"What is IT?" I'm sorry, I just get sick of the "If we don't know what it is it must be ZZZZZOMGAWESUMMMMMMMMM" hype train. Eric Siebel teaches at UW because the company he founded to make head-wearable displays went bankrupt. I remember applying to a job there in 1999. Combine that with the company that went balls deep in 48frame for The Hobbit and you get a whole bunch of speculation about a company that has a proven non-track record.A recent invention by a noted inventor, 49-year-old scientist Dean Kamen, is generating excitement and mystery. "IT", is so extraordinary, that it has drawn the attention of technology visionaries Jeff Bezos (Amazon) and Steve Jobs (Apple) and the investment dollars of pre-eminent Silicon Valley venture capitalist John Doerr, and Credit Suisse First Boston, among others. Those who have seen the two prototypes have been variously amazed, delighted, surprised and awestruck. Jeff Bezos is reported to have snorted uncontrollably (his laugh sounds like a pig snorting).
