid, (+)-catechin and tannic acid, completely scavenged O.-2 produced by the hypoxanthine-xanthine oxidase (HX-XOD) system in sodium phosphate buffer (pH 7.0). The superoxide dismutase (SOD)-like activity of reduced water is stable at 4 degrees C for over a month and was not lost even after neutralization, repeated freezing and melting, deflation with sonication, vigorous mixing, boiling, repeated filtration, or closed autoclaving, but was lost by opened autoclaving or by closed autoclaving in the presence of tungsten trioxide which efficiently adsorbs active atomic hydrogen. Water bubbled with hydrogen gas exhibited low DO, extremely high DH and extremely low RP values, as does reduced water, but it has no SOD-like activity. These results suggest that the SOD-like activity of reduced water is not due to the dissolved molecular hydrogen but due to the dissolved atomic hydrogen (active hydrogen). Although SOD accumulated H2O2 when added to the HX-XOD system, reduced water decreased the amount of H2O2 produced by XOD. Reduced water, as well as catalase and ascorbic acid, could directly scavenge H2O2. Reduced water suppresses single-strand breakage of DNA b active oxygen species produced by the Cu(II)-catalyzed oxidation of ascorbic acid in a dose-dependent manner, suggesting that reduced water can scavenge not only O2.- and H2O2, but also 1O2 and .OH.

Vorobjeva NV. Selective stimulation of the growth of anaerobic microflora in the human intestinal tract by electrolyzed reducing water. Med Hypotheses. 2005;64(3):543-6.

96-99% of the “friendly” or residential microflora of intestinal tract of humans consists of strict anaerobes and only 1-4% of aerobes. Many diseases of the intestine are due to a disturbance in the balance of the microorganisms inhabiting the gut. The treatment of such diseases involves the restoration of the quantity and/or balance of residential microflora in the intestinal tract. It is known that aerobes and anaerobes grow at different oxidation- reduction potentials (ORP). The former require positive E(h) values up to +400 mV. Anaerobes do not grow unless the E(h) value is negative between -300 and -400 mV. In this work, it is suggested that prerequisite for the recovery and maintenance of obligatory anaerobic microflora in the intestinal tract is a negative ORP value of the intestinal milieu. Electrolyzed reducing water with E(h) values between 0 and -300 mV produced in electrolysis devices possesses this property. Drinking such water favours the growth of residential microflora in the gut. A sufficient array of data confirms this idea. However, most researchers explain the mechanism of its action by an antioxidant properties destined to detox the oxidants in the gut and other host tissues. Evidence is presented in favour of the hypothesis that the primary target for electrolyzed reducing water is the residential microflora in the gut. Chen H, Kimura M, Zhu Z, Itokawa Y, Evaluation on ionized calcium as a nutrient. The 11th symposium on Trace Nutrients Research, Japan Trace Nutrients Research Society, p131- 138, 1994.

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Summary: To clarify effect of ionized calcium water for drinking water in rats, 36 Male Wister rats weighing about 50g were randomly divided into 6 groups, and given following diet and drinking water : (1) Ca-sufficient diet, tap-water; (2) Ca-sufficient diet, tap-water;(3) Ca- sufficient diet, calcium lactate added-ionized calcium-water : (4) Ca-deficient diet, calcium lactate added-water ; (5) Ca deficient diet, calcium lactate added-water 6) Ca-deficient diet, calcium lactate added ionized calcium-water. The diets were given by paired-feeding method 4 weeks and drinking water was ad libitum. The significant change of calcium concentration in the rats were was follows; Ca concentration of plasma, spleen, of plasma, spleen, kidney, testis and tibia in Ca deficient groups (4), (5), (6) were significantly low compared with these in Ca sufficient groups (1),(2),(3) Ca concentration in brain of groups (4),(5),(6) was low compared to these in groups (2), Ca concentration in heart and muscle of group (4) was low compared to Ca deficient groups (1),(2),(3), but these in group (5) drank Ca added-water was recovered and these in group (6) drank ionized-Ca-water was higher than these in any other groups. Ca concentration of liver in groups (4) were significantly lower than that in group (1),(3) and Ca concentration of liver in Ca deficient rats (groups (5),(6)) drank Ca-added- water were high compared to these in group (4). In 24 hours urine discharge of group (2) was high compared with groups (4), (5), (6). These results suggest that ionized Ca in drinking water may be active for intestinal absorption.

