​My name is Melba Kurman. I write and speak about the impact of emerging technologies on our lives, our businesses and our cities.    

I am the author of two books and several articles that explore how artificial intelligence, driverless vehicles and 3D printing both enrich and challenge our lives.  My books, 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.

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Download Melba's CV (2020)