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Networking... Ladies, You're Doing it All Wrong

XPRIZE | Posted 06.18.2013 | Women
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By Kristen Van Nest Kristen Van Nest is an editorial director of Singularity University's Innovating Women project. What motivated me to join the ed...

Jam Sessions for Global Progress

XPRIZE | Posted 06.17.2013 | Technology
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By Quincy Jones Quincy Jones is a record producer, conductor, arranger, composer, television producer, trumpeter, educational philanthropist, and XPR...

To Succeed in the 21st Century, Leaders Need to Apply 'Exponential Thinking'

Kay Koplovitz | Posted 06.06.2013 | Business
Kay Koplovitz

Exposing leaders in industry and innovation to understand the great potential we have at our command today is critical to their mission to improve the human conditions for the 7.2 billion people on earth.

Show Some Respect For The Innovating Women Reshaping Technology And Entrepreneurship

XPRIZE | Posted 06.03.2013 | Women
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By Farai Chideya Farai has covered Presidential elections, natural disasters, and dictatorships -- as well as the arts and technology -- in a two-dec...

Your Next Doctor Could Save Your Life From Hundreds Of Miles Away

XPRIZE | Posted 05.28.2013 | Technology
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By Peter Murray Contributor, Singularity University. Collaborating with colleagues through a telepresence robot, taking notes while the teacher&...

New Device Keeps Liver Alive Outside Body

XPRIZE | Posted 05.21.2013 | Technology
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By Peter Murray Contributor, Singularity University. In what's being called a medical first, doctors were able to keep a liver functioning outside t...

As for Innovation: My Bet Is on Women in STEM

Kay Koplovitz | Posted 05.15.2013 | Business
Kay Koplovitz

The problem of women being left out of the innovation economy is real and the more we connect the dots, not just among entrepreneurs in these fields, but with academics, corporations, researchers and governments looking for public private partnerships, the more successful we will be.

Innovating Women Leaning In to Tell Their Own Stories

XPRIZE | Posted 05.13.2013 | Women
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By Vivek Wadhwa Vice President of Academics and Innovation, Singularity University. The technology industry has a gender problem. The vast majority o...

Show Some Respect! Innovating Women Are Reshaping the World

Farai Chideya | Posted 05.10.2013 | Technology
Farai Chideya

Don't you want to see a world where women succeed in innovation and entrepreneurship, not just on behalf of other women but on behalf of the entire planet?

(Nearly) Unlimited Water

XPRIZE | Posted 05.07.2013 | Green
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By Ramez Naam This is Part Three of a five-part series by Ramez Naam, Singularity University Adjunct Faculty, exploring the power of innovation to boo...

(Nearly) Unlimited Food

XPRIZE | Posted 05.02.2013 | Technology
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By Ramez Naam This is Part Two of a five-part series by Ramez Naam, Singularity University Adjunct Faculty, exploring the power of innovation to boost...

(Nearly) Unlimited Energy

XPRIZE | Posted 04.25.2013 | Technology
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By Ramez Naam This is Part One of a five-part series by Ramez Naam, Singularity University Adjunct Faculty, exploring the power of innovation to boost...

Ingestible, Implantable, or Intimate Contact; How Will You Take Your Micro-Scale Body Sensors

XPRIZE | Posted 06.18.2013 | Technology
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By George Skidmore, Ph.D. George Skidmore, Ph.D. is a physicist working in micro machines and nanotechnology. He is Principal Scientist at DRS Techno...

Kevin Mitnick: The Hacking Hamburglar

XPRIZE | Posted 06.15.2013 | Technology
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Exponential Growth in Small Machines - Don't Fear, They're Here to Protect You

XPRIZE | Posted 05.28.2013 | Technology
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By George Skidmore, Ph.D. George Skidmore, Ph.D. is a Physicist working in micro machines and nanotechnology. He is Principal Scientist at DRS Techno...

Silicon Valley Discriminates Against Women But There is Hope

XPRIZE | Posted 05.22.2013 | Technology
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By Vivek Wadhwa Vice President of Academics and Innovation, Singularity University. Visit any company in the Valley, and you'll see that it resembles...

Can a Cyborg Treat Us Before We Fall Sick?

XPRIZE | Posted 05.12.2013 | Home
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By Praveen Suthrum Praveen Suthrum is an alumnus of Singularity University and co-founder of NextServices. Even now I can see Dr. Hingorani telling ...

Forget The Sequester: Entrepreneurs Are Saving The Future

XPRIZE | Posted 05.07.2013 | Politics
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By Vivek Wadhwa Vice President of Academics and Innovation, Singularity University. Imagine a world with unlimited food, water, and energy--in which ...

How Science Can Deal With Sequestrations and Fiscal Cliffs

XPRIZE | Posted 05.01.2013 | Politics
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No matter how well intentioned (and politically appealing), protecting individual values in isolation of the consequence to other values can never be as optimal as making decisions with the full system in view and on the table.

My Secrets: How I Became a Prolific Writer and Learned to Get Beyond School Essays

XPRIZE | Posted 04.30.2013 | Media
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By Vivek Wadhwa Vice President of Academics and Innovation, Singularity University. Some people think I am a journalist. My friends ask how I can pos...

The Moon is a Natural Platform for Asteroid Mining, Detection and Deflection

XPRIZE | Posted 04.27.2013 | Technology
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By Naveen Jain Entrepreneur and philanthropist Naveen Jain is a trustee of Singularity University and X Prize foundation and a Founder and Chairman of...

How Large Companies Can Innovate

Peter Diamandis | Posted 04.22.2013 | Business
Peter Diamandis

I am going to show you how one GE exec (at GE HealthCare Hungary) figured out how to instill a sense of creative freedom among the employees that led to a real burst in innovation.

Missing the Innovation Mark: What's Wrong with Corporate America

XPRIZE | Posted 04.21.2013 | Technology
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By Deborah Perry Piscione Deborah Perry Piscione is a Silicon Valley-based entrepreneur and the author of the upcoming book Secrets of Silicon Valley:...

US Startups Are Struggling to Find and Retain Talent: It's Time to Change That

XPRIZE | Posted 04.17.2013 | Small Business
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The majority of the entrepreneurs and startup CEOs we work with share a common dilemma: they struggle to find, attract and retain the engineering, scientific and technical talent they need to grow their businesses.

Yes, Africa Can Be Part of the Online Job Economy

XPRIZE | Posted 04.16.2013 | World
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If you are reading this and you live in the U.S. or another developed economy, what comes to your mind is Angie's List or other similar platforms. Well, this will not work for the security guard. Though it may work for Godwin if there is a similar platform launched in Nigeria.