Vormann J, Worlitschek M, Goedecke T, Silver B, Supplementation with alkaline minerals reduces symptoms of patients with chronic low back pain, J Trace Elem. Med. Biol. Vol. 15, pp. 179-183, 2001 Abstract: The cause of low back pain is heterogeneous, it has been hypothesized that a latent chronic acidosis might contribute to these symptoms. It was tested whether a supplementation with alkaline minerals would influence symptoms in patients with low back pain symptoms. In an open prospective study 82 patients with chronic low back pain received daily 30 g of a lactose based alkaline multimineral supplement (Basica) over a period of 4 weeks in addition to their usual medication. Pain symptoms were quantified with the “Arhus low back pain rating scale” (ARS). Mean ARS dropped highly significant by 49% from 41 to 21 points after 4 weeks supplementation. In 76 out of 82 patients a reduction in ARS was achieved by the supplementation. Total blood buffering capacity was significantly increased from 77.69 ± 6.79 to 80.16 ± 5.24 mmol/L (mean ± SEM, n=82, p < 0.001) and also blood pH rose from 7.456 ± 0.007 to 7.470 ± 0.007 (mean ± SEM, n=75, p < 0.05). Only intracellular magnesium increased by 11% while other intracellular minerals were not significantly changed in sublingual tissue as measured with the EXA-test. Plasma concentrations of potassium, calcium, iron, copper, and zinc were within the normal range and not significantly influenced by the supplementation. Plasma magnesium was slightly reduced after the supplementation (-3%, p < 0.05). The results show that a disturbed acid-base balance may contribute to the symptoms of low back pain. The simple and safe addition of an alkaline multimineral preparate was able to reduce the pain symptoms in these patients with chronic low back pain.

Personal

Born, February 12, 1948

Married to Sonya R. Kurzweil

Contact Information

Kurzweil Technologies, Inc. PMB 193 733 Turnpike Street North Andover, MA 01845

781-263-0000 Fax: 781-263-9999 E-mail: [email protected]

Web: www.KurzweilTech.com and www.KurzweilAI.net

Education

1970 B.S., Computer Science and Literature, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Companies Founded

2005 Co-Founder, Chairman and CEO, K-NFB Reading Technology, Inc.

K-NFB Reading Technology, Inc. developed and introduced the first pocket-sized print-to- speech reading machine for the blind (the Kurzweil – National Federation of the Blind Reader).

2003 Co-Founder, Chairman and co-CEO, Ray & Terry’s Longevity Products, Inc.

Ray & Terry’s Longevity Products develops and markets leading nutraceutical health products that combine excellent taste with outstanding nutritional qualities. The food products are not just fortified with nutritional supplements, they are comprised entirely of health- promoting nutritional supplements. The company also develops and markets nutritional supplements.

2001 Founder, CEO and Editor-in-Chief, www.KurzweilAI.net

KurzweilAI.net is the “home of the big thinkers,” with over about 1,000 articles by over 100 authors on the future of technology and its impact on society. It features “Ramona,” a lifelike avatar with conversational abilities based on natural language processing technology. KurzweilAI.net is a leading resource on the web for advanced technologies, with more than one million readers and a daily electronic newsletter.

2000 Founder, Chairman and CEO, Kurzweil Cyber Art Technologies, Inc. (”KCAT”)

KCAT “creates software that creates art.” KCAT products include “Ray Kurzweil’s Cybernetic Poet” and “AARON the Cybernetic Artist” developed by Harold Cohen.

Developing Ray Kurzweil’s Fractal Artist, an intelligent interactive art creation program.

1999 Founder, Chairman and CEO, FAT KAT, Inc.

FAT KAT: Financial Accelerating Transactions from Kurzweil Adaptive Technologies. FAT KAT is developing intelligent systems based on applying pattern recognition-based algorithms to make stock-market transaction decisions.

1996 Founder , former CEO and current Chairman Emeritus, Kurzweil Educational Systems, Inc. (”KESI”)

Kurzweil Education develops and markets educational software products. KESI has developed a new generation of reading technology software for persons with reading disabilities, ADHD, low vision, and visual impairment. Its two product lines – the Kurzweil 3000 and Kurzweil 1000 – are the lead products in their product categories. The Kurzweil 3000 has been adopted by thousands of schools in the United States and other countries.

1995 Founder, Chairman and CEO of Kurzweil Technologies, Inc. (”KTI”).

KTI is a software development firm, currently supporting KurzweilAI.net, KCAT and FAT KAT.

KTI is developing a hand held reading system for the blind in a joint effort with the National Federation of the Blind.

KTI has provided assistance to clients on the assessment, development and disposition of patents, technology assets and software technologies. KTI clients have included:

United Therapeutics, Inc.

The American Board of Family Practice

Wang Laboratories, Inc. Creditors Committee

Wang Laboratories, Inc.

Kendall Square Research, Inc. Creditors Committee

DSP Associates Tech Online

1982 Founder and former CEO, Kurzweil Applied Intelligence, Inc. (”KAI”).

KAI developed the first commercially marketed large vocabulary speech Recognition technology. The company continues as part of ScanSoft (formerly Kurzweil Computer Products, Inc.).

1982 Founder and former CEO, Kurzweil Music Systems, Inc.

Sold in 1990, is now the Kurzweil Music Systems division of Hyundai.

The Kurzweil Music products continue as a leading brand of musical instruments for both professional and amateur musicians, distributed in 45 countries worldwide.

1974 Founder and former CEO, Kurzweil Computer Products, Inc.

Sold to Xerox Corporation in 1980, now Nuance (a public company with a $2 billion market cap).

Kurzweil Computer Products (now Nuance) was the worldwide market leader in reading machines for the Blind through 1996 and continues today as a leader in scanning and character recognition technology and products. The current market leader in reading machines for the blind and persons with learning disabilities is Kurzweil Educational Systems, Inc.

