Dr. Chad Ruffin has been invited to the Exponential Medicine Conference hosted by Singularity University to share how his experience with hearing loss drives the efforts of RuffLab to improve outcomes for the d/Deaf. The conference will be held in San Diego, California during the week of November 6-9, 2017.
Singularity University was founded by Ray Kurzweil and Peter Diamandis. Ray Kurzweil developed the flatbed scanner, the first text-to-speech device for the blind, and omni-font recognition technology. He is a futurist known for his uncanny predictions of technological innovations and the coming singularity when the power of computing technology exceeds the human brain. Dr. Peter Diamandis is a physician, engineer, entrepreneur, and New York Times bestselling author. He is best known for founding the XPrize to encourage the privatization of space transport.
Exponential Medicine is a unique and intensive four-day experience that gathers world-class faculty, innovators, and organizations from across the biomedical and technology spectrum to explore and leverage the convergence of fast moving technologies in the reinvention and future of health and medicine.