Hermann Hauser
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| Born | Hermann Maria Hauser 23 October 1948 Vienna, Austria |
| Residence | Cambridge, United Kingdom |
| Nationality | Austrian |
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| Thesis | Mechanically Activated Chemical Reactions (1977) |
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| Influenced | Steve Furber |
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Hermann Maria Hauser, KBE,FRS,FREng,FInstP, CPhys (born 1948) is an Austrian-born entrepreneur who is primarily associated with Silicon Fen in England.
When he was 16 he came to the United Kingdom to learn English at a language school in Cambridge. After a master's degree in Physics from Vienna University, he returned to the University of Cambridge to do a PhD in Physics at the Cavendish Laboratory.
Hauser is probably best known for his part in setting up Acorn Computers with Chris Curry in 1978. When Olivetti took control of Acorn in 1985 he became vice-president for research at Olivetti, in charge of laboratories in the US and Europe. In 1986, Hauser co-founded the Olivetti Research Laboratory (ORL) in Cambridge with Andy Hopper, who became the laboratory's director. Hauser's role in Acorn was portrayed by Edward Baker-Duly in the BBC drama Micro Men.
In 1988, Hauser left Olivetti to start the Active Book Company, investing £1 million of his own money. Not wanting to repeat the mistakes made by Acorn, which had kept its technology to itself, he demonstrated the Active Book to as many large companies as he could. AT&T Corporation acquired Active Book and incorporated it into EO Personal Communicator in July 1991. Hauser became chief technical officer and chairman of EO Europe. EO folded on 29 July 1994.
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