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GAFAMS, STARTUPS & INNOVATION IN HEALTHCARE by PHARMAGEEK
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Singularity University is a non-profit learning institution in Silicon Valley whose stated aim is to "assemble, educate and inspire a cadre of leaders who strive to understand and facilitate the development of exponentially advancing technologies and apply, focus and guide these tools to address humanity’s grand challenges."[2] Singularity University is not an accredited four-year university, but is instead intended to supplement traditional educational institutions.[3] It offers an annual ten-week summer course intended for graduate and post-graduate students and ten day programs for senior corporate executives and senior government leaders. The first Graduate program began in June 2009, with full tuition costing US$25,000 (although a majority of the participants were provided full or partial scholarships). The inaugural 2009 class was limited to forty fellows chosen from over 1,200 applicants. Eighty graduate and postgraduate students were accepted for the graduate course beginning summer 2010 from a pool of 1,600 applicants.[4] The University offers 11 different academic tracks, each chaired by one or more experts in the field:[5][6] 
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Originally been propagated as a mathematical theory, the term Singularity has going through a series of changes and has been finally redefined at the Singularity University: According to the resear... Via Pierre Tran, Bruce Whealton
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DNA: The next big hacking frontierWashington PostAndrew Hessel, co-chairman of bioinformatics and biotechnology at Singularity University, where I currently serve as vice president of academics and innovation, predicts that within 10 years, it will... Via Frederic Emam-Zade Gerardino
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Un article du magazine Enjeux Les Echos de mai 2012 présente la Singularity University installée au cœur de la Silicon Valley. Il y est décrit comment des étudiants aux QI les plus élevés ainsi que... Via Roberta Faulhaber
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In this short talk from TEDxMaastricht, Singularity University faculty member Lucien Engelen discusses how technologies are enabling us to crowdsource our health. Via Substance Active
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Want to see Google’s robocar? Check out these short videos of the autonomous car at Singularity University. Via Martin Talks
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The Internet and social media are capturing the public’s attention, but some of the most significant advances today are happening in medicine. Technology and medicine are converging in new ways to make possible the types of innovations that could be seen on “Star Trek.” Consider this: We spend the majority of our health-care dollars on treating chronic diseases. Technological advances will enable us to shift those investments into improving our health and preventing disease. My colleague Daniel Kraft is a physician who chairs the medicine track and heads the FutureMed Program for Singularity University. The Silicon Valley-based university teaches business executives, technologists and government leaders about “exponential technologies.” These are inventions in fields that experience faster growth than average — such as robotics, nanotechnology and artificial intelligence. Singularity University’s founders believe that these technologies, when combined in new ways, could solve some of the world’s major problems, such as poverty, hunger, energy shortages and disease. Here are the three major trends Kraft sees in health and medicine: Medicine goes mobile and goes home. Many aspects of health care and disease management will become cheaper and more effective as our mobile phones and other, similar technology platforms become smaller, Web-enabled and interconnected. In essence, these smartphones will become health platforms. They already contain a wide array of sensors, including an accelerometer that can serve as a pedometer, a camera that can photograph external ailments and transmit them for analysis, and a global positioning system (GPS) that can track our locations. Developers are also looking beyond the smartphone when it comes to developing these new technologies. For example, Fitbit is a clip-on, Web-integrated device that helps track how many calories you burn during the day; Zeo is a wireless headband that helps you track the quality and duration of your sleep. Other devices, such as the Basis monitor, which is still in development, can keep track of heart rates and movement. Meanwhile, an array of devices, including scales, blood pressure monitors and blood glucose monitors, are becoming Wi-Fi-enabled. These technologies, when they are connected to electronic and personal health records and to social networks, can create powerful feedback loops with friends, and provide clinicians with better information for helping their patients. Expect to see products that keep track of your health by connecting to global health-care systems similar to the in-car assistance program OnStar. These will incorporate ubiquitous sensors embedded in toothbrushes and clothes, for example. They may even analyze our bathroom visits and food intake. They will likely use artificial-intelligence to constantly monitor our health data, predict disease and summon help in the event we fall ill. Personalization: From genomics to proteomics We learned how to sequence the genome a decade ago, and doing it cost billions of dollars. Companies like 23andMe are now offering partial DNA genotyping for as low as $99 (with a one-year subscription to their information service). Expect prices to continue to rapidly decline to that of a regular blood test. Via dbtmobile
