Kurzweil Newsletter

[view in web browser]( Kurzweil | e-newsletter Dear readers, Welcome to the Kurzweil e-newsletter --- tracking the press + activities of Ray Kurzweil: best-selling author, inventor, and futurist. Plus breakthroughs in science, tech, and progress --- illustrating Ray's ideas + predictions outlined in his acclaimed books. Our web library features Ray's key writings, resources, and a digest of stories about the world of tomorrow. to visit our home page | [click here]( posts for the Super Bowl digest | High-Tech Helmet: to prevent sports brain injury Engineering state-of-the-art gear. --- summary --- The National Football League (NFL) asked inventors, scientists, physicians, and engineers to make the game of football safer. 300 of the brightest minds gathered to make key improvements to sports helmet design. The goal of NFL's helmet challenge is preventing traumatic brain injury to players with innovation. Researchers explore advanced modeling + design software, and novel composite materials for head + body gear — that can absorb and withstand crushing impact. See the tech up-close in included videos. [read the full story]( digest | Tech teams-up: artificial intelligence for football The digital athlete + big data. --- summary --- The computer software field of artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming every major industry, including sports. Applied to football, AI is improving how player safety is visualized and assessed — shaping tech that can see how injuries happen. The most revolutionary component of the NFL + Amazon partnership is the creation of the “Digital Athlete” — a computer simulation model that can replicate infinite scenarios within the game environment. [read the full story]( list | ooom: the World’s 100 Most Inspiring People no. 59 | Ray Kurzweil • for year 2019 --- summary --- ooom said: Who influenced, motivated, and fascinated us most this past year — ooom presents: the World’s 100 Most Inspiring People for year 2019. The ooom editorial board and our prominent jury joined forces to create this unique annual list. no. 59 --- Ray Kurzweil is a best-selling author, inventor, futurist. Without doubt, one of the most influential people in cyber. He changes the world with his ideas + and his way of thinking. [read the full story]( resources | featurette series: NFL Next • the Future of Football from: National Football League --- summary --- Welcome to the future of football. The National Football League (NFL) has launched the video featurette series called NFL Next — taking fans behind-the-scenes to get a view of how today’s tech is changing the sport of tomorrow. [read the full story]( list | Forbes • the Era’s Most Influential: tech industry leader no. 9 | Ray Kurzweil --- summary --- A select number of influential leaders in the tech industry have dominated headlines in the last few decades. From revolutionizing mobile, to bringing social media into the mainstream, to championing open source — each has focused on and accomplished very different — and impactful — things in the tech space. [read the full story]( making headlines | Medical AI software detects aneurysms topic: progress in bio-medicine --- summary --- Researchers at Stanford Univ. developed a breakthrough artificial intelligence software tool that can detect brain aneurysms. Each year: 30,000 people in the US suffer a ruptured brain aneurysm, which can lead to disability or death. Many aneurysms are notoriously difficult to visualize on brain scans. To find them in a patient, physicians comb through 100s of brain images. This AI successfully located aneurysms in mountains of medical images --- showing researchers that smart software can be applied to this task. [read the full story]( the Kurzweil Library | accelerating intelligence by Kurzweil Technologies co. This email was sent to {EMAIL} [why did I get this?]( [unsubscribe from this list]( [update subscription preferences]( Kurzweil Network | accelerating intelligence · 935 Great Plain Ave. | no. 111 · Needham, MA 02492 · USA