lecks of sunlight glisten on the steely blue waters off of visit to the campus was at freshman advising, “A few weeks later, I
Waikiki Beach in Hawaii. Hundreds of people swim in was on a plane to Lexington,”
the ocean and walk along the sand, enjoying the perfect Initially, Cury maj ored in computer science, but after explaining
84 degree day, As slender palm trees sway in the breeze his interests to the dean ofthe College of Arts 8; Sciences, Cury
and the tide laps at the shore, it’s obvious why they call was able to thrive with a more customized academic track in Hlm
this land paradise, and television, making the dean’s list,
Click Erom there, it was on to graduate school at New York Univer-
A horse-drawn carriage moves slowly through the jammed inter- sity, After stints with (Saturday Night Livc” and MTV Networks
section of St, Peter and Bourbon Streets in the New Orleans in various capacities, Cury created his own television pro duction
French Qiiarter, Tourists pass in front of the famous Cat’s Meow, company His goal of making movies and TV shows was on track,
the US, birthplace of karaoke, As the night gets later, the crowds except for one thing: he realized he needed a business where he
get thicker and the Big Easy shows once more why “laissez le bon had more control over the Hnished product, In television, there
temps roulet” is the city’s mantra, were too many other people determining his future, So he turned
Click his focus to technology and EarthCam was born,
In northern Arizona, the Chapel of the Holy Cross juts out ,
from one ofthe buttes ofSedona, Standing some 250 feet above   Pa rad Igm
the valley, the chapel is literally wedged in the red rock, The mar- (A lot of things changed in my business after 9/ 11f’ Cury says,
vel of its architecture is rivaled only by the sense of awe it inspires Prior to then, his company focused on entertainment work, such
and the beauty of the surrounding flat bluffs, as shooting behind the scenes at Superbowls, When the United
Click States was attacked in 2001, it created a shift in who wanted to use
Where do you want to go? The barrier islands of South Car- cameras and how
olina? Trafalgar Square in London? Or how about the historic city
centre of Prague? Whatever destination whispers to you, there’s a
good chance that 1981 University of Kentucky graduate Brian
Cur can take ou there,
Wlith a clicklofyour computer mouse, Cury’s company, Earth- RECENT P0 "S   Ea rthca m •c°m
Cam Inc,, makes it possible for you to visit places you might not
ever get torsee in person, Iiive feeds over the Internet bring exotic H OW Often do you visit Ea rthcam?
locations right into your living room and even to your mobile _
Phom · Danlyz 27%
But that’s only one part of EarthCam, A major and rapidly • Wééklyi 19%
growing revenue stream at the New ]ersey-based operation comes , Monthly: g%
from selling technologies to international industries and govern- _ First time visiting: 45%
ment agencies, for everything from documenting large construc-
tion projects to providing real-time traffic data, The third segment
ofthe business speaks to the changed world since September 11, What DEW camera do yOU like best?
2001: EarthCam provides security cameras to cities and corpora- , H awa"; 31%
tions in the United States and beyond, · _
When Cury created his company in 1996, he meshed his love • NaShvl"€° 5%
for movies, his admiration for Hollywood innovators and his fas- ° New Orleans: 14%
cination with computers, At a time when many were still trying to • Niagara Falls: 50%
Hgure out exactly what the World Wide Web was, Cury recog-
nized that the Internet was the next great frontier, He established · ·
E h . . . . Whnch ammals do you watch most?
art Cam in 1996, pioneering the Webcam industry, Today the
company is recognized as the leading international technology ° Dogsr Cats and fish: 28%
and product provider of Internet-based Webcam monitoring, • Pa ndas: 14%
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It would be fair to say that Cury has watched the world through • lgers an 0 er WI I €° 0
the lens of a camera for most of his life, Begimiing when he was just
a child growing up in New]ersey, he made short Hlms with an 8mm What faI110US site would yOU like to SEE
camera, In those days, he knew two things for certain: movies were live on Ea rthcam?
his favorite hobby and one day, he would attend UK, _ §
Eamily ties brought Cury’s father, Buddy, and brother, Bruce, • Grand Ca ny0n° 29%  
from Brooklyn, N,Y,, to the Commonwealth, where they attended ° Great Wall Of Chma: 21% gg
UK, Cury also has other family members who attended UK, he • Stonehenge: 22%  
says, including cousins and aunts and uncles, , Ta  Mahal: 19% g`
“ It was a family tradition? Cury says, “ While growing up, I was §
told that Iwas going to the University of Kentucky,” Cury’s Hrst
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