LinkedIn Group
We have launched a LinkedIn group for our Scientific Advisory Board members. The goal of this group is to help members:
- Reach other members of the Lifeboat Foundation Scientific Advisory
Boards.
- Accelerate careers/business through referrals from Lifeboat
Foundation Scientific Advisory Boards LinkedIn group members.
- Know more than a name — view rich professional profiles from fellow Lifeboat Foundation Scientific Advisory Boards members.
Advisory Board members can join at
http://www.linkedin.com/e/gis/35656/2B322944A8E3
Update: Our LinkedIn group for our Scientific Advisory Board members
passed 100 members within 24 hours of its launch. Special thanks to
Philippe Van Nedervelde for conceiving, organizing, and launching this
effort!
Folding@Home Team
LF SAB member Philippe Van Nedervelde has created a Lifeboat Foundation
team on Folding@Home. Our team has number 88682. Philippe invites any
and all LFers to join our Lifeboat Foundation Folding@Home team. Those
owning a Playstation 3 know that they can use their PS3 for
Folding@Home. Windows, Macintosh, and Linux users can also download the
software as well at http://folding.stanford.edu/download.html
Donate the unused CPU cycles on your computer(s)/PS3 to help scientists
understand protein folding, misfolding, and related diseases. Current
Folding@Home projects include the search for cures of: Alzheimer's
Disease, Cancer, Huntington's Disease, Osteogenesis Imperfecta, and
Parkinson's Disease. Your participation can help lead to a cure for
these diseases, so donate computing cycles generously!
See our team page at
http://fah-web.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/mai...um=88682
For any questions related to this, contact Philippe directly at
Website Redesign
We now have a "Website Redesign" category at https://lifeboat.com/ex/donations for those who wish to help pay for an upgrade of our site.
Videos
Watch "PBS's Nanotechnology Takes Off" at
http://lifeboat.com/ex/videos#nanotechn...akes_off
Watch "The Immortalists: A Short Film" at
http://lifeboat.com/ex/videos#the_immortalists
Growing Membership
We have now reached 73 donors!
Read "Why I've Donated Over $1,000 to the Lifeboat Foundation" by
Michael Anissimov at
http://www.acceleratingfuture.com/micha...g/?p=559
Jason Gaverick Matheny officially joins as a LF 500 member, Matthew L. McGuirl and Mark A. Walker join as Executive Class members, Matt Browne,
Joseph P. Jackson III, John N. Phillips (Jack), and Pennye Shaw join as
Economy Class members.
Joseph P. Jackson III says "Today it is outrageous that the term
existential risk is not even in the vocabulary of most policymakers, not
to mention the public at large. The next decade is absolutely critical — either we get these issues recognized globally, from the highest
levels of intergovernmental meetings, down to the lowest common
denominator of popular culture — or — we abandon all hope of steering
our future as it overcomes us."
Here are some of the recent donations/pledges we have received since
the last newsletter:
Jason Gaverick Matheny: $285,
Sergio M.L. Tarrero: $170,
Matt Browne: $130,
Michael Anissimov: $85,
Michael Dickey: $85,
Thoughtware.TV: $85,
Philippe Van Nedervelde: $85,
Kenneth P. Weiss: $85,
Joseph P. Jackson III: $70,
Nick Tarleton: $50,
John N. Philipps (Jack): $40,
James Blodgett: $25,
Vincent A. Cate: $25,
Adam Dobrin: $25,
Rick Hubbard: $25,
Matthew L. McGuirl: $25,
Mark A. Walker: $25,
James William Taylor: $25,
Stephen Fleming: $20,
Anonymous: $10,
Sylvia Engdahl: $10,
George Garrett: $10,
Glenn A. Miller: $10,
Jeremy Shepard: $10,
Pennye Shaw: $10,
Kaj Sotala: $10,
Michael Vassar: $10,
and Donna Beck: $1.
Our Join Us page at https://lifeboat.com/ex/join.us now allows you to
pay for your membership anywhere from monthly to every ten years.