The Kurzweil OCR (optical character recognition) software is now called TextBridge, a worldwide market leader in OCR. This software has been in continuous development for 29 years.

Technology Firsts

2006 First pocket-sized print-to-speech reading machine for the blind (the Kurzweil – National Federation of the Blind Reader)

2001 First “host / hostess” Avatar on the Web to combine a lifelike photo realistic, moving and speaking facial image with a conversational engine.

2001 First Virtual Performing and Recording Artist (Ramona) to perform in front of a live audience with a live band.

1997 First Print-to-Speech Reading System for Persons with Reading Disabilities that Reads from a Displayed Image of the Page (Kurzweil 3000) 1997 First Continuous Speech Natural Language Command and Control Software(Kurzweil VoiceCommands)

1994 First Speech Recognition Dictation System for Windows (Kurzweil Voice for Windows)

1987 First commercially marketed Large Vocabulary Speech Recognition (Kurzweil Voice Report)

1985 First Knowledge Base System for Creating Medical Reports (Kurzweil VoiceMED)

1984 First Computer Music Keyboard capable of accurately reproducing the sounds of the grand piano and other orchestral instruments (Kurzweil 250)

1976 First Omni-Font (i.e., any type font) Optical Character Recognition (now Xerox TextBridge)

1976 First Print-to-Speech Reading Machine for the Blind (Kurzweil Reading Machine) The Kurzweil Reading Machine is considered to be the world’s first consumer product to successfully incorporate Artificial Intelligence technology.

1975 First CCD Flatbed Scanner

1975 First Text-to-Speech speech synthesis

1967 First computer-based Expert System for College Selection (SELECT). SELECT was sold to Harcourt Brace Jovanovich (New York)

1964 Developed computer-based expert system for music composition; won seven national awards including first prize in the International Science Fair in Electronics & Communications. Honored at award ceremony with President Johnson recognizing achievements of young American scientists.

1964 First computerized Four-Way Analysis of Variance (statistical program)

Selected Current Products of Companies Founded by Ray Kurzweil The companies founded by Ray Kurzweil all continue with major research and development programs and product lines. Three of these companies (the last three below) were sold to larger companies, but nonetheless maintain their identity as active subsidiaries. The products offered by these companies continue to be prominent in their markets, which are the same markets they were founded to pursue. Below are selected current products of these companies, many of which have won awards. K-NFB Reading Technology, Inc.

Kurzweil – National Federation of the Blind Reader

Kurzweil Accelerating Intelligence Network, Inc.

The KurzweilAI.net web site and newsletter

Kurzweil CyberArt, Inc.

AARON, The cybernetic artist

Ray Kurzweil’s Cybernetic Poet

Kurzweil Educational systems, Inc.

Kurzweil 3000 Reading System for Persons with Reading Disabilities

Kurzweil 1000 Reading System for the Blind

Kurzweil Music Systems (division of Hyundai.):

Kurzweil Home Products: Mark 5, 10, 150, Micro Piano and others

Kurzweil Pro Products: K2000, K2500, K2600, PC88 and others

Nuance (formerly Kurzweil Computer Products, Inc.):

TextBridge (shrink-wrapped OCR product)

Selected Accomplishments of Kurzweil Technologies, Inc.

Advisors/Mentors to:

United Therapeutics: (public) pharmaceutical company Inforte: e-business consulting Zyvex: nanotechnology New Hope Pharmaceuticals: cancer and disease assays SSB Technologies: enabling web technology for disabilities Integrated Fuel Cell Technologies: microscopic fuel cells using MEMS Biophan Technologies: pacemakers that allow MRI TechOnline: online education and training for engineers

Software Development of Patient Simulation System for The American Board of Family Practice Advisor to TechOnline, a leading online educational site for engineers Arranged the sale of the assets of

The International Conference on Signal Processing Applications and Technology and DSP World EXPO to Miller Freeman Co., Inc. Arranged the sale of the patent assets (as court appointed exclusive agent) of

Kendall Square Research, Inc. to Sun Microsystems, Inc.

Arranged the license of technology assets (as court appointed exclusive agent) of

Kendall Square Research, Inc. to Dolphin Systems, Inc.

The principal technology advisor to Wang Laboratories, Inc. in the negotiation of its Strategic Alliance Agreement with Microsoft Corp. The principal technology advisor to the Creditors Committee for Wang Laboratories, Inc. in the formulation of its plan of reorganization confirmed in September, 1993.

Public Company Board Positions

United Therapeutics (2002 - present)

Inforte (1999 - present)

Medical Manager Corporation (1997 - 2000)

Wang Laboratories, Inc. (October 1993-1999, when company was sold to Getronics) Chairman, Strategy and Technology Committee, Board of Directors (October 1993 – 1998)

Kurzweil Applied Intelligence, Inc. (1982 until its sale in 1997)

Social and Professional Organizations

Director, Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence Chairman and founder, The Kurzweil Foundation

Trustee, Beth Israel Hospital Director, Massachusetts Computer Software Council Former Director, Boston Computer Society Incorporator, Boston Museum of Science Former Member, MIT Corporation Visiting Committee, MIT School of Humanities, MIT School of Music Former Overseer, Board of Overseers, New England Conservatory of Music Former Member, Technology Advisory Committee, National Center on Adult Literacy, University of Pennsylvania Chairman, “Robots and Beyond: The Age of Intelligent Machines” (Exhibition on Artificial Intelligence presented at eight leading science museums), 1987-1990.

