12 innovative programmers working to change technology forever

As technology becomes more and more a part of our daily lives, the people who make the software we use every day have become the next celebrities and rock stars.The first generation of super-influential computer scientists largely came from the hallowed halls of academia, where the internet got its start. Today, there's a new wave of programmers forging the path ahead for the modern web.These are the innovative programmers doing tons of work behind the scenes to make the internet safer, more useful, and a lot more fun.SEE ALSO:21 photos of Microsoft's historic rise to rule the PC worldNYC-based MIT graduate Limor Fried ' known online as "ladyada," as tribute to pioneering computer scientist Lady Ada Lovelace ' develops software and hardware that gets used in electronics projects and products all over the world. In 2013, Fried told Newsweek that the company had done $22 million in revenue.As the founder of Oculus VR, which Facebook bought for $2 billion, 22-year-old Palmer Luckey is in a good position: If virtual reality takes off like Facebook is betting that it will, it'll be largely because of Luckey's contributions with the Oculus Rift headset.Developer Zoe Quinn started off making award-winning games like Depression Quest, but after enduring a targeted online harassment campaign over the last year, she and her partner Alex Lifschitz started Crash Override. It's an "anti-online hate mob task force" that builds software and tools to help stop online harassment.See the rest of the story at Business Insider NOW WATCH: This drummer created a whole song by only using the sound of coins
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