NanoBioTech 2008
Our Raj Bawa is conference chair for NanoBiotech 2008: a conference
exploring the global opportunities in nanobiotechnology and related
science and engineering fields. This conference will be held September
15, 2008 at the Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY.
Learn more at http://www.alumni.rpi.edu/nanobio2008.html
Interviews
Listen to our Ben Goertzel on "The Future And You" at
http://thefutureandyou.libsyn.com/index...d=368080
Listen to our David Pearce on "The Future And You" at
http://thefutureandyou.libsyn.com/index...d=372214
Reports
Our Scientific Advisory Board members have generated many interesting
reports recently. They include:
"23 Things Science Can Tell Us about Life, the Universe, and Everything"
by Daniel D. Brown at
http://lifeboat.com/ex/life.the.univers...erything
"It Takes a Giant Cosmos to Create Life and Mind" by James Gardner at
http://lifeboat.com/ex/it.takes.a.giant...and.mind
"The (Needed) New Economics of Abundance" by Steve Burgess at
http://lifeboat.com/ex/the.needed.new.e...bundance
Videos
Watch "Large Hadron Rap: Rappin' about CERN's Large Hadron Collider" at http://lifeboat.com/ex/videos#large_hadron_rap
Books
Read "Loneliness" at http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?...ive=9325 and learn why we should focus less on self-interests/short-term outcomes and focus more on social interests/sustainability.
Blog
Danny Belkin joins our blog team with his first post at
http://lifeboat.com/blog/?p=168
Roderick Jones joins our blog team with his first post at
http://lifeboat.com/blog/?p=165
Alexei Turchin joins our blog team with his first post at
http://lifeboat.com/blog/?p=169
Vice President
Chris Haley is our new Vice President! We thank Jerry Searcy for 6 years
of hard work as our old Vice President.
Learn about Chris at http://lifeboat.com/ex/bios.chris.k.haley
Folding@Home Team
Danny Belkin joins our Folding@Home team, working to help scientists
understand protein folding, misfolding, and related diseases.
Learn more at http://lifeboat.com/ex/folding.home
Growing Membership
Ronald Amos and Marcel Lossi have joined as Economy Class members and
Adrian-Bodgan Morut (Adi) joined as an Executive Class member.
Here are some of the recent donations/pledges we have received since
the last newsletter:
Chris Haley: $285,
Tyrone Steels II: $264,
Humberto Castaneda: $200,
Sergio M.L. Tarrero: $170,
Michael Anissimov: $85,
Eric Bauswell: $85,
Michael Dickey: $85,
Jason Gaverick Matheny: $85,
Philippe Van Nedervelde: $85,
Kenneth P. Weiss: $85,
C M Anderson: $25,
Vincent A. Cate: $25,
Adam Dobrin: $25,
Rick Hubbard: $25,
Matthew L. McGuirl: $25,
Adrian-Bodgan Morut (Adi): $25,
Peter Murray: $25,
Mark A. Walker: $25,
Anonymous: $20,
Mary Armstrong: $15,
Ronald Amos: $10,
Alexander Braitberg: $10,
Stephen Fleming: $10,
Joshua Fox: $10,
Christopher Dilkus: $10,
Sylvia Engdahl: $10,
George Garrett: $10,
Joseph P. Jackson III: $10,
Sheridan Layman: $10,
Marcel Lossi: $10,
Glenn A. Miller: $10,
Sarah Jane Pell: $10,
John N. Philipps (Jack): $10,
Kaj Sotala: $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.
