Jeffrey Katzenberg Plans on Living Happily Ever After

Mark Borden — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 13:00:00 -0500

"I'm certain when you came through those gates, your impression was, This is about a micromanaging, hands-in-every-pie, ain't-a-decision-being-made-without-him kind of place," says DreamWorks Animation CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg.

At 59, with his tightly cropped hair and outsize biceps straining against a fine-knit black polo, Katzenberg exudes an aggressive fitness. "The myth," he says, "is a far distance from the reality."

DreamWorks Animation Has Become a Tech Incubator

Mark Borden — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 13:00:00 -0500

DREAMCOLOR

DreamWorks and HP develop a chip that allows for true color calibration across devices. The collaboration leads to a line of HP monitors, notebooks, and printers.

TELECONFERENCING SYSTEM

Inspired by Katzenberg and designed by DreamWorks CTO Ed Leonard, the Halo system is licensed by HP and becomes a hot product for the company. HP's recent release SkyRoom is a cheaper, PC-based spin-off.

Nokia Rocks the World: The Phone King's Plan to Redefine Its Business

Mark Borden — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 14:00:00 -0400

The gathering in the courtyard dining room at the Greenwich Hotel in Tribeca has the feel of a meeting between the Mafia's dwindling five families and an emerging Balkan gang looking to join forces. Instead of bookmakers, drug smugglers, and racketeers, the endangered species assembled are music executives from the industry's remaining major labels, including Warner and Universal Music, and an agent from the Beatles' Apple Corps.

How Will Robots See in 2018? [exclusive video]

Mark Borden — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 16:27:55 -0400

In an exclusive video created for Fast Company, Karin Fong (number 88 on our Most Creative People list) and her team at Imaginary Forces put together a behind the scenes look at the creation of the "Machine Vision" used in the film Terminator Salvation. To render believable images of how a robot might see in the year 2018, a combination of military and NASA technology was employed, including a relative of the Mars Rover's optical system called the Bumblebee.

Terminator Salvation: Making of the T-600 [photo gallery]

Mark Borden — Tue, 19 May 2009 15:57:12 -0400

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