curme Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 Stephen Hawking seeks help to make voice heard Computer skills a plus: Physicist Stephen Hawking seeks assistant to help make his voice heard LONDON (AP) -- Can you help make Stephen Hawking's voice heard? The famed British physicist is seeking an assistant to help develop and maintain the electronic speech system that allows him to communicate his vision of the universe. An informal job ad posted to the famed physicist's website said the assistant should be computer literate, ready to travel, and able to repair electronic devices "with no instruction manual or technical support." Hawking has long struggled against amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, a disease which left him almost completely paralyzed. He lost his real voice in a tracheotomy in 1985, but a wheelchair-mounted computer helps synthesize speech by interpreting the twitches of his face. The synthesizer's robotic monotone has become nearly as famous as Hawking himself, but the computer ? powered by batteries fastened to the back of Hawking's wheelchair ? isn't just for speaking. It can connect to the Internet over cell phone networks and a universal infrared remote enables the physicist to switch on the lights, watch television, or open doors either at home or at the office. It's a complicated, tailor-made system, as the ad makes clear. A photograph of the back of Hawking's wheelchair, loaded with coiled wires and electronic equipment, is pictured under the words: "Could you maintain this?" "If your answer is 'yes,' we'd like to hear from you!" the website says. Hawking's website says that the job's salary is expected to be about 25,000 pounds ($38,500) a year. ___ Online: http://www.hawking.org.uk/ via Yahoo Finance The job description has been updated and now includes setting-up for lectures and dealing with the press! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FiB3R Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 For just 25k? Poke it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
User_Deleted Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 I would not work for him for no $35,000. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mokthraka Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 yeah.... cause its totally not worth it to be able to put on a resume "stephen hawkings assistant" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hum Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 :laugh: I would make him sound like Stewie: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Growled Member Posted December 30, 2011 Member Share Posted December 30, 2011 The money he's offering seems a bit on the low side for such a job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
curme Posted December 31, 2011 Author Share Posted December 31, 2011 The money he's offering seems a bit on the low side for such a job. Well technically, he's not hiring, but the University of Cambridge is. You'd be working for the school, assisting a professor. As opposed to being hired by Stephen Hawking directly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knife Party Posted December 31, 2011 Share Posted December 31, 2011 *retarded voice* "no thanks" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArialBlue Posted December 31, 2011 Share Posted December 31, 2011 Doesn't sound like a 40 hours a week type of job, sounds like a few hours a week type of jobs unless something breaks... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obi-Wan Kenobi Posted December 31, 2011 Share Posted December 31, 2011 Doesn't sound like a 40 hours a week type of job, sounds like a few hours a week type of jobs unless something breaks or breaks off... helped ya out a little, lol! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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