Today is Ada Lovelace Day, when we celebrate the first ever computer programmer, Ada Lovelace, and blog about our favorite woman in technology (Pledge to blog here! Even though it’s a little late).
A few months ago, I read an article on Yoky Matsuoka, a professor at the University of Washington. She’s working on creating prosthetic hands and other devices that take commands directly from the brain. But she’s not only doing that. She started a nonprofit company, the “YokyWorks Foundation”, wrote books–one that encourages girls to go into math and science–and is a mother of three. She has an amazing story, and it moved me greatly.
I also have to add my admiration for Felicia Day, who is in a hilarious webseries about a group of gamers called The Guild. Look it up on youtube! I love that she is a successful woman in a field previously dominated by men, and still finds time to love video games.
I would have written a more lengthy, well-written blog but time got away from me today…