I know I've been missing in action lately, so I'm checking in just to say that I'm not abandoning this blog, I've just been really busy. I hope that things will settle down sometime in the next three or four weeks. I did want to note this singularity sighting today in a report from Computerworld about the new Singularity University:
Google Inc. is teaming up with NASA and world-renowned futurist Ray Kurzweil to create a university designed to help people learn how to handle "humanity's grand challenges."
Singularity University (SU) will bring students together from around the world to study subjects like nanotechnology, biotechnology, human enhancements and artificial intelligence to see how the technologies can work together. SU's goals also include fostering professional networking and business creation.
The university, unveiled today at the annual TED (Technology, Entertainment and Design) Conference in Long Beach, Calif., will offer nine-week graduate-level classes. It will be temporarily housed on the on the NASA Research Park campus.
Singularity University (SU) will bring students together from around the world to study subjects like nanotechnology, biotechnology, human enhancements and artificial intelligence to see how the technologies can work together. SU's goals also include fostering professional networking and business creation.
The university, unveiled today at the annual TED (Technology, Entertainment and Design) Conference in Long Beach, Calif., will offer nine-week graduate-level classes. It will be temporarily housed on the on the NASA Research Park campus.
Other news media covered the story, including the AP, CNET News (well written report), and Business Week. I hope this new university will help improve U.S. competitiveness in science and math and perhaps lead to a new generation of successful science entrepreneurs. No more dot.com millionaires, now we will have singularity millionaires!
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