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L'augmentation exponentielle de la puissance des ordinateurs et des réseaux optiques, combinée au développement de l'intelligence artificielle, des nanotechnologies et autres, va permettre d'extraordinaires transformations, explique le docteur Larry Smarr, professeur d'informatique et d'ingénierie à l'UCSD Jacobs et directeur de l'institut des télécommunications et technologies de l'information de Californie. Via Jean-Philippe BOCQUENET
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This post is written by Rob Nail - CEO of Singularity University, serial entrepreneur, angel investor, who loves to surf and surf the waves of accelerating change. Via LeapMind
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At TEDxMaastricht, Daniel Kraft offers a fast-paced look at the next few years of innovations in medicine, powered by new tools, tests and apps that bring diagnostic information right to the patient's bedside. Daniel Kraft is a physician-scientist, inventor and innovator. He chairs the FutureMed program at Singularity University, exploring the impact and potential of rapidly developing technologies as applied to health and medicine. Via Ashish Umre
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Synthetic biology is poised to become one of the big technologies of the 21st Century – a game changing area of science that could alter everything we know about health, energy, and humanity. But if the synthetic biology revolution ever wants to get off the ground, it’s going to need a new wave of entrepreneurs to develop companies and establish the industry. Singularity University is looking for those entrepreneurs…and it’s going to help them succeed. Via Jean-Philippe BOCQUENET
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View video: At the FutureMed conference at Singularity University in Mountain View, Calif., former astronaut Dan Barry explains how robot
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This is a guest post by Farai Chideya. She has covered Presidential elections, natural disasters, and dictatorships -- as well as the arts and technology -- in a two-decade journalism career that spans print, radio, digital, and televised media.
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http://www.ted.com Ray Kurzweil's latest graphs show that technology's breakneck advances will only accelerate -- recession or not. He unveils his new projec...
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Un monde où l’être humain aura transcendé son existence grâce à la technologie. Tel est l’avenir auquel nous prépare la Singularity University. Via philippe hert
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Peter Diamandis, X Prize founder and co-founder of Singularity University, talks about how his latest venture connects some of the brightest minds with top experts, points them toward the greatest challenges of the 21st century, and helps them get... Via Martin Talks
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A new university is sprouting up in the Bay Area this summer with quite an ambitious charter: solving the world's biggest problems. Singularity University, which will be housed on the NASA Ames base near Mountain View... The school hopes to attract students from a cross section of emerging disciplines - including nanotechnology, biotechnology and information technology - to tackle huge issues facing humanity. Pandemics and global health care concerns would be typical in scope and import. Via Alastair Creelman
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Sonia Arrison at Singularity Summit 2011 Sonia Arrison is the author of the book : 100 Plus: How the Coming Age of Longevity Will Change Everything, From Careers and Relationships to Family and Faith. She is a founder, academic advisor, and trustee at Singularity University, located in Mountain View, CA. She is also a senior fellow at the Pacific Research Institute (PRI) and a columnist for TechNewsWorld. Via Szabolcs Kósa
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Angela Dunn interviews trauma surgeon Dr. Rafael Grossmann about Google Glass and the future of medicine at FutureMed 2013 at Singularity University. Via Brad Ovenell-Carter
Chris Long's comment,
April 17, 2013 11:22 AM
Great insight Brad! I'm interested in the 7 qualities of new schools you mentioned. Could you point me to anything further on that?
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Singularity University is planning to exponentially advance itself, transforming from a provider of short supplemental classes into a sort of innovation... Via LeapMind
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"Singularity University is partnering with Triple Ring Technologies to mentor and develop select synthetic biology teams between May and August 2012. We are looking for promising biotechnology entrepreneurs who we can help to incorporate and develop products and services that can be made and tested in a short amount of time (three months), and with little capital (on average less than $50k)..." Via Gerd Moe-Behrens
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