Books and Film

The Singularity is Near, When Humans Transcend Biology www.Singularity.com Viking / Penguin Books, September 2005

Fantastic Voyage: Live Long Enough to Live Forever, co-authored with Terry Grossman, M.D. www.Fantastic-Voyage.net Rodale Books, October 2004

Are We Spiritual Machines, Ray Kurzweil versus the Critics of Strong AI

The Discovery Institute Press (2002)

The Age of Spiritual Machines, When Computers Exceed Human Intelligence

Viking / Penguin Books, 1999

Orion Books, 1999 (British Edition)

Verlag Kiepenheuer & Witsch, 1999 (German Edition)

Allen & Unwin, 1999 (Australian Edition)

12 Foreign editions including German, Spanish, Italian, Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Hebrew

The 10% Solution for a Healthy Life,

Crown Publishers, 1993

Bookman Press (Australian Edition), 1993

Crown Trade Paperbacks, 1995

The Age of Intelligent Machines,

MIT Press, 1990

MIT Press Paperback Edition, 1992

Hanser Verlag (German Edition), 1993

Conacyt (Spanish Edition), 1994

The Age of Intelligent Machines (the film),

MIT Press, 1987

Journalism “The Futurecast,” A monthly column in Library Journal (1991 - 1993) KurzweilAI.net: a leading web site for advanced technologies, providing about 1,000 articles and a daily electronic newsletter.

Honorary Degrees

2007 (scheduled) Honorary Doctorate of Science, Bloomfield College

2006 Honorary Doctorate of Science, DePaul University

2005 Honorary Doctorate of Science, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

2002 Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters, Landmark College

2000 Honorary Doctorate in Science and Humanities, Michigan State University

1993 Honorary Doctorate of Science, Dominican College

1991 Honorary Doctorate of Science, Queens College, City University of New York

1990 Honorary Doctorate of Science, New Jersey Institute of Technology

1989 Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters, Misericordia College

1989 Honorary Doctorate of Engineering, Merrimack College

1988 Honorary Doctorate of Science, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

1988 Honorary Doctorate of Science, Northeastern University

1987 Honorary Doctorate of Music, Berklee College of Music

1982 Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters, Hofstra University

Selected Awards and Honors 2006 Tech Museum Award in recognition of the Kurzweil – National Federation of the Blind Reader

2006 IEEE Alfred N. Goldsmith Award for Distinguished Contributions to Engineering Communication

2006 Inducted into the Electronic Design Hall of Fame

2005 Inducted into the CRN Industry Hall of Fame

2005 Lifeboat Foundation Guardian Award , for research in the field of bioterrorism

2002 Inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame, founded by the U.S. Patent Office

2001 Platinum Album from the Canadian Recording Industry Association for contribution to the album “Spiritual Machines” by Our Lady Peace

2001 Second Annual American Composers Orchestra Award for the Advancement of New Music in America.

2000 Lemelson-MIT Prize. This $500,000 award is the largest in the U.S. in invention and innovation

1999 National Medal of Technology, the nation’s highest honor in technology, to be presented by President Clinton in a White House Ceremony on March 14, 2000

1998 Stevie Wonder / SAP “Vision Award” for Product of the Year (for the Kurzweil 1000), a $150,000 prize (being used by the Kurzweil Foundation to provide scholarships to blind students)

1997 President’s Award, AHEAD (Association on Higher Education and Disability)

1996 Software Industry Achievement Award, Massachusetts Software Council

1995 Access Prize, American Foundation for the Blind

1994 Dickson Prize, Carnegie Mellon University’s top science prize 1994 Gordon Winston Award, Canadian National Institute for the Blind

1993 ACM Fellow Award, Association for Computing Machinery

1992 Massachusetts Quincentennial Award for Innovation and Discovery

1991 Louis Braille Award, Associated Services for the Blind

1990 Engineer of the Year Award, awarded by Design News magazine

1989 Founders Award, awarded by MIT to leading alumni entrepreneurs

1988 Inventor of the Year Award, awarded by MIT, the Boston Museum of Science and Boston Patent Law Association

1986 Honorary Chairman for Innovation, White House Conference on Small Business

1986 The 1986 White House Award for Entrepreneurial Excellence, President Reagan

1986 Distinguished Inventor Award, Intellectual Property Owners

1984 Best of the New Generation Award, Esquire Magazine

1984 “An American Portrait,” CBS News

1983 Francis Joseph Campbell Award, American Library Association

1982 Computer Science Award, President Reagan

1982 Admitted to the Computer Industry Hall of Fame

1981 National Award, Johns Hopkins University, Personal Computing to Aid the Handicapped

1978 Grace Murray Hopper Award, Association for Computing Machinery 1977 Governor’s Award, Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis

