BILLIONAIRE
GIVER: BILL
GATES
command line. Later, Bill
Gates started Microsoft.
MICROSOFT
This is Microsoft and its sign.
Microsoft invented lots of
things that were for
entertainment. One of them is
the Pinch-the-Sky Dome. It is a 3D
model of our solar system. Another
one is the Omni Touch, which turns
any surface into a touchscreen
interface. Microsoft also invented
the first smart watches that took
advantage of mobile data. They were
called SPOT. SPOT stands for Smart
Personal Object Technology.
Microsoft also invented things
that led to future inventions. One of
them was the multi-touch surface
table, tablet PC, and Project Origami
ultra-mobile PCs, which led to iPads.
Another one was MSN TVs, which
was the first to access the internet
without using a computer, which
made Google TVs possible.
Microsoft invented things to
make life easier too. Like the musclecontrolled computer, “the wheel”, the
gaze control, and a “next generation”
touchscreen. The muscle-controlled
computer is a computer with EMG
sensors connected to the arms that
let you control the computer. “The
This is somebody using the Omni
Touch to turn a notepad into a
touchscreen.
wheel” is the wheel of a mouse that
helps you scroll up and down pages.
The gaze control can control mouse
pointers to around a quarter of an
inch accuracy using your eyes-to
gaze. The “next generation”
touchscreen can respond to touch in
less than a millisecond.
B I L L A N D M E L I N D A G AT E S
FOUNDATION
After Microsoft, Bill gates
invented the Bill and Melinda Gates
Foundation. When Bill and Melinda
Gates got so wealthy, they started
thinking about using their money for
good causes. They started the Bill
and Melinda Gates Foundation. Keep
reading to find out more about the
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
Bill Gates wanted to help people, so
he started the Bill and Melinda Gates
Foundation. The Gates Foundation
started in 1997. Warren Buffett
wanted Bill Gates to donate his
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