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, 22 May 2012 10:26:57 PDT lifeboatnews@lifeboat.com (Lifeboat News) webmaster@lifeboat.com (Lifeboat Webmaster) http://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#05_22_12_Existence Our David Brin's new novel "Existence" mentions our many programs. Tue, 22 May 2012 10:26:57 PDT http://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#05_22_12_Existence http://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#05_21_12_I_Moscicki_Hospital Martin Kawalski, Director at I. Moscicki Hospital, joins our Biotech/Medical Board. Mon, 21 May 2012 05:15:00 PDT http://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#05_21_12_I_Moscicki_Hospital http://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#05_21_12_Sense_Consulting Eli Mohamad, Project Manager at Sense Consulting, joins our Futurists Board. Mon, 21 May 2012 00:03:31 PDT http://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#05_21_12_Sense_Consulting http://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#05_20_12_Lumina_Foundation_for_Education Kiko Suarez, Vice President for Communications and External Affairs at the Lumina Foundation for Education, joins our Education Board. Sun, 20 May 2012 11:44:46 PDT http://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#05_20_12_Lumina_Foundation_for_Education http://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#05_20_12_Women_TheFrontier Kelly Lewis, Cofounder of Women@TheFrontier and Events Producer at Singularity University, joins our Futurists Board. Sun, 20 May 2012 01:26:01 PDT http://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#05_20_12_Women_TheFrontier http://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#05_19_12_A_Novel_Metallothionein_Gene Nadia Ceratto, coauthor of "Cloning and Sequencing of a Novel Metallothionein Gene in Mytilus Galloprovincialis Lam", joins our Biotech/Medical Board. Sat, 19 May 2012 00:15:42 PDT http://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#05_19_12_A_Novel_Metallothionein_Gene http://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#05_18_12_Anna_Petrova Economics student Anna Petrova joins our Economics Board. Fri, 18 May 2012 16:31:13 PDT http://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#05_18_12_Anna_Petrova http://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#05_18_12_Turning_Thought_into_Voluntary_Behaviors John Donoghue joins our Neuroscience Board. John's laboratory investigates how the brain turns thought into voluntary behaviors and how that knowledge can be used to help persons with paralysis. Watch "John Donoghue at Nobel Conference 47". Fri, 18 May 2012 12:12:28 PDT http://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#05_18_12_Turning_Thought_into_Voluntary_Behaviors http://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#05_17_12_Literary_Manhattan Michael del Castillo joins our Media and Arts Board. Michael is Executive Director at Literary Manhattan, a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting Manhattan's rich literary history and the benefits of reading. Thu, 17 May 2012 14:57:53 PDT http://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#05_17_12_Literary_Manhattan http://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#05_17_12_Rationalizing_Our_Approach_To_Safety_In_Space Our Rand Simberg needs your help to rationalize our approach to safety in space. Thu, 17 May 2012 09:19:24 PDT http://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#05_17_12_Rationalizing_Our_Approach_To_Safety_In_Space http://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#05_16_12_MSCI Chris Marti, VP of Research and Technology at MSCI, joins our Business Board. MSCI is a leading provider of investment decision support tools to around 6,200 clients worldwide, ranging from large pension plans to boutique hedge funds. Wed, 16 May 2012 07:00:44 PDT http://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#05_16_12_MSCI http://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#05_13_12_Homesteading_the_Final_Frontier Rand Simberg, author of "Homesteading the Final Frontier", joins our Space Settlement Board. Sun, 13 May 2012 10:49:24 PDT http://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#05_13_12_Homesteading_the_Final_Frontier http://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#05_11_12_Virtual_World_Director Angele Lubin, Virtual World Director at Space Renaissance International, joins our Media and Arts Board and our Space Settlement Board. Fri, 11 May 2012 01:29:22 PDT http://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#05_11_12_Virtual_World_Director http://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#05_10_12_The_Multisensory_Claustrum Ryan Remedios, coauthor of "Unimodal Responses Prevail within the Multisensory Claustrum", joins our Neuroscience Board. Thu, 10 May 2012 05:02:13 PDT http://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#05_10_12_The_Multisensory_Claustrum http://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#05_10_12_Eseco_Systems Ivan Lovric, CEO at Eseco Systems, joins our Futurists Board. Thu, 10 May 2012 03:06:38 PDT http://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#05_10_12_Eseco_Systems