1965 First Prize, Electronics and Communications, International Science Fair

Selected Book Awards and Honors

2005 New York Times Best Seller List, #1 ranking on Amazon in the categories of Science, Technology, and Philosophy: The Singularity is Near

1999 Literary Lights Prize, Boston Public Library: The Age of Spiritual Machines

1999 National Best Seller Lists, including #1 Ranking on Amazon in the categories of Science/Math and Artificial Intelligence, The Age of Spiritual Machines

1993 Regional BEST SELLER Lists: The 10% Solution for a Healthy Life

1991 Most Outstanding Computer Science Book of 1990 Award, Association of American Publishers: The Age of Intelligent Machines

1991 The Silicon Valley BEST SELLER List: The Age of Intelligent Machines

1991 MIT Press Best Seller: The Age of Intelligent Machines

Selected Film Awards

1988 Prize of the President of the Festival, International Film Festival of Czechoslovakia

1988 Technology Culture Award, International Festival of Scientific Films, Belgrade

1987 CINE Golden Eagle Award

1987 Gold Medal - Science Education, International Film and TV Festival of New York

1987 Creative Excellence Award, U.S. Industrial Film and Video Festival

1987 The Chris Plaque, Columbus International Film Festival Partial List of Patents

U.S. 7,098,917 Generating visual art

U.S. 7,084,874 Virtual reality presentation

U.S. 6,941,262 Poet assistant’s graphical user interface (GUI)

U.S. 6,754,823 Technique for distributing software

U.S. 6,747,672 Virtual patient hot spots

U.S. 6,692,258 Patient simulator

U.S. 6,647,395 Poet personalities

U.S. 6,587,583 Compression / decompression algorithm for image documents having text, graphical and color content

U.S. 6,320,982 Compression / decompression algorithm for image documents having text, graphical and color content

U.S. 6,246,791 Compression / decompression algorithm for image documents having text, graphical and color content

U.S. 6,199,042 Reading system

U.S. 6,173,264 Reading system displaying scanned images with dual highlighting

U.S. 6,125,347 System for controlling multiple user application programs by spoken input

U.S. 6,052,663 Reading system which reads aloud from an image representation of a document

U.S. 6,033,224 Reading machine system for the blind having a dictionary U.S. 6,014,464 Compression / decompression algorithm for image documents having text, graphical and color content

U.S. 5,875,428 Reading system displaying scanned images with dual highlights

Selected Keynote Addresses and Principal Lectures

2005-2006 Keynote addresses at many public, academic, government, and corporate events including the Explorer’s club, TED2005, Cisco, Wired Magazine’s Icon Speaker Series, NIH Director’s Lecture, Google Zeitgeist, Microsoft, The World Bank, The Wall Street Journal & CNBC’s World Healthcare Congress, Tech Review’s Emerging Technologies Conference at M IT, The Council on Foreign Relations, BioAgenda, BIO-IT World, the MIT CEO Summit, Stanford University, The World Future Society, Pfizer, Lockheed Martin, Computer Science Corporation’s Leading Edge Forum, IBM Research Zurich, and many others.

2000-2004 Keynote Addresses at many leading conferences, including the Microsoft CEO Summit, Pop!Tech, the World Economic Forum, PC Expo, SIGGRAPH, Business Week, the Council on Foreign Relations, The American Psychiatric Association, Cowen, TED, ACM, ICASSP, Agenda, NY Music & Internet Expo, a joint keynote address with former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak for SCP Capital, and many others.

1999 Presentations at Smithsonian, Tech Museum of Innovation (San Jose), Philadelphia Library, Johns Hopkins University, Seybold Conference, CSPAN, and many others

1997 Keynote Address, AHEAD (Association on Higher Education and Disability) National Conference, “The Role of Technology in Overcoming Disabilities”

1997 Panel on HAL’s Birthday, University of Illinois at Urbana

1996 Keynote Address, National Federation of the Blind - Canadian National Institute for the Blind, International Conference on Technology for the Blind, “What Technology can Contribute”

1996 President’s Forum Address, Entrepreneurship Institute Conference

1996 Keynote Address, Association for Education and Rehabilitation, Annual International Conference, “The End of Handicaps”

1996 Keynote Address, Medical Group Management Association, “Computer Science and Medicine in the Twenty-First Century” 1996 Keynote Address, American Committee for the Weizmann Institute of Science

1996 Lecture, American Conference Institute, “Developing Intellectual Property”

1995 Joint Keynote Address with (former) Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres, Gartner Group, Annual International Conference on Personal Computing (MidEast), “Turing’s Prophecy”

1995 Keynote Address, Turnaround Management Association, “Creating and Preserving Wealth in the Age of Knowledge”

1995 Keynote Address, IBM Computing Conference, “The Future of Computing Technology”

1995 Dickson Prize Lecture, Carnegie Mellon University, “Machine Intelligence: The First 80 Years (1940 - 2020)”

1995 Friedberg Lecture, Johns Hopkins University, “The Future of Machine Intelligence”

1995 Keynote Address, Jo Taylor Leadership Institute National Conference, American Foundation for the Blind, “The End of Handicaps”

1994 Presentation on the Wang Reorganization to the MIT Enterprise Forum

1994 Keynote Address, Gartner Group, Annual International Conferences on Personal Computing (U.S. and Europe), “The Future of Computing”

