Two, three weeks before an earthquake strikes, there are subatomic particles that are released. We can now forecast earthquakes to the hour two or three weeks before it strikes. Rocks contain dormant electronic charge carriers which can be activated by stress. When Earth applies high levels of stress, the rocks can undergo catastrophic rupture leading …
Singularity University believes that leveraging the convergence of exponential technologies will set us on the path to solve our Global Grand Challenges and shift from an era of scarcity to abundance. There are twelve global grand challenges (GGCs). Each GGC includes three perspectives: ensuring basic needs are met for all people, sustaining and improving quality …
The Solar Express is an idea for a space train that would be designed and used to ferry humans, supplies and minerals between celestial bodies and space stations in our solar system. It would run non-stop, so smaller vessels would need to catch the train when it passed by. Charles Bombardier and his team see …
Disruption of the $6 trillion energy industry 1. Wind 2. Solar 3. Energy Storage 4. After oil 5. Take Action Ten times more wind in the last 11 years Exponential decline in wind power cost 1980 55 cents per kwh 2013 2.3 cents per kwh Double the wind turbine blade length then you quadruple the …
NASA’s Juno mission successfully executed its first of 36 orbital flybys of Jupiter today. The time of closest approach with the gas-giant world was 6:44 a.m. PDT (9:44 a.m. EDT, 13:44 UTC) when Juno passed about 2,600 miles (4,200 kilometers) above Jupiter’s swirling clouds. At the time, Juno was traveling at 130,000 mph (208,000 kilometers …
BRAD TEMPLETON Networks and Computing Systems, Singularity University Brad Templeton founded ClariNet Communications Corp., the first internet-based content company. (Sold to Individual Inc/Newsedge Corp.) ClariNet published an online electronic newspaper delivered for live reading on subscribers machines. He has been active in the internet community since 1979, participated in the building and growth of USENET …
Steve Jurvetson is deeply interested and excited by deep learning It is the future of all engineering Apply anywhere you have a lot of data and make sense of it It is the biggest advance in engineering since the scientific method Deep learning can be used update and optimize deep learning Spacex and Falcon Heavy …
Larry Keeley talk President and co-founder of Doblin Inc, Larry Keeley has worked for thirty years to develop more effective innovation methods to help teams succeed at the toughest innovations they try to pursue. Doblin is now a unit of Deloitte Consulting LLP, where Keeley is a Managing Director. BusinessWeek named Keeley one of seven …
Centauri Dreams reports of an interesting SETI signal A candidate signal for SETI is a welcome sign that our efforts in that direction may one day pay off. An international team of researchers has announced the detection of “a strong signal in the direction of HD164595” in a document now being circulated through contact person …
Neil Jacobstein Chairs the AI and Robotics Track at Singularity University headquartered at the NASA Ames Research Park. He is a former President of Singularity University. Jacobstein is a Distinguished Visiting Scholar in Stanford’s Media X Program. He was a Senior Research Fellow in the Reuters Digital Vision Program at Stanford University. He has served …
Vibrant data takes a survey of conference attendees It then creates a profile signature and matches people to others. They accelerate discovery with machine learning Vibrant Data is a data analytics company building platforms to enable next-generation machine learning, data discovery and predictive modeling for some of the world’s smartest organizations. Vibrant data has a …