Our bodies are extremely complex, interrelated, and ever-evolving patterns of information—from DNA to physiology to vital signs. But until modern times, most of that...
“Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, ‘What are you doing for others?’” –Martin Luther King Jr.
In 2013, 51.2 million refugees were forced to flee...
ROBOTICS: How to Design a Robot You Can Swallow
Emily Waltz | IEEE Spectrum
"Vanderbilt engineers want to speed up the development of capsule robots. So they have...
For me, the word nanotechnology evokes a specific image. Maybe you’re the same. It’s a machine. Perhaps a little futuristic. But something that wouldn’t...
“Simply put, we can’t keep preparing children for a world that doesn’t exist.”
-Cathy N. Davidson
Exponential technologies have a tendency to move from a deceptively...
Emilia Lahti: M.Sc., MAPP (Master of Applied Positive Psychology), Entrepreneur
Graduate Studies Program 2015 Graduate
Finland and the US
When faced with extreme adversity, why do some people...
Jeremy Howard opened his machine learning talk at Exponential Medicine by noting he would be presenting from his laptop. Something epic had just happened,...
Last year in the US, 84% of total healthcare spending—a whopping one trillion dollars—went to managing and preventing chronic disease.
But chronic conditions and diseases—such...
Each year, Singularity University descends on San Diego's Hotel Del Coronado for Exponential Medicine, a four-day conference exploring how technology is driving monumental change in health and medicine. (Go...
This week in San Diego, Singularity University is holding its Exponential Medicine Conference, a look at how technologists are redesigning and rebuilding today's broken...
The brain is a great information processor, but one that doesn’t care about where information comes from.
Sight, scent, taste, sound, touch — all of...
ROBOTICS: Service robots finally start to catch on
Andra Keay | VentureBeat
"What is becoming clear, as robotics catches up to computerization, is that we don’t just want...
Last Friday, October 30, Singularity University awarded three groups support and resources as part of its first-ever water-focused Impact Challenge. The 2015 Impact Challenge,...
If you can't join us in person for our Future of Learning event this evening at Singularity University, don't worry. You can watch the livestream from...
Andrea Palmer: Mechanical Engineering & Entrepreneur
Graduate Studies Program 2015 Graduate
British Columbia, Canada
We often cannot plan for the transformative moments in our lives. Though...
Progress in photorealistic 3D avatar technology, voice synthesis, augmented reality and artificial intelligence, at large, should make it possible within 30 years to bring...
“For the very first time ever, humanity can manufacture things off from the face of the planet.” –Andrew Rush, President Made In Space
Something deep...
The University of Virginia’s provost, Tom Katsouleas, once told me that less than one percent, by his estimates, of basic research is commercialized and that...
Since the first public movie theater opened in the U.S. in 1905, movies have evolved significantly—sound, color, computer effects, high definition. However, one thing...
Sly Lee: Marine Scientist, Science Communicator, Entrepreneur
Graduate Studies Program 2015 Alumni
Honolulu, Hawaii and San Francisco, CA
If Silicon Valley had a mind of its own, which...
Can a company actually disrupt itself?
I often say that businesses must disrupt themselves (before someone else does) to survive.
The fact of the matter is:...
ROBOTICS: Leeds could become the first ‘self-repairing city’ with a fleet of robotic civil servants
Chloe Olewitz | Digital Trends
"Would a fleet of robotic civil servant drones...
Zapping the brain with implanted electrodes may sound like a ridiculously dangerous treatment, but for many patients with Parkinson’s disease, deep brain stimulation (DBS)...
Ana Cecilia Benatuil: Architect, Urbanist, Entrepreneur
Graduate Studies Program 2015 Graduate
Venezuela and Miami, FL
Born and raised in Venezuela, Ana Cecilia Benatuil grew up in close contact...
In the television series Star Trek, virtual reality-chambers called “holodecks” take humans into computer-generated worlds where they interact with avatars — and with each...
Companies are integrating blockchain technology into ledgers, using it to track diamonds and ensure fair land distribution. The projects are first steps toward making...
Aging insidiously leaves its mark on our brains.
With age, our well-oiled neuronal machinery slowly breaks down: gene expression patterns turn wacky, the nuclear membrane...
ROBOTICS: Humans Will Love Robots More When They’re Flawed
Emiko Jozuka | Motherboard
"'Humans forget names, things, and appointments so we were seeing if a robot with...
