詹姆斯-弗鲁赫特曼 技术专家

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James Fruchterman
Technologist | Class of 2006
Modifying cutting-edge technologies to create affordable devices that aid the visually impaired and others underserved by traditional commerce.


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Title
Technologist
Affiliation
The Benetech Initiative
Location
Palo Alto, California
Age
47 at time of award
Area of Focus
Invention and Adaptive Technology, Persons with Disabilities
Website
Benetech
Jim Fruchterman's Blog
Social
Twitter
Published September 1, 2006
ABOUT JAMES' WORK
James Fruchterman is an electrical engineer-turned-entrepreneur who adapts cutting-edge technologies into affordable devices for the visually impaired and others underserved by traditional commerce. As a student, Fruchterman designed a reading machine for the blind using optical-character-recognition technology originally intended for military defense purposes. Determined to keep the cost of his reading machine within reach of the largest number of users, Fruchterman founded the non-profit company, Arkenstone, to develop and manufacture the system. He has since delivered this reading tool in a dozen languages to people in 60 countries and created a stream of other inventions for the visually impaired, including Open Book, a PC software program that reads scanned texts ranging from school books to utility bills, Atlas Speaks map software, and Strider, a talking GPS locator. In 2000, Fruchterman founded another non-profit, Benetech, as an incubator for socially-oriented technology applications. With Bookshare.org, Benetech has created a web-based library of scanned books to provide people with visual or learning disabilities downloadable access to a dramatically increased volume of printed materials. Other initiatives include Martus, a secure, computer-based reporting system to assist the human rights sector in collecting, safeguarding, and disseminating information about human rights violations, and a Landmine Detector Project with the goal of placing state-of-the-art detection devices in the hands of humanitarian deminers in war-torn countries. Fruchterman puts existing technologies to use in innovative ways to make life-changing machines for those who need them most.

BIOGRAPHY
James Fruchterman received a B.S. (1980) in engineering  and an M.S. (1980) in applied physics from the California Institute of Technology and pursued doctoral studies at Stanford University (1980-1981). Prior to founding Benetech, where he serves as president, CEO, and chairman, he was president, CEO, and chairman of Arkenstone, Inc. (1989-2000) and co-founder and vice president of Calera Recognition Systems, Inc. (1982-1989). Fruchterman also served as co-founder and CFO of RAF Technology, Inc. (1989-2004).

RECENT NEWS
Jim Fruchterman is currently CEO of Benetech. He received the California Institute of Technology’s Distinguished Alumni Award in 2013 and was on the original drafting team of what became the Marrakesh Treaty in 2013.

Updated August 2015



詹姆斯-弗鲁赫特曼
技术专家 | 2006级
改造尖端技术，创造负担得起的设备，帮助视力障碍者和其他未得到传统商业服务的人。


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标题
技术专家
工作单位
Benetech倡议
工作地点
加州帕洛阿尔托
年龄
获奖时47岁
重点领域
发明和适应性技术, 残障人士
网站
Benetech
Jim Fruchterman的博客
社交网络
推特
2006年9月1日发表
关于James的工作
詹姆斯-弗鲁克特曼是一位从电气工程师转为企业家的人，他将最先进的技术改编为视力障碍者和其他未得到传统商业服务的人所能负担的设备。作为一名学生，Fruchterman利用最初用于军事防御目的的光学字符识别技术为盲人设计了一台阅读机。弗鲁赫特曼决心将他的阅读机的成本控制在最多用户可以承受的范围内，因此他成立了非营利公司阿肯斯通，以开发和制造该系统。此后，他向60个国家的人们提供了这种十几种语言的阅读工具，并为视障人士创造了一系列其他发明，包括Open Book（一种可以阅读从教科书到公共事业账单的扫描文本的PC软件程序）、Atlas Speaks地图软件和Strider（一种会说话的GPS定位器）。2000年，Fruchterman成立了另一个非营利组织Benetech，作为面向社会的技术应用的孵化器。通过Bookshare.org，Benetech创建了一个基于网络的扫描图书库，为有视觉或学习障碍的人提供可下载的印刷品数量大幅增加的机会。其他举措包括Martus，一个安全的、基于计算机的报告系统，以协助人权部门收集、保护和传播有关侵犯人权的信息，以及一个地雷探测仪项目，其目标是将最先进的探测装置放在受战争蹂躏的国家的人道主义排雷人员手中。Fruchterman以创新的方式利用现有技术，为最需要的人制造改变生活的机器。

个人简历
詹姆斯-弗鲁克特曼在加州理工学院获得了工程学士学位（1980年）和应用物理学硕士学位（1980年），并在斯坦福大学攻读博士学位（1980-1981年）。在创立贝内特公司并担任总裁、首席执行官和董事长之前，他曾担任阿肯斯通公司的总裁、首席执行官和董事长（1989-2000年），并是该公司的共同创始人。(1989-2000)和Calera Recognition Systems, Inc.的共同创始人和副总裁（1982-1989）。(1982-1989). 弗鲁克特曼还担任过RAF技术公司的联合创始人和首席财务官（1989-2004）。(1989-2004).

最近的新闻
Jim Fruchterman目前是Benetech公司的首席执行官。他在2013年获得加州理工学院的杰出校友奖，并在2013年成为《马拉喀什条约》的原始起草小组成员。

2015年8月更新