Ex-Appler Wozniak Has Big Plans
Wednesday January 23, 4:00 pm Eastern Time
Forbes.com
By Jove, it's Wheels of Zeus! That's the new company formed by Steve Wozniak, who helped usher in the personal-computer era when he co-founded Apple Computer with school chumSteve Jobs; while the rest of us had Bicentennial cookouts, Jobs and Wozniak spent 1976 inventing the first Apples, paving the way for a global empire. Wozniak has emerged from semiretirement with plans to create new wireless devices combining advances in satellite tracking, wireless networks and more powerful chips, devices which will help "everyday people track everyday things." Wheels of Zeus, or wOz, a play on his nickname, is expected to be the pipeline for these devices. A Silicon Valley cult hero, the iconoclastic Wozniak eschewed the spotlight in later years, using his time and wealth to organize New Age rock festivals, good-will projects between the U.S. and the former USSR, as well as philanthropic work backing art and science institutions and local schools. "Recent advances in global positioning software (GPS) systems and antenna technology coupled with the declining cost of processing power and two-way networking make the possibilities for new devices and services really exciting," Wozniak said in a statement. |
