Source: Singularity University Blog — Jul 22, 2009 | Singularity University staff
With the first three weeks of the Singularity University summer session complete the Hub is here to give you a summary of what has been happening. My personal impression is that the school is off to a fantastic start. Call me biased if you want, but considering the quality of students involved, the prestige of the faculty and guest speakers, and the vast array of activities that have occurred it… read more
Source: Singularity University Blog — Feb 15, 2009 | Singularity University staff
Source: Singularity University Blog — Jun 25, 2009 | Singularity University staff
SINGULARITY UNIVERSITY LAUNCHES
INAUGURAL SUMMER PROGRAM AT MOFFETT FIELD
40 Students Chosen from More than 1,200 Candidates to Kick Off Graduate Summer Program
Students Focused on Addressing “Humanity’s Grand Challenges” through Scientific and Technological Collaboration and Innovation
Leading Venture Capital Firm Joins University as Corporate Founder, Key Financial Donor
MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. – June 25, 2009 – Singularity University (SU) — the new academic institution with the goal of preparing the next generation of leaders to address “humanity’s grand challenges” — today announced the selection of 40 students to represent the inaugural class for the Graduate Summer Program (GSP). Singularity University narrowed the final 40 students from a pool of more than 1,200 candidate applications around the globe. The summer program begins on June 29, 2009, based at its campus on the NASA Ames Research Park.
SU also announced that leading Silicon Valley venture capital firm, ePlanet Ventures, joins SU as the newest Corporate Founder to support the institution.
Source: Singularity University Blog — Jun 24, 2009 | Singularity University staff
NASA Kicks Off 2009 International University Programs
Rachel Prucey, Steve Brody & Denise Vardakas
NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif., will welcome more than 500 guests, including an international cadre of students and faculty from nearly 40 countries for the International Space University and Singularity University Opening Ceremony on June 29, 2009. The ceremony will be held in the Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts and will… read more
Source: Singularity University Blog — Jul 25, 2009 | Singularity University staff
Your Mind’s Eye: The World’s Most Powerful Illusions and What they Tell Us about How We Think and Perceive
Come see, experience, and take delight in some of the world’s most powerful visual and other sensory illusions. The illusions presented in this talk will not just be confined to the visual senses, but there will be auditory ones too, including cross-modal examples of sound influencing what you see, and… read more
Source: Singularity University Blog — Jul 27, 2009 | Singularity University staff
The Internet of Things, and Spime Design Workshop
What happens when we move from billions of mobile phones around us, to networks made of ten, one hundred or one thousand times more nodes? What are going to be the necessary features of these networks, which will constitute the Internet of Things? How can we think about, and must start planning for the nature of this new fundamental entity quickly… read more
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 first here), we surveyed culture and politics to pick out trends and seemingly minor moments… read more
Source: Singularity University Blog — Aug 25, 2009 | Singularity University staff
As the inaugural Graduate Studies Program of 2009 (GSP-09) is ending, we will be ready to quickly progress into new projects, and new phases at the Singularity University. (I wish I could have written “ready to take a month or two off”, but no, that is not going to be the case!) In the previous months, we have released videos, that illustrated our goals. Matt Rutherford, our Media Producer and his dedicated team, recorded countless hours of lectures, workshops, events, team meetings, interviews, and more.
One of the questions that we have asked since the beginning was, since much of the experience of the Graduate Studies Program is very difficult if not impossible to replicate elsewhere, how can we maximize our global impact? The material we have is priceless, and we want it to reach as many people as possible! There are millions of people who would be interested in taking advantage of our materials, and have the means, broadband internet connection, etc. But there are many, whose level of English understanding is not high enough to follow an advanced lecture on nanotechnology, or robotics, or personalized medicine.… read more
Source: Singularity University Blog — Jun 02, 2009 | Singularity University staff
Ray Kurzweil’s latest graphs show that technology’s breakneck advances will only accelerate — recession or not. He unveils his new project, Singularity University, to study oncoming tech and guide it to benefit humanity. More >>
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.
As well as the X Prizes, Mr. Diamandis is cofounder and chairman of Singularity University, where the futurist Ray… read more
Source: Singularity University Blog — Nov 9, 2010 | Singularity University staff
The Thiel Foundation has awarded it a $50,000 grant for curriculum development of Singularity University. The grant will leverage the Thiel Foundation’s vision and domain expertise to support and expand Singularity University’s Policy, Law, and Ethics (PLE) curriculum track.
Founded by entrepreneur and philanthropist Peter Thiel, the Thiel Foundation promotes personal, economic, and political freedom. Among other projects, the Foundation sponsors innovative scientific research and new… read more
Source: Singularity University Blog — Oct 6, 2009 | Singularity University staff
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KeAIwLp9YmA
During a July 2009 lecture at Singularity University, Vint Cerf (‘the father of the internet’ and Google Chief Internet Evangelist) gives a comprehensive overview of the state of the internet today, and what issues are arising as it continues to evolve. Includes discussions about IPv6, the need for cloud computing standards, the growing Asian prominence online, and the interplanetary internet.… read more
Source: John Mauldin's "Thoughts from the Frontline" — March 6, 2010 | John Mauldin
We are in an era of accelerating change, moving toward a future that will be profoundly different from the past we grew up in. But what will the nature of that change be? What will the future look like?
For the last 7 days I have been in an executive program designed by Singularity University to give some insight into that complex question.… read more