WorldFuture 2008 Lineup
Lawrence A. Baines, Raj Bawa, Peter C. Bishop, Dennis M. Bushnell, Josh
Calder, José Luis Cordeiro, Yasmin Dada-Jones, Jerry Glenn, Jay Herson,
Michael Jackson, Shun-jie Ji, Amy Oberg, John L. Petersen, Carrie
Rathsack, Karlin Sloan, Mike Treder, Verne Wheelwright, and Mariann
Zanardo will be speaking at "WorldFuture 2008: Seeing the Future Through
New Eyes" at the Hilton Washington, Washington, D.C., from July 26 to
July 28, 2008.
Learn more at http://lifeboat.com/upcoming
Blog
Athena Andreadis joins our blog team with her first post at
http://lifeboat.com/blog/?p=132
Phil Bowermaster joins our blog team with his first post at
http://lifeboat.com/blog/?p=127
Business Board
Michael Jackson joins our Business Board which he also founded. Mike is
a Founder Member and Chairman of Shaping Tomorrow. He also advises
businesses on dramatically improving their competitiveness through
pioneering work on practical Sustainable Business Strategies. Clients
include a number of blue-chip, international and national companies, and
small to medium sized UK businesses.
You can learn about Mike at http://lifeboat.com/ex/bios.michael.jackson
Alberto Conti, one of the creators of the GoogleSky concept, joins our Cosmology Board. Learn about him at http://lifeboat.com/ex/bios.alberto.conti
NASA
Dennis M. Bushnell, Chief Scientist, NASA Langley Research Center, joins
our Futurists Board and Space Settlement Board.
Dennis is responsible for technical oversight and advanced program
formulation with emphasis in the areas of atmospheric sciences and
structures, materials, acoustics, flight electronics/control/software,
instruments, aerodynamics, aerothermodynamics, hypersonic airbreathing
propulsion, computational sciences, and systems optimization for
aeronautics, spacecraft, exploration, and space access.
Learn about Dennis at http://lifeboat.com/ex/bios.dennis.m.bushnell
Frederik Pohl
Frederik Pohl joins our Futurists Board. He is a three time Nebula
winner, including the "Grand Master" Nebula for lifetime contributions
to the field, and a six time Hugo winner. He is the only person ever to
have won the Hugo both as writer and as editor.
Learn about Frederik at http://lifeboat.com/ex/bios.frederik.pohl
Interviews
Read the Wired interview of Brian Cox: "Rock Star-Turned-Physicist
Trades Keyboard for Atom Smasher" at
http://www.wired.com/science/discoverie.../ted_cox
Brian is on our Particle Physics Board.
Listen to our Philippe Van Nedervelde on "The Future and You" at
http://thefutureandyou.libsyn.com/index...d=311470
Book
Buy "Living Like Ed: A Guide to the Eco-Friendly Life" by Ed Begley Jr. at http://lifeboat.com/ed.cgi
Ed is on our Sustainability Board.
Greek Support
Thanks to Athena Andreadis, we now have a Greek version of our about page at http://lifeboat.com/ex/about.greek
Video
Watch the video "Nokia Morph Concept" at
http://lifeboat.com/ex/videos#nokia_morph_concept
Morph is a concept demonstrating some of the possibilities
nanotechnologies might enable in future communication devices. Morph can
sense its environment, is energy harvesting, and self cleaning. Morph is
a flexible two-piece device that can adapt its shape to different use
modes. Nanotechnology enables us to have adaptive materials yet rigid
forms on demand.
It is also featured in the MoMA online exhibition "Design and the
Elastic Mind". It has been a collaboration project of the Nokia Research
Center and Cambridge Nanoscience Center.
Rosetta@Home Team
Robert Robinson joins our Rosetta@Home team at
http://lifeboat.com/ex/rosetta.home
Donate the unused CPU cycles on your computer(s) to help scientists to
determine the 3-dimensional shapes of proteins in research that may
ultimately lead to finding cures for some major human diseases. By
running the Rosetta program on your computer while you don't need it you
will help speed up and extend research in ways scientists couldn't
possibly attempt without your help. You will also be helping efforts at
designing new proteins to fight diseases such as HIV, Malaria, Cancer,
and Alzheimer's.
Growing Membership
Long-time Lifeboat Foundation supporter Otto Valtakoski provides
donations to three separate Lifeboat programs: AIShield Fund, A-PRIZE,
and NanoShield Fund. You can see these programs at
https://lifeboat.com/ex/ai.shield.fund, https://lifeboat.com/ex/a-prize,
and https://lifeboat.com/ex/nano.shield.fund.
Here are some of the recent donations/pledges we have received since
the last newsletter:
Humberto Castaneda: $200,
Sergio M.L. Tarrero: $170,
Colin Kline (spelling correction): $120,
Michael Anissimov: $85,
Eric Bauswell: $85,
Michael Dickey: $85,
Chris Haley: $85,
Jason Gaverick Matheny: $85,
Philippe Van Nedervelde: $85,
Kenneth P. Weiss: $85,
Anonymous: $30,
Otto Valtakoski: $30,
C M Anderson: $25,
Vincent A. Cate: $25,
Adam Dobrin: $25,
Rick Hubbard: $25,
Matthew L. McGuirl: $25,
Peter Murray: $25,
Robert Hunt Robinson: $25,
James William Taylor: $25,
Mark A. Walker: $25,
Adrian-Bodgan Morut (Adi): $20,
Stephen Fleming: $10,
Joshua Fox: $10,
Christopher Dilkus: $10,
Sylvia Engdahl: $10,
Joseph P. Jackson III: $10,
Sheridan Layman: $10,
Glenn A. Miller: $10,
Sarah Jane Pell: $10,
John N. Philipps (Jack): $10,
Pennye Shaw: $10,
Kaj Sotala: $10,
Michael Vassar: $10,
and Thoughtware.TV: $5.
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.
