Take top thinkers from Silicon Valley and science, mix them with a heavy dose of utopianism and showmanship, and you've got the Singularity University – on a mission to seek technological solutions to the world's great challenges, writes Carole Cadwalladr...
Dr. Robert (Bob) Richards is a space entrepreneur and futurist. He is a Co-Founder of the International Space University, Singularity University, SEDS, the Space Generation Foundation and Google Lunar X PRIZE competitors Odyssey Moon Ltd. and Moon Express, Inc., where he currently serves as CEO. As Director of the Optech Space Division from 2002-2009, Bob led the company's technology into orbit in 2004 and to the surface of Mars in 2007 aboard the NASA Phoenix Lander, making the first discovery of falling Martian snow. Bob studied aerospace and industrial engineering at Ryerson University; physics and astronomy at the University of Toronto; and space science at Cornell University where he became special assistant to Carl Sagan. Bob is an evangelist of the "NewSpace" movement and has been a catalyst for a number of commercial space ventures. He is the recipient of the K.E. Tsiolkovski Medal (Russia, 1995), the Space Frontier "Vision to Reality" Award (USA , 1994), the Arthur C. Clarke Commendation (Sri Lanka, 1990) and Aviation & Space Technology Laurel (USA, 1988). He is a contributing author of "Blueprint for Space" (Smithsonian Institution 1992); "Return to the Moon" (Apogee Books 2005) and "The Farthest Shore" (ISU Press 2009). In 2005 Bob received a Doctorate of Space Achievement (honoris causa) from the International Space University for "distinguished accomplishments in support of humanity's exploration and use of space."
Federico Pistono is alum of Singularity University’s graduate studies program. His book Robots Will Steal Your Job, but that's OK: How to Survive the Economic Collapse and be Happy, explores the impact of technological advances.
The Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society (CITRIS) creates information technology solutions for many of our most pressing soc...
Predicting the future of health care is a tricky business. At any point, there could be a big breakthrough in, say, cancer research, throwing the whole thing off. Or a new technology could come along in another sector, disrupting health care just as a side effect (much like the smartphone has already done). FutureMed, a weeklong program from Singularity University for doctors and others in the health care industry, looks at the ways that technology could change health care in the coming years. I spent a day at Singularity’s classroom (located at the NASA Research Park in Silicon Valley) to soak up some of the predictions. Here are some of the biggest takeaway
During his lecture at Singularity University's 2011 Graduate Studies Program, Shirky talked about the emergence of global interconnectedness and its effects...
This is Part One of a five-part series by Ramez Naam, Singularity University Adjunct Faculty, exploring the power of innovation to boost our access to energy, food, water, raw materials, and human population.
Le 20 mars dernier, Bertrand Delanoë, maire de Paris, a signé avec Ed Lee, maire de San Francisco, une convention de coopération axée sur l’économie numérique et les villes intelligentes. Décryptage sur ces villes du futur.
UC's Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society (CITRIS) rewarded teams of students for developing innovative tools that may prove handy for politics, health care and seeking social services.
Most university research centers can't say they've produced 76 startups. But that's the record of University of California at Berkeley's micro-fabrication engineering lab. Now a new lab with a new ...
Les dernières nouvelles de CITRIS (@citrisnews). The Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society (CITRIS) creates IT solutions for social, environmental, and health care problems.
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