July 2015 – Lifeboat News: The Blog

Ray Kurzweil’s Mind-Boggling Predictions for the Next 25 Years

Shailesh Prasad — Sat, 01 Aug 2015 01:25:44 +0000

Ray Kurzweil’s Mind-Boggling Predictions for the Next 25 Years http://bit.ly/1IqMgku.

Virtual reality is next mass trend – Facebook’s Zuckerberg

Shailesh Prasad — Fri, 31 Jul 2015 18:46:41 +0000

After Facebook’s video strategy turned out to be a success, the social network giant’s CEO is now eager to completely revolutionize the way we communicate by mastering virtual reality technologies.

Deus Ex: Mankind Divided | Official Announcement Trailer

Sean Brazell — Fri, 31 Jul 2015 17:46:23 +0000

This sequel to 2012‘s “Deus Ex: Human Revolution” (itself a reboot of the iconic original trilogy that debuted June 17, 2000, on the PC) looks to be yet another beautifully detailed, superbly written, and amazingly immersive look at both the promise and peril of the coming Technological Singularity.

Not to mention being a hell of a fun game to play!

HIGHLY recommended!

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Obama signs executive order to build first-ever exascale supercomputer

Shailesh Prasad — Fri, 31 Jul 2015 16:46:57 +0000

While the US has plenty of representation in the current TOP500 list of the fastest supercomputers in the world, it lost the #1 slot to China’s Tianhe-2 several years ago. President Obama wants to fix that immediately.

Scientists Think They Know the Exact Year Computers Will Render the Human Brain Obsolete

Zoltan Istvan — Fri, 31 Jul 2015 16:46:39 +0000

Fun article with lots of AI thoughts in it:

The future is here — and a little scary.

The Seasteading Institute announces 2015 Floating City Project – Architectural Design Contest winners

Odette Bohr Dienel — Fri, 31 Jul 2015 15:32:11 +0000

The Floating City Project – Architectural Design Contest held in the Spring of 2015 was organized in partnership with DeltaSync (Netherlands) and judged by an international panel of experts.

WHO: Trials show new Ebola vaccine is ‘highly effective’

Bryan Gatton — Fri, 31 Jul 2015 14:49:38 +0000

A newly developed vaccine against the deadly Ebola virus being trialled in Guinea is “highly effective,” the World Health Organization said Friday.

Can a baby have three biological parents?

Bryan Gatton — Fri, 31 Jul 2015 14:46:34 +0000

The genetic material from two parents combines to form a child. Can we throw a third set of genes into the mix?

Cryonics Institute

Sean Brazell — Fri, 31 Jul 2015 04:11:22 +0000

RIP = “Return If Possible” is an excellent meme for Singularity, Cryonics & Longevity enthusiasts. [NB: phrase/acronym attributed to India’s former President, late Dr.A P J Abdul Kalam;- (15 October 1931 – 27 July 2015)].

Astronomers find star with three super-Earths

Sean Brazell — Fri, 31 Jul 2015 01:46:29 +0000

Astronomers said Thursday they had found a planetary system with three super-Earths orbiting a bright, dwarf star — one of them likely a volcanic world of molten rock. The four-planet system had been hiding out in the M-shaped, northern hemisphere constellation Cassiopeia, “just” 21 light years from Earth, a team reported in the journal Astronomy & Astrophysics. Super-Earths have a mass higher than Earth’s but are lighter than gas giants like Neptune, Saturn or Jupiter. They can be made of gas, rock, or both.