SingularityU Geneva Salon

04/10/2017

Each quarter our team is faced with the choice: what Singularity University Chapter applicants meet the selection criteria, that can become…

01/06/2016

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Nicoletta would like to thank Ines Flammarion, Olivier Savet, Maevva Leduc of FLUX Laboratory and all of the speakers who have inspired us during the Salon and that continue to inspire us still. And of course everyone who participated and supported this event, whether by being physically present or by following it on this page.

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A glimpse of Von Arx's performance.

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The musical journey took us across centuries with his performance to music from the XX’s century artist Ernest Bloch and the master of the XVII century, Johann Sebastian Bach.
We listened to 4 short pieces in sequence, Bloch-Bach-Bloch and Bach again. And the main goal was to show that the soul of the music, in its purest essence is universal and centered around the human being, the same human beings that in the XVIII century were in the Voltaire's salons while listening to the revolutionary music of the innovator Bach.

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The solo violinist Fabrizio Von Arx closed the Salon by taking us in an exceptional musical journey.

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Now let's quickly go back to the past with "A 19th Century vision of what the year 2000 will be" that was originally called "En L'An 2000." It is a series of images done in the 1900's depicting and speculating about the future of the year 2000 and it's scientific developments. The series where lead by French artist Jean-Marc Coté and other artists.
Coté seemed to have predicted our current technological advances.

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Nicoletta shared with us that the project of Hyperloop is not just a concept but actually a work in progress, they have started to build it and for the very first time it has been tested at the time a few days ago, now a few weeks ago.
So get ready for Hyperloop.

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Technology is advancing in every aspect, not just in aviation but also in land transportation. Hyperloop: The Train of the Future. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMs0jTk459w

The Hyperloop is a conceptual high-speed transportation system put forward by entrepreneur Elon Musk, incorporating reduced-pressure tubes in which pressuriz...

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Now with the innovative side of technology: Can you imagine that in a few years traveling from New York City to London might take 11 minutes? (Still a concept on paper) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCn_FCUHR44

Before you get too excited, it's still only a concept. If the technology is achieved, this would enable the craft to reach Mach 24; that's 12x faster than th...

01/06/2016

A wireless headset, with the smartphone application “: Prose” working together to help nonverbal people speak. Showing the human side of technology: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mA0cFbiWPDc

This incredible wireless headset analyzes brainwaves to help nonverbal people speak. FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/futurism TWITTER: https://twitter.com...