1994 Keynote Address, Anderson Consulting, Annual National Partners Meeting, “The Sixty-Four Squares of the Chessboard”

1994 Winston Gordon Prize Lecture, Canadian National Institute for the Blind National Conference, “The Future of Disabilities Technology”

1994 Keynote Address, President’s Committee on Employment of People with Disabilities National Conference, “The End of Handicaps”

1994 Keynote Address, PC Enterprise Conference, “The Future of Personal Computing” 1993 Keynote Address, National Conference on Technology for the Blind, National Federation of the Blind and the Canadian National Institute for the Blind, “The Future of Technology for the Visually Impaired”

1993 Keynote Address, Technology and Learning Annual National Conference, National School Boards Association, “Learning and Technology”

1993 Keynote Address, Gartner Group, Annual National Conference on the Future of Information Technology, “The Computer in the Twenty-First Century”

1993 Keynote Address, Sematech National Conference, “The Future of Computer Technology”

1993 Keynote Address, U.S. Telephone, Annual National Meeting, “How to Save a Million American Lives a Year”

1993 Keynote Address, Dupont-Merck, Annual National Research and Development Conference, “The Future of Medicine”

1993 Keynote Address, Special Libraries Association, Annual National Meeting, “The Future of Books”

1993 Keynote Address, Intergraph Users Group Annual National Meeting, “Simulating Worlds Inside the Computer”

1993 Keynote Address, Oracle Users Group Annual National Meeting, “The Sixty-Four Squares of the Chessboard”

1993 Keynote Address, The 1993 Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Computer Science National Conference, “The Emergence of True Machine Intelligence in the Twenty- First Century”

1992 Keynote Address, Association for Information and Image Management, “A Strategy for Competitiveness”

1992 Keynote Address, The Sixth Annual International Literacy and Technology Conference, “Education in the Age of Intelligent Machines”

1992 Presentation with Senator Edward Kennedy, High Tech Issues Seminar, Kennedy School of Government, “Economic Competitiveness and Software” 1991 Keynote Address, Speech Tech Annual Conference, “Automatic Speech Recognition: The First Hundred Years (1920-2020)”

1989 Keynote Address, SHARE (Association of users of IBM mainframe computers) Annual National Convention, “The History of the Computer”

1989 Keynote Address, Art and Science Summer Festival, California Museum of Science and Industry, “Creativity: Where Art and Science Meet”

1989 Keynote Address, IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) National Conference on Artificial Intelligence Applications, “From the Mind’s Eye to the Marketplace”

1987 Distinguished Lecturer, Harvard Business School, “Technology Innovation: From the Sandbox to the Showroom”

1987 Distinguished Lecturer, MIT, “Five Trends Shaping our Future World: Machine Intelligence, Parallel Processing, Silicon Compilation, Hardware to Software and Analog to Digital”

1987 Convocation Address, Berklee College of Music, “The Changing Face of Music Creation”

1986 Keynote Address on Innovation, White House Conference on Small Business, “Innovation and the Second Industrial Revolution”

1986 Principal presenter on “WorldNet,” series of three satellite broadcasts on Artificial Intelligence to 15 Nations, United States Information Agency

1984 Keynote Address, IEEE National Conference on Computer Design, “The Coming Age of Intelligent Machines”

1982 Commencement Address, Hofstra University, “Visions of the Future”

Selected Papers, Articles and Chapters

Articles in a variety of magazines, including Scientific American, Psychology Today, Time Magazine, Business 2.0, Esquire, PC Magazine, Talk magazine, Forbes ASAP, CIO, and many others in the years 1999 - 2007 “Piece of Mind”, Forbes ASAP, February 22, 1999 “The Big Crash of Convergence”, Forbes ASAP, April 1997 “When Will HAL Understand What We Are Saying? Computer Speech Recognition and Understanding”, Chapter in HAL’s Legacy, edited by David Stork (MIT Press 1996) “Why I am Building Reading Machines Again”, Braille Monitor, 1996 “The Sixty-Four Squares of the Chessboard”, Braille Monitor, 1994 “The End of Handicaps”, World Congress on Technology, December, 1991 “A Strategy for Innovation in the Second Industrial Revolution”, The Hudson Institute, October, 1990 “Beyond Pattern Recognition”, Byte, December, 1989 “The Application of Large Vocabulary Speech Recognition and Knowledge Engineering to the Creation of Written Documents”, Speech Tech, April, 1988 “A Large Vocabulary Voice Activated Word Processor”, Speech Tech, April, 1987 “The Second Industrial Revolution”, The Boston Museum of Science, January, 1987 “The Technology of the Kurzweil Voice Writer”, Byte, March, 1986 “The Commercialization of Artificial Intelligence”, Boston Computer Society, February, 1986 “What is Artificial Intelligence Anyway?”, American Scientist, May-June, 1985 Testimony - Subcommittee, House Committee on Science and Technology, Rep. James Scheuer, (D-NY), Chairman, October 18, 1977, Washington, D.C. Testimony - House Subcommittee on Select Education, Rep. John Brademas (D-Ind.), Chairman, April 26, 1977, Washington, D.C. Testimony - Senate Subcommittee on Handicapped, Sen. Jennings Randolph, (D-W. Va.), Chairman, February 8, 1977, Washington, D.C. “A Technical Overview of Reading for the Blind”, Proceedings, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, 1967 “International Analysis of Music”, Tech Engineering News, February, 1967 “Automatic Perception of Speech”, Tech Engineering News, October, 1966

