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 2002-2010 Lifeboat Foundation Tue, 09 Feb 2010 06:11:36 PST lifeboatnews@lifeboat.com (Lifeboat News) webmaster@lifeboat.com (Lifeboat Webmaster) http://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#02_09_10_Acute_stress Richard Hunter, who demonstrated that acute stress leaves epigenetic marks on the hippocampus, joins our Neuroscience Board. Tue, 09 Feb 2010 06:11:36 PST http://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#02_09_10_Acute_stress http://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#02_07_10_Civilization_seed Ben "Fenn" Lipkowitz joins our Human Trajectories Board. Fenn has created a civilization seed with SKDB. Sun, 07 Feb 2010 00:47:42 PST http://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#02_07_10_Civilization_seed http://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#02_06_10_Bioactive_oxidized_lipids Domenico Pratico joins our Biotech/Medical Board. His research area is clinical pharmacology with a special focus on the cellular and molecular aspects of cell oxidative biology and a particular interest in small molecules such as bioactive oxidized lipids. Sat, 06 Feb 2010 10:41:36 PST http://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#02_06_10_Bioactive_oxidized_lipids http://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#02_05_10_Ryan_Calo Ryan Calo, Residential Fellow at the Center for Internet and Society, Stanford Law School, joins our Legal Board. Fri, 05 Feb 2010 01:08:15 PST http://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#02_05_10_Ryan_Calo http://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#02_05_10_Interactive_Printed_Media Kate Stone, founder of Novalia which creates Interactive Printed Media (IPM), joins our Media and Arts Board. Fri, 05 Feb 2010 00:32:29 PST http://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#02_05_10_Interactive_Printed_Media http://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#02_04_10_Kinds_of_Minds Read "Kinds of Minds" by our J. Storrs "Josh" Hall. Thu, 04 Feb 2010 01:00:41 PST http://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#02_04_10_Kinds_of_Minds http://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#01_31_10_Artificial_kagome_spin_ice Yi Qi, who is working on artificial kagome spin ice, joins our Scientific Advisory Board. Sun, 31 Jan 2010 12:55:36 PST http://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#01_31_10_Artificial_kagome_spin_ice http://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#01_31_10_Energy_harvesting_rubber_sheets Michael McAlpine, whose energy-harvesting rubber sheets could power pacemakers, joins our Nanotechnology Board. Sun, 31 Jan 2010 04:19:06 PST http://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#01_31_10_Energy_harvesting_rubber_sheets http://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#01_31_10_Writing_on_a_computer_with_brain_waves Jerry Shih, who showed that brain waves can "write" on a computer, joins our Neuroscience Board. Sun, 31 Jan 2010 00:29:43 PST http://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#01_31_10_Writing_on_a_computer_with_brain_waves http://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#01_30_10_FannieMae_Donation We thank Fannie Mae for their generous donation. Sat, 30 Jan 2010 19:19:12 PST http://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#01_30_10_FannieMae_Donation http://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#01_30_10_Muscle_computer_interfaces Scott Saponas, who is developing muscle-computer interfaces, joins our Scientific Advisory Board. Sat, 30 Jan 2010 01:05:11 PST http://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#01_30_10_Muscle_computer_interfaces http://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#01_29_10_Artificial_Vision Nicolas Pinto, who demonstrated a better way for computers to "see", joins our Robotics/AI Board. Fri, 29 Jan 2010 08:56:27 PST http://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#01_29_10_Artificial_Vision http://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#01_28_10_Karl_MacDorman Karl MacDorman joins our Robotics/AI Board. His research interests include android science, machine learning, social robotics, sensor motor representation, symbol grounding and symbol emergence, computational neuroscience, and computer security. Thu, 28 Jan 2010 11:53:30 PST http://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#01_28_10_Karl_MacDorman http://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#01_28_10_Dale_Purves Dale Purves, coeditor of "Neuroscience, Fourth Edition", joins our Neuroscience Board. Thu, 28 Jan 2010 00:06:59 PST http://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#01_28_10_Dale_Purves http://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#01_26_10_Robots_climb_up_the_wall Amir Shapiro, whose robots climb up the wall, joins our Robotics/AI Board. Tue, 26 Jan 2010 09:26:16 PST http://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#01_26_10_Robots_climb_up_the_wall