The Singularity Summit 2007

Media Sponsors

: The Arlington Institute

FUTUREdition is a free e-newsletter, published by The Arlington Institute. FUTUREdition scours the world for important and often missed early indicators of events and trends that have the potential to significantly influence the future. FE is edited by John L. Petersen, the founder and president of The Arlington Institute which specializes in developing concepts, processes and tools for systematically scanning the horizon. TAI believes that the world is on the verge of an extraordinary, fundamental transition that appears likely to be quite disruptive, but will lead to a new reality that is quite different from the present.

: Boing Boing

With more than a million of visitors a month, Boing Boing is one of the most well-read weblogs in the world. Boing Boing's daily digest of technology, culture, and Internet curiosities are written and edited by four veteran print and broadcast journalists, whose work appears regularly in Wired, National Public Radio, PBS, The New York Times, Scientific American, Playboy, Popular Science, MSNBC, and Business 2.0. Boing Boing Co-Editor Cory Doctorow was a presenter at the Singularity Summit at Stanford University, and his presentation is online here.

: KurzweilAI.net

Founded by Ray Kurzweil, KurzweilAI.net features more than 600 articles by big thinkers examining the convergence of accelerating revolutions in AI, nanotechnology, genetics, and other areas shaping the future of superintelligence. Its Accelerating-Intelligence News daily newsletter tracks the latest news in these areas and its Mind-X forum allows for open discussion. KurzweilAI.net also manages singularity.com and fantastic-voyage.net, covering Kurzweil's recent two books.

: Meraki

Meraki’s mission is to bring affordable Internet access to the next billion people. Meraki’s new approach to wireless networking empowers individuals and groups to bring access to local communities, anywhere in the world. Meraki has focused on changing the economics of access since its beginning as a MIT Ph.D. research project that provided wireless access to graduate students. Using their research, Meraki got its start at a low-income housing community in the US. News about Meraki’s products spread by word of mouth into over 25 countries around the world. Every day, new Meraki networks bring access to locations ranging from urban apartment complexes in London to villages in India. Meraki is based in Mountain View, California, and is backed in part by Google and Sequoia Capital.

: MINE

MINE was founded with the philosophy that good design is good business, and that working smart beats working big. A multidisciplinary studio, MINE offers innovative and informed solutions as tools to support corporate, enterprise, and nonprofit organizations. Emphasizing intelligence-based design and sound strategic thinking, MINE seeks to create definitive, stand-out work that projects a unique position of leadership and promotes the highest standards of excellence.

: Nanotechnology Now

Nanotechnology Now (NN) covers future sciences such as Molecular Nanotechnology (MNT), MicroElectroMechanical Systems (MEMS), NanoElectroMechanical Systems (NEMS), Nanomedicine, Nanobiotechnology, Nanoelectronics, Nanofabrication, Computational Nanotechnology, Quantum Computers, and Artificial Intelligence. NN was created to serve the information needs of business, government, academic, and public communities, with our aim of becoming the most informative and current free collection of "nano" reference material.

: The Podcast Network

The Podcast Network (TPN) is a privately-owned media company headquartered in Melbourne, Australia. The goal of TPN is to bring together talented and committed podcasters from around the world to produce high quality programming for a global audience.

: Science Blogs

ScienceBlogs is the largest blogging network dedicated to science, with over 60 blogs and over 1.5 million visits each month. Since its launch last year, the network has emerged as a vital player in the new media landscape. Breaking news and fueling conversation, ScienceBlogs engages thought-leaders in a digital science salon.