Singularity University launches this week

The Singularity University launches its first program this week - with 40 selected post graduate students invited for tuition by some of the most brilliant people in nano-, bio-, information- and robotic technologies.

“Singularity University (SU) is an interdisciplinary university whose mission is to assemble, educate and inspire a cadre of leaders who strive to understand and facilitate the development of exponentially advancing technologies in order to address humanity’s grand challenges. With the support of a broad range of leaders in academia, business and government, SU hopes to stimulate groundbreaking, disruptive thinking and solutions aimed at solving some of the planet’s most pressing challenges

Read the press release on the site of the Singularity University

Humanity+ magazine has interviewed chairman of the Singularity University Peter Diamandis and will cover the first week day to day in their blog

See also the interview with University Executive Director Salim Ismail from Singularity.com: