Michael J. Callahan (entrepreneur)

Michael Callahan (born October 5, 1982 in Chicago) is a tech entrepreneur, developer, and inventor.[1] He is the co-founder and CEO of ONE, Inc., creators of the After School App, an anonymous social network for high school students,[2] and Quickey, a mobile keyboard and chat tool.[3]

Prior to co-founding ONE, Inc. with co-founder Cory Levy, Michael and Thomas Coleman created the Ambient Audeo, a voice synthesizer that gives back the ability to speak to those with vocal cord or neurological damage,[4] and allows thought-controlled wheelchairs.[5]

In 2007, Michael became the first student from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign to be awarded the MIT-Lemelson Foundation award for Outstanding Innovation.[6]

On February 26, 2008, Michael made the first live voiceless phone call at the Texas Instruments Developer Conference.[7]

In November 2016, Michael gave a TEDx talk at TEDxNormal titled “Why Your Teen Needs Anonymity.”[8]

References
  1. Katayama, Lisa. "Invention Awards: A Real-Life Babel Fish for the Speaking Impaired". PopSci.com. Popular Science. Retrieved 22 October 2015.
  2. Wagner, Kurt. "Who Is Behind After School, the Anonymous App Taking Over American High Schools?". recode.net. re/code. Retrieved 22 October 2015.
  3. "Quickey by ONE, Inc". Apple App Store.
  4. Lisa, Katayama. "Invention Awards: A Real-Life Babel Fish for the Speaking Impaired". Popsci.com. Popular Science. Retrieved 22 October 2015.
  5. Grabianowski, Ed. "How Thought-Controlled Wheelchairs Work". computer.howstuffworks.com. How Stuff Works. Retrieved 22 October 2015.
  6. Schuler, Joshua. "Lemelson–MIT Program" (PDF). web.mit.edu. MIT. Retrieved 22 October 2015.
  7. "World's first, live voiceless phone call made today at Texas Instruments Developer Conference". PRNewswire.com. PR Newswire. Retrieved 22 October 2015.
  8. "Why Your Teen Needs Anonymity". YouTube. 2016-11-15.
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