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 robert s. langer united states massachusetts institute of technology
shiva ayyadurai

va shiva ayyadurai is an american scientist of indian origin , inventor and entrepreneur .
as a high school student in 1979 , he developed an electronic version of an interoffice mail system , which he called `` email '' and copyrighted in 1982 .
that name 's resemblance to the generic term `` email '' and the claims he later made for the program have led to controversy over ayyadurai 's place in the history of computer technology .
mass media interest in his work has been followed by public retractions or removals of claims that he invented email by organizations such as `` the washington post '' and `` the huffington post '' , as well as the smithsonian institution .
