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: Singularity University Blog — Jan 15, 2010 | Singularity University staff
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Dr. Ralph Merkle, a leading expert in nanotechnology, gives a non-technical introduction to nanotechnology and the future of manufacturing at the atomic level. From the 2009 Executive Program at Singularity University. Ralph is also a Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for Molecular Manufacturing.
Source: Singularity University Blog — Jul 6, 2009 | Singularity University staff
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43zo82W7aPI
Ray Kurzweil visits Google’s Mountain View, CA headquarters to discuss his book “The Web Within Us: When Minds and Machines Become One.” This event took place on July 1, 2009, as part of the Authors@Google series. more >>
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 total would come to five exabytes. An exabyte is one quintillion bytes, or one billion… read more
Source: Singularity University Blog — June 25, 2010 | Singularity University staff
Thank you to all the 300+ people that were able to attend our Graduate Studies Program 2010 Opening Ceremonies and party on Monday night!
This was a great kick-off event and our 80 amazing students from all over the world thoroughly enjoyed meeting guests and hearing from keynote speakers Larry Brilliant, Larry Page, Dan Barry, Peter [...]… 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: Singularity University Blog — Dec 1, 2009 | Singularity University staff
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IObnMYG5sD0
Harvard law professor and author Jonathan Zittrain discusses the unusual and distinctive technologies whose power increases in proportion to the people participating in them, contrasted with other technologies that leverage what the few can impose on the many — whether a PC virus maker who crashes millions of machines or a law enforcement officer who can use new consumer platforms to spy far easier than before. Filmed at… read more
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 graduate students — top achievers from diverse disciplines and backgrounds — to participate in our unique Singularity… read more
Source: Singularity University Blog — Jan. 14, 2009 | Singularity University staff
Singularity University’s First Curriculum Planning Meeting, Jan 14th 2009 at NASA Research Park.
Joining:… read more
Source: Singularity University Blog — Jan 15, 2010 | Singularity University staff
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8QuUEwrKm8
Brad Templeton, Chairman of the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), describes the future of online security, privacy and society. This lecture is from Singularity University’s Graduate Summer Program 2009. Brad is also the author of the influential “10 Big Myths of Copyright Explained”.
EFF: http://www.eff.org
Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Templeton
10 Myths: http://www.templetons.com/brad/copymyths.html
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).
Every summer, SU selects 80 top students from around the world to join the GSP class.
Our students… read more
Source: Singularity University Blog — Jun 30, 2009 | Singularity University staff
Yesterday was the first day of the Singularity University summer session. I was at the NASA Ames campus throughout the day to witness and record the event on video for the Hub (see highlight video footage at the end of this post). The energy at the University is absolutely thrilling. Its hard even to convey in words. Tons of smart, motivated people are gathered to discuss, debate, and learn about… read more
Source: Singularity University Blog — Nov 10, 2009 | Singularity University staff
Wired Senior Editor Ted Greenwald is embedded with Singularity University’s inaugural 10-day Executive Program. Follow his coverage of the entire program at http://www.wired.com/epicenter/singularity-university/. Ted is also Tweeting using #singularityu.
See Ted’s full post at http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2009/11/day-in-the-life/.
The Singularity University routine is nonstop. Breakfast at 7:30 am — good, wholesome food, regrettably low on sugary and fatty goodness — followed by a
Source: Singularity University Blog — Mar 7, 2010 | Singularity University staff
The application period for Singularity University’s 2010 Graduate Studies Program for this coming summer has passed, ending March 15. Many thanks to all those who applied. From this point forward, applications will only be considered on an exceptional basis and will require a referral.
An early round of applications has already been evaluated, and an initial selection of acceptances have been made. Over the next two weeks, our faculty… read more
Source: Singularity University Blog — June 15, 2010 | Singularity University staff
Class size doubled to accommodate growing interest in addressing “Humanity’s Grand Challenges” through scientific and technological collaboration | Singularity University (SU) — the academic institution with the goal of preparing the next generation of leaders to address “humanity’s grand challenges” — today announced the second year of its Graduate Studies Program (GSP), and a doubled class size to accommodate 80 of the top students from 35 nations around the globe.… read more