She was lead designer of Danny Hillis' Connection Machine (danielle-newnham-podcast.simplecast.com) 2 points by daniellenewnham 2y ago ↗ HN
[–] daniellenewnham 2y ago ↗ Interview with Tamiko Thiel who led design of The Connection Machine and created the first VR world with Stephen Spielberg.
[–] froonly 2y ago ↗ this is misleading.... she didn't design TM's compute/networking HW, only the systems' chassis & skins.Which is to say she was responsible for how those machines looked, but not for how they worked... She did a stellar job in that regard, tho.
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[ 3.3 ms ] story [ 14.9 ms ] threadWhich is to say she was responsible for how those machines looked, but not for how they worked... She did a stellar job in that regard, tho.