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Solve for X

CSI and Arizona State University share Solve for X’s commitment to ambitious, solutions-focused moonshot thinking. Moonshots live in the gray area between audacious projects and pure science fiction; instead of mere 10% gains, they aim for 10x improvements. The combination of a huge problem, a radical solution and the breakthrough technology that might just make that solution possible is the essence of a moonshot. Great moonshot discussions require an innovative mindset–including a healthy disregard for the impossible–while still maintaining a level of practicality.
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Solve for X

Joey Eschrich January 19, 2013
Solve for X was started by a team from Google [x] in 2012 as an experiment to encourage discussion of technological solutions to some of the world’s greatest problems, and has evolved into a global network of creative individuals and institutions dedicated to radical innovation.

CSI and Arizona State University share Solve for X’s commitment to ambitious, solutions-focused moonshot thinking. Moonshots live in the gray area between audacious projects and pure science fiction; instead of mere 10% gains, they aim for 10x improvements. The combination of a huge problem, a radical solution and the breakthrough technology that might just make that solution possible is the essence of a moonshot. Great moonshot discussions require an innovative mindset–including a healthy disregard for the impossible–while still maintaining a level of practicality.

Solve for X is featuring a number of exciting moonshot solutions being developed right here at ASU:
- Using algae biofuel production to transform wastewater into renewable energy
- Developing a painless blood sugar test for diabetics that uses tears instead of blood
- Using ultrasonic stimulation instead of risky, invasive surgery to treat neurological and psychological disorders
- Training medical professionals to respond to emergency situations using interactive, haptic video games
- Creating robotic hands that precisely mimic the movements and responses of the human hand
- Fabricating ultra-light, sustainable building materials based on spider silk
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Quanta

Quanta, a new initiative at ASU’s Office of Knowledge Enterprise Development, connects high school students with researchers at ASU and throughout Arizona to collaborate on research…

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Quanta

Nina Miller November 8, 2012

Quanta, a new initiative at ASU’s Office of Knowledge Enterprise Development, connects high school students with researchers at ASU and throughout Arizona to collaborate on research projects and receive mentorship from experts and current ASU students. The Center for Science and the Imagination is currently assembling student teams to work on projects focused on the interplay between science and science fiction, collaborations between artists and scientists, and the potential of video games as a way for young people to think creatively about the future.

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Project Humanities

Project Humanities seeks to reveal the interactions among the humanities and other areas of scholarship and human endeavor, and to explore the ways that people connect…

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Project Humanities

Nina Miller November 8, 2012

Project Humanities seeks to reveal the interactions among the humanities and other areas of scholarship and human endeavor, and to explore the ways that people connect with one another and make meaning from their shared experiences. These ambitious goals are closely aligned with the Center for Science and the Imagination’s mission to encourage productive collaborations among humanists, artists and scientists. Our growing relationship with Project Humanities includes the Science Fiction TV Dinner Series, as well as several other projects currently in development.

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Under Tomorrow’s Sky

Under Tomorrow’s Sky brings together an ensemble of scientists, technologists, futurists and designers to collectively author a proposal for a future city – an imaginary urbanism,…

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Under Tomorrow’s Sky

Nina Miller November 8, 2012

Under Tomorrow’s Sky brings together an ensemble of scientists, technologists, futurists and designers to collectively author a proposal for a future city – an imaginary urbanism, the landscapes that surround it and the stories it contains. The Center for Science and the Imagination aims to participate in the Future Cities design think tank, developing narratives and scenarios that speculate on how urban systems in the future might feel or function, what their social and cultural fabric might be, and what forms they might take. The model for the future city will generate public exhibitions, publications, and a variety of other narrative media projects exploring the implications and consequences of emerging urban conditions.

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ASU Center for Games and Impact

We are partnering with ASU’s Center for Games and Impact to develop interactive game platforms that encourage users to leverage academic knowledge to model and solve…

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ASU Center for Games and Impact

Nina Miller November 8, 2012

We are partnering with ASU’s Center for Games and Impact to develop interactive game platforms that encourage users to leverage academic knowledge to model and solve real-world problems. Additionally, we are engaged in the Fab Lab project, designing a game to inspire possible use scenarios and then scaffold players in actually designing real-world products using fab labs and 3D printing technology. The core of this effort is to bring dedicated scientists, community activists, learning scientists, and game designers together create a sense of public agency and engagement around STEM challenges.

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Emerge

In March 2012, ASU hosted Emerge, an unparalleled campus-wide event uniting artists, engineers, scientists, storytellers and designers to build, draw, write and rethink the future of the human species and the environments that we share. The Center for Science and the Imagination will develop Emerge into an annual event that will engage changemakers from a variety of fields to respond to the question “what kind of future do we want to create?”

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Emerge

Nina Miller November 8, 2012

In March 2012, ASU hosted Emerge, an unparalleled campus-wide event uniting artists, engineers, scientists, storytellers and designers to build, draw, write and rethink the future of the human species and the environments that we share. The Center for Science and the Imagination will develop Emerge into an annual event that will engage changemakers from a variety of fields to respond to the question “what kind of future do we want to create?”

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Intel’s Tomorrow Project

Intel’s Tomorrow Project endeavors to foster productive, science-based conversations about the future. The Center for Science and the Imagination is collaborating with Intel on Tomorrow Project…
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Intel’s Tomorrow Project

Nina Miller November 8, 2012
Intel’s Tomorrow Project endeavors to foster productive, science-based conversations about the future. The Center for Science and the Imagination is collaborating with Intel on Tomorrow Project USA, a new website featuring interviews and videos, as well as a series of anthologies featuring original content written by college students and others. Each anthology will focus on a different set of challenges and solutions, such as sustainability, education, and energy. Once published, each anthology will be distributed for free online and in print.

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Hieroglyph

Hieroglyph, developed in cooperation with science fiction author Neal Stephenson, brings science fiction writers and other creative thinkers into conversation with scientists, engineers and technologists to…

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Hieroglyph

Nina Miller November 8, 2012

Hieroglyph, developed in cooperation with science fiction author Neal Stephenson, brings science fiction writers and other creative thinkers into conversation with scientists, engineers and technologists to collaborate on science fiction stories that envision futures radically changed by major technological innovation. Hieroglyph will publish a serial featuring fiction, dialogs and other progress reports on our marquee collaborations, combining the best new work from our professional science fiction writers, researchers and community contributors. This growing archive of stories and media will be accessible through the Hieroglyph website and on a variety of mobile devices, and it will serve as the foundation for an anthology of fiction and non-fiction to be published in the near future.

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