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 Fri, 27 Aug 2010 02:40:36 PDT lifeboatnews@lifeboat.com (Lifeboat News) webmaster@lifeboat.com (Lifeboat Webmaster) http://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#08_27_10_Avidians Jeff Clune, creator of the Avidians artificial life forms that evolve basic intelligence, joins our Robotics/AI Board. Fri, 27 Aug 2010 02:40:36 PDT http://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#08_27_10_Avidians http://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#08_25_10_Issue_98_of_Lifeboat_News Read issue #98 of Lifeboat News! Wed, 25 Aug 2010 00:39:16 PDT http://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#08_25_10_Issue_98_of_Lifeboat_News http://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#08_24_10_Second_SENS_Foundation_L_A_Chapter_meeting The second SENS Foundation L.A. Chapter meeting will be held on Friday, August 27th at the Westwood Brewing Company (1097 Glendon Avenue, Los Angeles, CA) from 6pm until everyone has had enough fun. The meeting is being organized by our Maria Entraigues who can be contacted at maria.entraigues@sens.org. Dr. Sarah Marr, SENS Foundation Vice President, will be attending. Tue, 24 Aug 2010 08:44:23 PDT http://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#08_24_10_Second_SENS_Foundation_L_A_Chapter_meeting http://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#08_24_10_The_Quest_for_Immortality S. Jay Olshansky, first author of "The Quest for Immortality: Science at the Frontiers of Aging", joins our Biotech/Medical Board. Watch his "60 Minutes" interview. Watch him on "Charlie Rose". Tue, 24 Aug 2010 02:35:00 PDT http://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#08_24_10_The_Quest_for_Immortality http://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#08_22_10_Linh_Truong Linh Truong joins our Media and Arts Board. Sun, 22 Aug 2010 05:40:55 PDT http://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#08_22_10_Linh_Truong http://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#08_20_10_Biology_is_Technology Rob Carlson, author of Biology Is Technology: The Promise, Peril, and New Business of Engineering Life", joins our Biotech/Medical Board. Fri, 20 Aug 2010 10:44:46 PDT http://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#08_20_10_Biology_is_Technology http://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#08_18_10_Personalized_Life_Extension_Conference_2010 Our Sonia Arrison, Gregory Benford, Greg Fahy, Terry Grossman, Sheldon Saul Hendler, Raymond McCauley, and Melanie Swan will be speaking at the Personalized Life Extension Conference 2010 on October 9 and October 10 in San Francisco. Use the code LIFEBOAT to get $100 off this conference. Wed, 18 Aug 2010 18:58:24 PDT http://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#08_18_10_Personalized_Life_Extension_Conference_2010 http://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#08_15_10_Hybrots Peter Passaro, coauthor of "Hybrots: Hybrids of Living Neurons and Robots for Studying Neural Computation", joins our Neuroscience Board and Robotics/AI Board. Sun, 15 Aug 2010 00:37:34 PDT http://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#08_15_10_Hybrots http://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#08_10_10_Issue_97_of_Lifeboat_News Read issue #97 of Lifeboat News! Tue, 10 Aug 2010 08:13:19 PDT http://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#08_10_10_Issue_97_of_Lifeboat_News http://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#08_10_10_Advancing_Substrate_Independent_Minds ASIM 2010: Advancing Substrate-Independent Minds, Satellite to the Singularity Summit 2010, will be held at the Hyatt Regency in San Francisco during August 16-17. ASIM (Advancing Substrate-Independent Minds) is a new series of workshops and activities that will cover the current state of the art in the fields of whole brain emulation, mind transfer, digital personalities, gradual replacement techniques, and brain preservation. The sessions of the ASIM workshop will run after the Singularity Summit workshop on Monday and Tuesday, as a satellite event to the main Singularity Summit (August 14-15). The Singularity Summit workshop finishes at 5pm on both days, so there will be time to find some dinner before joining their evening sessions. It is being organized by our Randal A. Koene and Suzanne Gildert. Tue, 10 Aug 2010 00:48:24 PDT http://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#08_10_10_Advancing_Substrate_Independent_Minds http://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#08_09_10_Reading_Terrorists_Minds J. Peter Rosenfeld, whose P300 brain-wave tests may enable us to read terrorists' minds, joins our Neuroscience Board and Counterterrorism Board. Mon, 09 Aug 2010 00:06:41 PDT http://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#08_09_10_Reading_Terrorists_Minds http://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#08_08_10_Multimode_Quantum_Interference_of_Photons Anthony Laing, coauthor of "Multimode Quantum Interference of Photons in Multiport Integrated Devices", joins our Physics Board. Sun, 08 Aug 2010 03:19:01 PDT http://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#08_08_10_Multimode_Quantum_Interference_of_Photons http://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#08_06_10_The_Singularity_Summit The Singularity Summit 2010 will be held August 14-15 at the Hyatt Regency in San Francisco, California. This is a rare gathering of thinkers to explore the rising impact of science and technology on society. The summit has been organized to further the understanding of a controversial idea -- the Singularity scenario. As an official partner of this event, the Lifeboat Foundation invites scientists, futurists, and everyone interested in the future of the human species to attend. Fri, 06 Aug 2010 00:18:12 PDT http://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#08_06_10_The_Singularity_Summit http://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#08_05_10_Jeff_Lichtman Jeff Lichtman, Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology at Harvard University, joins our Neuroscience Board. Thu, 05 Aug 2010 16:27:38 PDT http://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#08_05_10_Jeff_Lichtman http://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#07_30_10_Ryan_Calo_joins_our_blog_team Ryan Calo joins our blog team with the post "Robots And Privacy". Fri, 30 Jul 2010 00:05:31 PDT http://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#07_30_10_Ryan_Calo_joins_our_blog_team