Autopilot Autos
Sebastian Thrun
Robotics Professor // Stanford University
Thrun is out to prove that robotic cars are safer than those driven by humans. He and a group of students won the 2005 Darpa Grand Challenge—a 132-mile race across the Mojave Desert in which cars made their way with no input from humans, either from within the car or remotely.
Funny Girl
Tina Fey
Writer, actress, producer // NBC
During her nine-year tenure on S.N.L., Fey became its first female head writer and pushed other female cast members into recurring roles. In November, Fey took to the streets with members of the Writers Guild of America. Despite her position as an actress and producer on 30 Rock, she became one of the central faces of the strike.
Parallel Processor
Danny Hillis
Co-founder // Applied Minds
In 1983, Hillis co-founded Thinking Machines, which developed the concept of parallel computing: tackling big computational problems using many small computers instead of a single mainframe server. That technology now helps Google return your searches in a fraction of a second.
Evolutionary Force
Marc Jacobs
Co-founder // Marc Jacobs International
By the time everyone catches up to his latest look, Marc Jacobs has often moved on. He has made a career of reinventing himself, both in his designs and in his evolving personal style, which the fashion world pays almost as much attention to.
Celluloid Hero
Steven Spielberg
Co-founder // DreamWorks SKG
Spielberg very publicly opted out of the role as artistic adviser for the Beijing Olympics this summer, His rebel move may provoke business groups to take similar action, and it frees him to focus on other causes.
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