Pictures of Jürgen Schmidhuber
(2007-1963)




Juergen Schmidhuber and the
speaking parakeet Coco 2007

2007: The white parakeet does not speak, but Coco, the green one, does. He is bilingual. He knows Italian phrases such as "Sono un cocorito" (I am a parakeet) and "Come stai?" (How are you?), sounding exactly like the voice of his teacher Juergen on a lo-fi tape recorder. He also knows German: "Ich bin ein kleiner Wellensittich" (I am a little parakeet), "Bist Du ein Papagei?" (Are you a parrot?), "Du Schmutzfink!" (You dirty slob!), and combinations thereof. Using his catch phrase "Kikeriki!" (Cock-a-doodle-doo!), he fluently converses with Bavarian chicken.



Juergen Schmidhuber at Lago Lugano 2007

Lago Lugano, 2007



Julia & Juergen Schmidhuber 
constructing a snow arc

2005: Julia & Juergen constructing a snow arc



Juergen Schmidhuber November 2002

November 2002



2000: Juergen Schmidhuber with 
daughter Julia in Lago Lugano

2000: With daughter Julia in Lago Lugano



Juergen Schmidhuber hiking in Ticino

Hiking in Ticino



Juergen Schmidhuber, late 1990s

Late 1990s: somewhere above Lugano



Juergen 
Schmidhuber 1997 with baby Julia

1997: marriage with Uli Krommer; first time daddy



Juergen Schmidhuber 1996

1996: new home in Switzerland



Juergen Schmidhuber getting a 
tan in NYC at the WTC

1991-1993: postdoc in Colorado (US); got a tan in NYC at the WTC



Juergen Schmidhuber and his 
flying machine Scherflieg

1980s: made a lot of questionable inventions, such as "Scherflieg" (scissors-fly, failed patent EZK/D 567.884.030). Scherflieg's drawback: it requires a significant physical effort, and the user soon starts to spin in the direction opposite to the rotor's. Most people who tried Scherflieg were not able to stay airborne for more than 30 seconds, or to reach altitudes above 10 meters. Future models will have a second rotor with opposite spin.



Juergen Schmidhuber in the 1970s when
he still had a lot of hair

1970s: still had a lot of hair



Juergen Schmidhuber as a boy in 
the Bavarian mountains

Bavarian mountains



Juergen Schmidhuber with his 
little brother Christof in Munich's English Garden (1968 or so)

With little brother Christof in Munich's English Garden (1968 or so).



Juergen Schmidhuber right before a 
great disappointment (Munich, 1965)

Right before a great disappointment (Munich, 1965)



1963: Juergen Schmidhuber's dad Johann Schmidhuber (left) who regularly beat Juergen (right) in the game of chess, often within less than 90 moves

1963: Dad (Johann Schmidhuber, left) regularly beat Jürgen in the game of chess, often within less than 90 moves.




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