Personal

Born, February 12, 1948

Married to Sonya R. Kurzweil

Contact Information

Kurzweil Technologies, Inc. PMB 193 733 Turnpike Street North Andover, MA 01845

781-263-0000 Fax: 781-263-9999 E-mail: [email protected]

Web: www.KurzweilTech.com and www.KurzweilAI.net

Education

1970 B.S., Computer Science and Literature, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Companies Founded

2005 Co-Founder, Chairman and CEO, K-NFB Reading Technology, Inc.

K-NFB Reading Technology, Inc. developed and introduced the first pocket-sized print-to- speech reading machine for the blind (the Kurzweil – National Federation of the Blind Reader). 2003 Co-Founder, Chairman and co-CEO, Ray & Terry’s Longevity Products, Inc.

2001 Founder, CEO and Editor-in-Chief, www.KurzweilAI.net

2000 Founder, Chairman and CEO, Kurzweil Cyber Art Technologies, Inc. (”KCAT”)

KCAT “creates software that creates art.” KCAT products include “Ray Kurzweil’s Cybernetic Poet” and “AARON the Cybernetic Artist” developed by Harold Cohen.

Developing Ray Kurzweil’s Fractal Artist, an intelligent interactive art creation program.

1999 Founder, Chairman and CEO, FAT KAT, Inc.

1996 Founder , former CEO and current Chairman Emeritus, Kurzweil Educational Systems, Inc. (”KESI”)

1995 Founder, Chairman and CEO of Kurzweil Technologies, Inc. (”KTI”).

KTI is a software development firm, currently supporting KurzweilAI.net, KCAT and FAT KAT.

KTI is developing a hand held reading system for the blind in a joint effort with the National Federation of the Blind. KTI has provided assistance to clients on the assessment, development and disposition of patents, technology assets and software technologies. KTI clients have included:

United Therapeutics, Inc.

The American Board of Family Practice

Wang Laboratories, Inc. Creditors Committee

Wang Laboratories, Inc.

Kendall Square Research, Inc. Creditors Committee

DSP Associates

Tech Online

1982 Founder and former CEO, Kurzweil Applied Intelligence, Inc. (”KAI”).

KAI developed the first commercially marketed large vocabulary speech Recognition technology. The company continues as part of ScanSoft (formerly Kurzweil Computer Products, Inc.).

1982 Founder and former CEO, Kurzweil Music Systems, Inc.

Sold in 1990, is now the Kurzweil Music Systems division of Hyundai.

The Kurzweil Music products continue as a leading brand of musical instruments for both professional and amateur musicians, distributed in 45 countries worldwide.

1974 Founder and former CEO, Kurzweil Computer Products, Inc.

Sold to Xerox Corporation in 1980, now Nuance (a public company with a $2 billion market cap).

The Kurzweil OCR (optical character recognition) software is now called TextBridge, a worldwide market leader in OCR. This software has been in continuous development for 29 years.

Technology Firsts 2006 First pocket-sized print-to-speech reading machine for the blind (the Kurzweil – National Federation of the Blind Reader)

2001 First “host / hostess” Avatar on the Web to combine a lifelike photo realistic, moving and speaking facial image with a conversational engine.

2001 First Virtual Performing and Recording Artist (Ramona) to perform in front of a live audience with a live band.

1997 First Print-to-Speech Reading System for Persons with Reading Disabilities that Reads from a Displayed Image of the Page (Kurzweil 3000)

1997 First Continuous Speech Natural Language Command and Control Software(Kurzweil VoiceCommands)

1994 First Speech Recognition Dictation System for Windows (Kurzweil Voice for Windows)

1987 First commercially marketed Large Vocabulary Speech Recognition (Kurzweil Voice Report)

1985 First Knowledge Base System for Creating Medical Reports (Kurzweil VoiceMED)

1984 First Computer Music Keyboard capable of accurately reproducing the sounds of the grand piano and other orchestral instruments (Kurzweil 250)

1976 First Omni-Font (i.e., any type font) Optical Character Recognition (now Xerox TextBridge)

1975 First CCD Flatbed Scanner

1975 First Text-to-Speech speech synthesis

1967 First computer-based Expert System for College Selection (SELECT). SELECT was sold to Harcourt Brace Jovanovich (New York) 1964 Developed computer-based expert system for music composition; won seven national awards including first prize in the International Science Fair in Electronics & Communications. Honored at award ceremony with President Johnson recognizing achievements of young American scientists.

1964 First computerized Four-Way Analysis of Variance (statistical program)

K-NFB Reading Technology, Inc.

Kurzweil – National Federation of the Blind Reader

Kurzweil Accelerating Intelligence Network, Inc.

