End of the Year Fundraiser
Gregory Benford, David Brin, James E. Gunn, Ray Kurzweil, and Robert J.
Sawyer have lent their support to our End of the Year Fundraiser.
They have completed their stories and articles for our upcoming
anthology. Read Robert Sawyer's story at
http://lifeboat.com/anthology/shoulders...ants.pdf. All End of the
Year donors may use the form at
https://lifeboat.com/ex/end.of.the.year.fundraiser to request free
copies of the stories by Gregory Benford, David Brin, and James E. Gunn,
and the article by Ray Kurzweil.
We are especially pleased that 92-year-old Hugo Award winner and Damon
Knight Memorial Grand Master James E. Gunn is supporting our fundraiser
as we are honored to have those who are almost a century old to help
"Safeguard Humanity"! Jim is continuing to publish new novels as well
with his latest novel "Transcendental" recently being published at
http://amzn.to/1vfsjvb. Jim was one of the key people who launched our
"Lifeboat to the Stars" award at
http://lifeboat.com/ex/press.releases.l....winners
Twenty-Ninth AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence Update
Our Vasant Honavar, W. Bradley Knox, Sven Koenig, Benjamin Kuipers,
Sriraam Natarajan, Peter Stone, and Matthew E. Taylor are participating
in the Twenty-Ninth AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI-15)
which will be held January 25-29, 2015 at the Hyatt Regency in Austin,
Texas, USA. The purpose of this conference is to promote research in
artificial intelligence (AI) and scientific exchange among AI
researchers, practitioners, scientists, and engineers in affiliated
disciplines.
Learn more at http://www.aaai.org/Conferences/AAAI/aaai15.php
Blog
Rob Chamberlain joins our blog team with the post "Bitcoin,
Cryptocurrency, and Blockchain Technology — Brief Q&A" at
http://lifeboat.com/blog/2014/11/bitcoi...brief-qa
Recent interesting blog posts include:
"Astronauts Just Found Life In Outer Space — And Scientists Aren't Sure
How It Got There" by Seb at
http://lifeboat.com/blog/2014/11/astron...ot-there
"Bitcoin, Cryptocurrency, and Blockchain Technology — The Ethereum Primer"
by Rob Chamberlain at
http://lifeboat.com/blog/2014/11/bitcoi...m-primer
"The FIRST Team on Mars" by Johnny Boston at
http://lifeboat.com/blog/2014/11/the-fi...-on-mars
"FM-2030: What is the Future of Democracy? Part 1" by Johnny Boston at
http://lifeboat.com/blog/2014/11/fm-203...y-part-1
"Futurism Update" by Andres Agostini at
http://lifeboat.com/blog/2014/11/future_update_4
"General Motors Reportedly Launching Cars That Detect Distracted Driving"
by Seb at http://lifeboat.com/blog/2014/11/genera...-driving
"Has the flawed password system finally had its day?" by Seb at
http://lifeboat.com/blog/2014/11/has-th...-its-day
"INTERSTELLAR — Blockbuster Movie features Decisive Black-Hole Effect" by
Otto E. Rössler at
http://lifeboat.com/blog/2014/11/inters...e-effect
"I was blind... now I have bionic eyes" by Seb at
http://lifeboat.com/blog/2014/11/i-was-...nic-eyes
"Marty Kohn, MD: Will your doctor be a Robot?" by Johnny Boston at
http://lifeboat.com/blog/2014/11/marty-...-a-robot
"My Darling Date Questions Answered by a Female Robot" by Andres Agostini
at http://lifeboat.com/blog/2014/11/date
"Researchers Achieve First Successful Telepathic Transfer" by Seb at
http://lifeboat.com/blog/2014/11/resear...transfer
Growing Membership
Recent donations/pledges we have received since our last newsletter:
Edwin B. Cooper Jr.: $175,
Michael Dickey: $85,
Sergio M.L. Tarrero: $85,
Philippe Van Nedervelde: $85,
Kenneth P. Weiss: $85,
John Grencer: $40,
Matthew L. McGuirl: $25,
Frank W. Sudia: $20,
John Amaretto: $10,
Rebecca R. Cooper: $10,
Thomas Dolphin: $10,
Alexander Macrae: $10,
Aaron Mayzes: $10,
Philip Morehead: $10,
Roland Schiefer: $10,
and Coupon Codes 365: $1.
Our Join Us page at https://lifeboat.com/ex/join.us now allows you to
pay for your membership anywhere from monthly to every ten years.
