Scientists agree that global warming, also called climate change which has become the climate crisis, is a problem that deserves attention. One San Francisco Bay Area woman is doing something to bring attention to the problem and solve it. “Humans need to figure out how to decouple population growth from habitat destruction to live in [...]
Artificial Intelligence Startup Founder Jason Velez, Esq., is chairing VLAB panel “Automated Attorneys: Will AI Kill All the Lawyers?,” taking place October 24 at the Stanford Faculty Club. As background, a February Forbes article says that law firms use artificial intelligence to better conduct research, efficiently perform due diligence and track and invoice hours. Some [...]
In 2019 augmented reality remains one of the top technology trends to watch. Peter Rojas a panelist on VLAB’s panel “Outdoor AR: Who Wants to Come Out and Play” — June 5th at Stanford — says augmented reality or AR has almost unlimited potential to transform how we interact with each other and the world around us. [...]
According to CSO.com “Zero Trust is a security concept centered on the belief that organizations should not automatically trust anything inside or outside its perimeters and instead must verify anything and everything trying to connect to its systems before granting access.” It goes on to say that the 2017 Annual Cybercrime Report from Cybersecurity Ventures [...]
I recently sat down and had an “open” conversation with Arun Iyengar, The Semiconductor Guy, to get his views on the impact of open-source processors, and explore what motivated him to take on the VLAB role of Program Co-Chair and lead of the September panel. The growing number of projects in the internet of things [...]
Did you ever wonder what it’s like to put together a Silicon Valley panel event on a white-hot tech topic? You’re about to find out. Sandeep Verma is the co-chair of the June 19 VLAB panel event, “The Proliferation of Artificial Intelligence: Will AI Be the Biggest Disruption in the Next 10 Years?” From home [...]
Autonomous vehicles (AVs) represent a new surge of progress and opportunity for the automotive industry and may redefine how ground transportation is designed and used. Market Research Future projects the autonomous vehicles market will expand at a CAGR of 26.2% in the period from 2016 to 2027 reaching a whopping $65.3 billion. With the dream [...]
From warehouse operations to surgical operations, robots are lending a helping hand like never before. But just how nimble are they, and how far does the technology have to go for them to be fully useful in the industry? To explore this topic further, VLAB Executive Stefano Foresti is leading the coordination of panel on [...]
Long-time VLAB Volunteer Michelle Tsing recently chaired a panel on the entrepreneurial community’s favorite cocktail party conversation topic, the meteoric rise and rocky life of Initial Coin Offerings or ICOs. The panel “ICOs and the Token Economy: Disruption or Deception?”, a sell-out event, took place on February 27 at the Stanford Faculty Club. The panelists [...]
Sangam Sangameswara, founder of several companies and event chair of the upcoming “Young Immigrant Entrepreneurs: Living The American Dream” event on January 30 was recently interviewed by VLAB blogger Michelle McIntyre. During their lively chat, they discussed his motivation for success, his time working with Intel Founder Andy Grove, the reasons why Mahatma Gandhi and [...]