The KurzweilAI.net web site and newsletter

Kurzweil CyberArt, Inc.

AARON, The cybernetic artist

Ray Kurzweil’s Cybernetic Poet

Kurzweil Educational systems, Inc.

Kurzweil 3000 Reading System for Persons with Reading Disabilities

Kurzweil 1000 Reading System for the Blind

Kurzweil Music Systems (division of Hyundai.):

Kurzweil Home Products: Mark 5, 10, 150, Micro Piano and others

Kurzweil Pro Products: K2000, K2500, K2600, PC88 and others

Nuance (formerly Kurzweil Computer Products, Inc.):

TextBridge (shrink-wrapped OCR product)

Selected Accomplishments of Kurzweil Technologies, Inc.

Advisors/Mentors to: United Therapeutics: (public) pharmaceutical company Inforte: e-business consulting Zyvex: nanotechnology New Hope Pharmaceuticals: cancer and disease assays SSB Technologies: enabling web technology for disabilities Integrated Fuel Cell Technologies: microscopic fuel cells using MEMS Biophan Technologies: pacemakers that allow MRI TechOnline: online education and training for engineers

Software Development of Patient Simulation System for The American Board of Family Practice Advisor to TechOnline, a leading online educational site for engineers Arranged the sale of the assets of

The International Conference on Signal Processing Applications and Technology and DSP World EXPO to Miller Freeman Co., Inc.

Arranged the sale of the patent assets (as court appointed exclusive agent) of

Kendall Square Research, Inc. to Sun Microsystems, Inc.

Arranged the license of technology assets (as court appointed exclusive agent) of

Kendall Square Research, Inc. to Dolphin Systems, Inc.

Public Company Board Positions

United Therapeutics (2002 - present)

Inforte (1999 - present)

Medical Manager Corporation (1997 - 2000)

Wang Laboratories, Inc. (October 1993-1999, when company was sold to Getronics) Chairman, Strategy and Technology Committee, Board of Directors (October 1993 – 1998)

Kurzweil Applied Intelligence, Inc. (1982 until its sale in 1997)

Social and Professional Organizations

Director, Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence Chairman and founder, The Kurzweil Foundation

The Kurzweil Foundation supports the application of technology for the handicapped and projects to advance public understanding of the social impact of new technology. A current project is to provide scholarships to blind students (over 250 given out). Trustee, Beth Israel Hospital Director, Massachusetts Computer Software Council Former Director, Boston Computer Society Incorporator, Boston Museum of Science Former Member, MIT Corporation Visiting Committee, MIT School of Humanities, MIT School of Music Former Overseer, Board of Overseers, New England Conservatory of Music Former Member, Technology Advisory Committee, National Center on Adult Literacy, University of Pennsylvania Chairman, “Robots and Beyond: The Age of Intelligent Machines” (Exhibition on Artificial Intelligence presented at eight leading science museums), 1987-1990.

Books and Film

The Singularity is Near, When Humans Transcend Biology www.Singularity.com Viking / Penguin Books, September 2005

Fantastic Voyage: Live Long Enough to Live Forever, co-authored with Terry Grossman, M.D. www.Fantastic-Voyage.net Rodale Books, October 2004

Are We Spiritual Machines, Ray Kurzweil versus the Critics of Strong AI

The Discovery Institute Press (2002)

The Age of Spiritual Machines, When Computers Exceed Human Intelligence

Viking / Penguin Books, 1999

Orion Books, 1999 (British Edition)

Verlag Kiepenheuer & Witsch, 1999 (German Edition)

Allen & Unwin, 1999 (Australian Edition)

12 Foreign editions including German, Spanish, Italian, Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Hebrew

The 10% Solution for a Healthy Life,

Crown Publishers, 1993

Bookman Press (Australian Edition), 1993

Crown Trade Paperbacks, 1995

The Age of Intelligent Machines, MIT Press, 1990

MIT Press Paperback Edition, 1992

Hanser Verlag (German Edition), 1993

Conacyt (Spanish Edition), 1994

The Age of Intelligent Machines (the film),

MIT Press, 1987

Journalism

“The Futurecast,” A monthly column in Library Journal (1991 - 1993) KurzweilAI.net: a leading web site for advanced technologies, providing about 1,000 articles and a daily electronic newsletter.

Honorary Degrees

2007 (scheduled) Honorary Doctorate of Science, Bloomfield College

2006 Honorary Doctorate of Science, DePaul University

2005 Honorary Doctorate of Science, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

2002 Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters, Landmark College

2000 Honorary Doctorate in Science and Humanities, Michigan State University

1993 Honorary Doctorate of Science, Dominican College

1991 Honorary Doctorate of Science, Queens College, City University of New York

1990 Honorary Doctorate of Science, New Jersey Institute of Technology

1989 Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters, Misericordia College

1989 Honorary Doctorate of Engineering, Merrimack College 1988 Honorary Doctorate of Science, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

1988 Honorary Doctorate of Science, Northeastern University

1987 Honorary Doctorate of Music, Berklee College of Music

1982 Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters, Hofstra University

Selected Awards and Honors

2006 Tech Museum Award in recognition of the Kurzweil – National Federation of the Blind Reader