http://lifeboat.com/ Learn how Lifeboat Foundation is helping humanity survive existential risks and possible misuse of increasingly powerful technologies, including genetic engineering, nanotechnology, and robotics/AI, as we move towards a technological singularity. en-us 120 Copyright 2002-2009 Lifeboat Foundation Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:36:55 PDT lifeboatnews@lifeboat.com (Lifeboat News) webmaster@lifeboat.com (Lifeboat Webmaster) http://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#07_03_09_DesignWorlds_for_Learning Ted Kahn, CEO of DesignWorlds for Learning, joins our Education Board. Ted was recognized as the First NMC Fellow in acknowledgement of his lifelong contributions to the use of interactive media and telecommunications technologies for the advancement of teaching, learning, and creative expression. Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:36:55 PDT http://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#07_03_09_DesignWorlds_for_Learning http://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#07_03_09_E_Moderating Gilly Salmon joins our Education Board. Gilly is the author of the work now considered seminal in the field of teaching online: "E-Moderating: The Key to Teaching and Learning Online". Fri, 03 Jul 2009 04:43:22 PDT http://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#07_03_09_E_Moderating http://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#07_03_09_370_Books See 370 books authored by our Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) members! Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:02:20 PDT http://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#07_03_09_370_Books http://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#07_02_09_1_000th_SAB_member The Lifeboat Foundation celebrates the addition of our 1,000th SAB member: A. C. Grayling. Anthony is Professor of Philosophy at Birkbeck, University of London and a Supernumerary Fellow of St Anne's College, Oxford. Anthony uses philosophical logic to counter the arguments of the sceptic, thereby shedding light on the traditional ideas of the realism debate and developing associated views on truth and meaning. He is the author of many books, articles, and papers. Unlike most organizations, whose advisory boards are too small to do more than provide some advice, our think tank provides action as well as words. Our board members have developed programs, created reports, donated money, fueled our blog, joined our staff, launched numerous forums, organized events, and provided input on a range of issues from web design to grant proposals to ideas for new areas that Lifeboat Foundation should be involved in. We welcome A. C. Grayling to our little think tank! Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:29:20 PDT http://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#07_02_09_1_000th_SAB_member http://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#07_02_09_Jeffrey_Collins Jeffrey Collins, Director, OUSA, International Programs, Oglethorpe University, joins our Futurists Board. Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:30:59 PDT http://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#07_02_09_Jeffrey_Collins http://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#07_01_09_Planetary_Messenger Read "Planetary Messenger" by our Jacob D. Haqq-Misra. This novel explores the social, scientific, and spiritual consequences of discovering another planet in the galaxy just like our Earth. Wed, 01 Jul 2009 17:23:14 PDT http://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#07_01_09_Planetary_Messenger http://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#07_01_09_Karim_Medjad Karim Medjad joins our Legal Board. Karim is Professor of Law at H.E.C Paris, the most prestigious Business School in France. Wed, 01 Jul 2009 13:45:40 PDT http://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#07_01_09_Karim_Medjad http://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#07_01_09_Issue_83_of_Lifeboat_News Read issue #83 of Lifeboat News! Wed, 01 Jul 2009 07:49:08 PDT http://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#07_01_09_Issue_83_of_Lifeboat_News http://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#07_01_09_FBI/PFI_Futures_Working_Group Bud Levin joins our Futurists Board. Bud is Vice Chairman of the FBI/PFI Futures Working Group, Commander of the Waynesboro (VA) Police Department's Policy and Planning Bureau, and Department Head of Psychology, Blue Ridge Community College in Weyers Cave, Virginia. Wed, 01 Jul 2009 06:57:07 PDT http://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#07_01_09_FBI/PFI_Futures_Working_Group http://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#07_01_09_Michael_Dickey Michael Dickey joins our blog team with the post "Electron Beam Free Form Fabrication process - progress toward self sustaining structures". Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:37:31 PDT http://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#07_01_09_Michael_Dickey http://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#06_28_09_Bruce_Lloyd Bruce Lloyd, Emeritus Professor of Strategic Management, London South Bank University, London, United Kingdom, joins our Business Board. Sun, 28 Jun 2009 04:22:31 PDT http://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#06_28_09_Bruce_Lloyd http://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#06_27_09_Hawking_Institute Diana Muir joins our Education Board. Diana is the founder of the Hawking Institute and of the Personal Learning Center, International. Sat, 27 Jun 2009 18:54:34 PDT http://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#06_27_09_Hawking_Institute http://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#06_27_09_Improved_WorldFuture_2009_Lineup Our WorldFuture 2009 lineup has been improved to include Craig Bettles, Peter Bishop, Arthur L. Caplan, Joseph F. Coates, Jose Cordeiro, William Crossman, Irene J. Dabrowski, Jay Gary, Jerome C. Glenn, Theodore J. Gordon, Terry Grim, Linda Groff, Arthur Harkins, Don Heathfield, Jay Herson, Thomas J. Lombardo, Gary Marx, Amy Oberg, Ian D. Pearson, Rick Smyre, Stephen F. Steele, Don Tapscott, and Michael G. Zey. Sat, 27 Jun 2009 17:48:59 PDT http://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#06_27_09_Improved_WorldFuture_2009_Lineup http://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#06_27_09_Arthur_Harkins Arthur Harkins, Associate Professor, Department of Educational Policy and Administration, Adjunct Professor, Department of Sociology, and Faculty Director, Graduate Certificate in Innovation Studies at the University of Minnesota, joins our Education Board. Sat, 27 Jun 2009 16:53:31 PDT http://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#06_27_09_Arthur_Harkins http://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#06_25_09_NASA_Lunar_Mapping_and_Modeling_Project Mark Nall, Manager of the NASA Lunar Mapping and Modeling Project at Marshall Space Flight Center, joins our Space Settlement Board. Thu, 25 Jun 2009 06:29:19 PDT http://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#06_25_09_NASA_Lunar_Mapping_and_Modeling_Project