Singularity University (SU) is an interdisciplinary university whose mission is to assemble, educate and inspire a cadre of leaders who strive to understand and facilitate the development of exponentially advancing technologies in order to address humanity's grand challenges.
With the support of a broad range of leaders in academia, business and government, SU hopes to stimulate groundbreaking, disruptive thinking and solutions aimed at solving some of the planet's most pressing challenges. SU was founded in 2009 by Peter Diamandis and Ray Kurzweil, and is based at the NASA Ames campus in Silicon Valley.
Source: Women 2.0 — March 26, 2012 | Susan Fonseca
Scholarships are available to select female catalysts chosen to attend Singularity University. | By Susan Fonseca: Founding Member, Singularity University & Founder, Women@TheFrontier.
Singularity University (SU), a Silicon Valley organization located at NASA Research Park in California seeks next-generation rock-stars to join this summer’s Graduate Studies Program 2012 (GSP12).
Source: The Wall Street Journal — February 25, 2012 | Matt Ridley
Dematerialization is one of the reasons that Peter Diamandis and Steven Kotler give for the future’s being “better than you think” in their new book, Abundance. Mr. Diamandis founded the X Prizes, which handsomely reward those who reach certain far-minded goals in technology, medicine, energy and ecology.
Source: The Wall Street Journal — February 22, 2012 | Michael Shermer
Defying the doomsayers: Abundance argues that growing technologies have the potential not only to spread information but to solve some of humanity’s most vexing problems.
If every image made and every word written from the earliest stirring of civilization to the year 2003 were converted to digital information, the…
A special message from author Peter Diamandis:
Dear readers,
On February 20, 2012, Abundance debuted #1 on both Amazon and Barnes & Noble. Thank you for your support! Check out the book here. Below are some reviews that Abundance has received so far.
In the forthcoming book Abundance: The Future Is Better Than You Think, Peter H. Diamandis (chairman and CEO of the X Prize Foundation and cofounder and chairman of Singularity University) and award-winning science writer Steven Kotler give us an extensive tour of the latest in exponentially growing technologies and explore…
Source: Good — December 6, 2011
Singularity University startup Getaround was featured in Good magazine’s roundup “The GOOD 100,” in an interactive infographic exploring the question “What does tomorrow look like?” See the infographic here. From their magazine issue: “The Next Big Thing.”
Good | What does tomorrow look like? To assemble our second-ever GOOD 100 list (check out the…
Source: Singularity Hub — January 12, 2012 | Peter Murray
What a great place that Singularity University is. Smart, motivated people coming together to make the world a better place through technology. This past summer a group of talented students put their heads together to tackle the Global Health grand challenge. What they came up with was a hardware platform
Dear SU and KurzweilAI family and friends:
I’m very pleased to announce the launch of the $10M Qualcomm Tricorder X Prize. I had a chance to announce live on stage this morning at CES, during the opening keynote. Details below. I hope we’ll have a number of SU teams and Kurzweil readers…
Source: Forbes — October 12, 2010 | Ted Greenwald
Ray Kurzweil and Peter Diamandis and other tech dignitaries at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, CA, lauded the latest class of graduates from the summer-long Singularity University program for training entrepreneurs on how to create a company that will have an impact the lives of a billion people.
Dear friends,
I’d like to request your support for an endeavor that will benefit the lives of over one billion people within 10 years.
As you may know, I’m the co-founder and chancellor of Singularity University (SU), now in its third successful year. Each year, SU assembles an international class of the brightest…
Source: Singularity University Blog — Jan 10, 2011 | Singularity University staff
Each summer, the Graduate Studies Program class (GSP) is challenged with “Ten to the Ninth Plus” team projects — a highlight of the ten week program. The students spend several weeks working toward the goal of developing ideas and solutions that have the potential to positively impact at least one billion people within ten years.…
Source: Singularity University Blog — Nov 23, 2010 | Singularity University staff
As our alumni will tell you, the experience of Singularity University programs is unique and powerful. And, bringing the experience to students outside of Silicon Valley has been an important goal since our founding (and a frequent request from our international community). So, we’re excited to share the success of the first 6-day…
Source: Singularity University Blog — Nov 10, 2010 | Singularity University staff
Support Focused on New Approaches to Technological Innovation, Sustainable Development
Nokia has joined Singularity Univeristy as a Corporate Founder. The collaboration will leverage Nokia’s commitment to global communications innovation and sustainability by supporting Singularity University’s programs, and Ten to the Ninth Plus (10^9+) Team Projects focused on solving key global issues. Nokia joins…
