Welcome! My name is Melba Kurman. I write and speak to audiences all over the world about the promise and peril of emerging technologies.
I am the author of two books and several articles that explore how artificial intelligence, driverless vehicles and 3D printing enrich and challenge our lives. Driverless: Autonomous Cars and the Road Ahead (MIT Press, 2016) and Fabricated: The New World of 3D Printing (Wiley, 2013) have sold more than 250,000 copies in seven languages.
I am a faculty member at Singularity University, with previous positions in Microsoft's Windows Server Division and at Cornell University. I earned a BS from Cornell University, an MS from University of Illinois's iSchool and served in the United States Peace Corps (Liberia, West Africa). I was born in Helsinki and am a proud first-generation Estonian-American. I divide my time between New York City and the Berkshires.
I am the author of two books and several articles that explore how artificial intelligence, driverless vehicles and 3D printing enrich and challenge our lives. Driverless: Autonomous Cars and the Road Ahead (MIT Press, 2016) and Fabricated: The New World of 3D Printing (Wiley, 2013) have sold more than 250,000 copies in seven languages.
I am a faculty member at Singularity University, with previous positions in Microsoft's Windows Server Division and at Cornell University. I earned a BS from Cornell University, an MS from University of Illinois's iSchool and served in the United States Peace Corps (Liberia, West Africa). I was born in Helsinki and am a proud first-generation Estonian-American. I divide my time between New York City and the Berkshires.