Michael J. Callahan (entrepreneur)
Michael Callahan (born October 5, 1982, in Chicago) is a tech entrepreneur, developer, and inventor.[1] He is the co-founder and CEO of ONE, Inc., creators of the After School App, an anonymous social network for high school students,[2] and Quickey, a mobile keyboard and chat tool.[3]
Prior to co-founding ONE, Inc. with co-founder Cory Levy, Michael and Thomas Coleman created the Ambient Audeo, a voice synthesizer that gives back the ability to speak to those with vocal cord or neurological damage,[4] and allows thought-controlled wheelchairs.[5]
In 2007, Michael became the first student from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign to be awarded the MIT-Lemelson Foundation award for Outstanding Innovation.[6]
On February 26, 2008, Michael made the first live voiceless phone call at the Texas Instruments Developer Conference.[7]
In November 2016, Michael gave a TEDx talk at TEDxNormal titled “Why Your Teen Needs Anonymity.”[8]
References[edit]
- ↑ Katayama, Lisa. "Invention Awards: A Real-Life Babel Fish for the Speaking Impaired". PopSci.com. Popular Science. Retrieved 22 October 2015.
- ↑ Wagner, Kurt. "Who Is Behind After School, the Anonymous App Taking Over American High Schools?". recode.net. re/code. Retrieved 22 October 2015.
- ↑ "Quickey by ONE, Inc". Apple App Store. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Lisa, Katayama. "Invention Awards: A Real-Life Babel Fish for the Speaking Impaired". Popsci.com. Popular Science. Retrieved 22 October 2015.
- ↑ Grabianowski, Ed. "How Thought-Controlled Wheelchairs Work". computer.howstuffworks.com. How Stuff Works. Retrieved 22 October 2015. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Schuler, Joshua. "Lemelson–MIT Program" (PDF). web.mit.edu. MIT. Retrieved 22 October 2015.
- ↑ "World's first, live voiceless phone call made today at Texas Instruments Developer Conference". PRNewswire.com. PR Newswire. Retrieved 22 October 2015.
- ↑ "Why Your Teen Needs Anonymity". YouTube. 2016-11-15. Unknown parameter
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