Videos

Brad Templeton on Internet in-security

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

Dr. Daniel Reda on biotechnology fundamentals

Dr. Daniel Reda, co-Chair of the Biotechnology and Bioinformatics track at Singularity University, introduces the key concepts and breakthroughs in biotechnology and bioinformatics. Filmed during the November 2009 Executive Program at Singularity University. Daniel is also the co-founder of CureTogether, an online community for open-source health research.
CureTogether: http://curetogether.com

Dr. Michel Gelobter discusses the future of energy

Dr. Michel Gelobter, co-Chair of the Energy & Environment track at Singularity University, discusses the future of energy with Salim Ismail, Executive Director of SU. Michel is the founder of Cooler, Inc.
Cooler, Inc.: http://www.climatecooler.com

Shawna Pandya on Information-Age disaster response

Shawna Pandya was a student at Singularity University’s Graduate Studies Prgram 2009 (GSP-09), representing a GSP Team Project focused on leveraging exponential advances in technology to aid disaster response.
Civiguard Technologies (formerly XIDAR Systems), is developing mobile phone applications and portable medical technologies to assist civilians and officials alike in crisis, disaster and pandemic situations. The [...]

Shai Machnes on a cloud for SMS applications

Shai Machnes was a student at Singularity University’s Graduate Studies Program 2009 (GSP-09), representing a GSP Team Project focused on bringing the power of cloud computing to the 2G cellphone market around the world.
OneGlobalVoice is a development platform that gives access to cloud-computing resources through SMS on a basic (2G) cellphone. It demonstrates how innovations [...]

Sam Zaid on the Intelligent Transportation Grid

Sam Zaid was a student at Singularity University’s Graduate Studies Prgram 2009 (GSP-09), representing a GSP Team Project focused on the future of personal transportation.
Gettaround, Inc. creates peer-to-peer car sharing today to contribute to a more intelligent transportation grid in the future, reducing health and environmental damages that exist today.
Gettaround: http://gettaround.com

Sofya Yampolsky on the 3-D printing of houses

Sofya Yampolsky was a student at Singularity University’s Graduate Studies Prgram 2009 (GSP-09), representing a GSP Team Project focused on bringing 3-D printing of homes to the developing world.
The ACASA team project examined how these exponentially growing technologies could be applied to the problem of sub-standard housing, concluding that advances in Rapid Additive Manufacturing (RAM) [...]

Dr. Ralph Merkle introduces Molecular Nanotechnology

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.

Dr. Ray Kurzweil keynotes the Executive Program

Dr. Ray Kurzweil is the Chancellor of Singularity University and is a technology entrepreneur, inventor, futurist, and author (including 2005’s “The Singularity is Near”). Here, Ray delivers the opening speech at the 2009 Executive Program at Singularity University.

Highlights from SU’s Summer 2009 program

The 2009 Graduate Studies Program was the inaugural 9-week summer program at Singularity University. Here is a brief overview of some of the robotics and space tracks within SU, including the Vertical Motion Simulator at NASA Ames, advanced robotics at Willow Garage, and a Zero-G flight simulation. Music courtesy of Philip Sheppard.
http://singularityu.org/programs/graduate-studies-program/