Jeff Hawkins
Jeffrey Hawkins Born (1957-06-01) June 1, 1957 (age 57) Huntington, New York Alma mater Cornell University Occupation Businessperson Known for Co founder of Palm and Handspring Jeffrey Hawkins (/ˈhɔːkɪnz/; born June 1, 1957) is the American founder of Palm Computing (where he invented the Palm Pilot) and Handspring (where he invented the Treo). He has since turned to work on neuroscience full-time, founded the Redwood Center for Theoretical Neuroscience (formerly the Redwood Neuroscience Institute) in 2002, founded Numenta in 2005 and published On Intelligence describing his memory-prediction framework theory of the brain. In 2003 he was elected as a member of the National Academy of Engineering "for the creation of the hand-held computing paradigm and the creation of the first commercially successful example of a hand-held computing device." Hawkins also serves on the Advisory Board of the Secular Coalition for America and offers advice to the coalition on the acceptance and inclusion of nontheism in American life.