Mary Lou Jepsen
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Mary Lou Jepsen (born 1965)[1][2] is a technical executive and inventor in the fields of display, imaging, and computer hardware. She was the co-founder and first chief technology officer of One Laptop per Child (OLPC), and later founded Pixel Qi in Taipei, Taiwan, focused on the design and manufacture of displays. She founded and led two moonshots at Google X, and was an executive at Facebook / Oculus VR,[3] leading an effort to advance virtual reality.
Mary Lou Jepsen | |
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Born | (1965-04-05) April 5, 1965 (age 59) Windsor, Connecticut |
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | Brown University |
Occupation | Technology Pioneer |
Known for | Co-founder, One Laptop Per Child |
Website | MaryLouJepsen.com |
Her contributions have had adoption in head-mounted displays, HDTV, laptop computers, and projector products. She contributed to low-cost computing and innovative consumer and medical imaging technologies. Time magazine named her in their list of the hundred most influential scientists and thinkers in the world (The 2008 Time 100).[1] CNN named her as one of their 2013 top 10 thinkers in science and technology for her work in display innovation.[4] She has over 200 patents published or issued.
In 2016 she founded OpenWater,[5] a startup working on fMRI-type imaging of the body using holographic, infrared techniques.[6]