Tag: Actionable Discoveries
-
Human Augmentation: Blurring the Line Between Biology and Technology
Restoring and augmenting hearing capacity. Augmenting cognition through the use of a Brian Computer Interface. Using a human exoskeleton to augment movement. Enhancing sensory processing.
-
4 Ways Driverless Cars will Disrupt the World
Forget about self-parking vehicles, hands-free highway travel, and automatic braking. Driverless cars could change the entire car industry, car ownership, and anything connected to transportation. What’s more, such vehicles should arrive by the end of this decade. “Disruptive innovations… don’t attempt to bring better products to established customers… they are simpler, more convenient, and…
-
Why Public Privacy Matters More Than Big Data
If you’re not paying for the product, then you are the product… Let’s not do that.” – Phil Zimmerman, Creator, PGP “What’s wrong with the current system is not that we are Google’s users; we are google’s product.” – Jacques Benkoski, Partner, USVP As the data industry blazes ahead, few stop and think of the…
-
Revolutionizing Aerospace: For The Non-Rocket Scientists
Panelists contend that innovators from other industries can disrupt aerospace the same way Apple overturned music distribution. “You have to know absolutely nothing about helicopters to work with a company like Sikorsky,” said Jonathan Hartman, Disruptive Technologies Lead of Sikorsky Innovations. His statement set the tone for VLAB’s aerospace event on September 24. Two other…
-
Education Technology Tsunami: Common Core Disrupts K12
On Tuesday, September 17, VLAB kicked off the 2013-1014 season premiere with an evening program on the Education Technology Tsunami: Common Core Disrupts K12. The event started with a one hour networking session, with demonstrations by six up and coming startups. The main highlight of the evening, however, was the debate and insights provided by the…
-
Greetings from the 2013-2014 VLAB Executive Committee!
Greetings from the 2013-2014 VLAB Executive Committee! As we head into our 23rd season, we are looking forward to welcoming you into our community of over 25,000 Bay Area influencers. We have a fantastic line up of events planned for the year ahead. Starting off on Tuesday, September 17th, we will explore how the adoption of…