Hoping for a future of 80% unemployment because so many jobs have been handed to robots, a self-described “raging techno-optimist” says we need to think about what that means for... Read more
Competitions spur creativity and promise tangible results to address some of the world’s biggest problems Just over three years ago, engineer and entrepreneur Peter Diamandis took the winner... Read more
The promise for the future of medicine will be off the charts The first entrant in the Genomics X Prize is taking up the challenge of truly cheap and rapid genome sequencing. If it can do it... Read more
Onstage at TED2012, Peter Diamandis makes a case for optimism — that well invent, innovate and create ways to solve the challenges that loom over us. “Im not saying we dont have... Read more
The X Prize Foundation calls it “visioneering.” We call it 120 smart people stuffed into a room. But whatever you call the huge brainstorm that happened in April, it produced som... Read more
Image via Wikipedia Offering a cash prize to encourage innovation is all the rage. Sometimes it works rather well A CURIOUS cabal gathered recently in a converted warehouse in San Francisco... Read more