Dream Project
Unfortunately Yurii Rashkovskii's $5,000 Dream Project Contest has run
out of funding so instead the Lifeboat Foundation is taking over this
project. The new deadline is the end of the year, the winner will be
announced right after the deadline.
All previous submissions to that contest have been given to the Lifeboat
Foundation so you don't have to resubmit them. (You can submit updated
applications if you wish.)
Details are at https://lifeboat.com/ex/dream.project
Spread the word about this contest, and when you do, please call it the
"Lifeboat Foundation $5,000 Dream Project Contest". Thanks! (This
contest has already received hundreds of entries so the concept is more
popular than we would have expected.)
HQ Supervisor
The Lifeboat Foundation is looking to hire an HQ Supervisor. This
individual will be trained by our president in Reno, Nevada USA and will
be in charge of everything from financial paperwork to keeping our HQ
(headquarters) clean. The two main qualities that are being looked for
are: 1) follow through 2) and a strong interest in "Safeguarding
Humanity".
Because the Lifeboat Foundation is looking for a one-of-a-kind person,
we are willing to pay to have someone flown in from any country and to
help with any visa paperwork.
Learn more at https://lifeboat.com/ex/hq.supervisor
Undoing Aging Conference
The 2018 Undoing Aging Conference will be held March 15-17 in Berlin. This conference is focused on the cellular and molecular repair of
age-related damage as the basis of therapies to bring aging under full
medical control. It is a joint effort of the SENS Research Foundation
and the Forever Healthy Foundation.
Our Aubrey de Grey, Vera Gorbunova, and Jean Hébert will be speaking.
Learn more at https://www.undoing-aging.org
Space Symposium
The 34th Space Symposium will be held April 16-19 in Colorado Springs,
Colorado USA. The Space Symposium is the premier global, commercial,
civil, military, and emergent space conference. Our Masseh Tahiry, Dylan
Taylor, and Rick Tumlinson will be speaking.
Learn more at https://www.spacesymposium.org
Foresight Vision Weekend
2017 Foresight Vision Weekend will be held December 2-3 at the Gray Area
& The Laundry, San Francisco. Topics covered include AI safety,
blockchains, longevity, and x-risks. Our Sonia Arrison, Aubrey de Grey,
David Eagleman, Kevin Fischer, Randal Koene, Kevin Perrott, Melanie
Swan, and Peter Voss will be speaking.
Learn more at http://foresightvisionweekend2017.strikingly.com
Lifeboat Foundation Memorial
The Lifeboat Foundation mourns the passing of American science fiction
writer, essayist, and journalist Jerry Pournelle who worked to the end
to "Safeguard Humanity".
Learn more at https://lifeboat.com/ex/bios.jerry.pournelle and
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/15/obit...-84.html
Articles
Read "How Nasa's Voyager spacecraft changed the face of UK science" at https://www.theguardian.com/science/acr...-science This article features our Garry Hunt.
Blog
Dmitrii Chekh joins our blog team with the post "Circadian Rhythm" at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2017/10/circadian-rhythm
Jennifer Gidley joins our blog team with the post "Contrasting Human
Futures: Technotopian or Human-Centred?" at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2017/10/contr...-centred
Michael Greve joins our blog team with the post "Dr. Eric Lagasse to
speak at Undoing Aging 2018" at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2017/10/dr-er...ing-2018
Ian Hale joins our blog team with the post "New gene editor used to fix
disease in embryos: study" at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2017/09/new-g...os-study
Anderson Tan joins our blog team with the post "Intel Jumps Into
Brain-Like Computing With New Self-Learning Chip" at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2017/10/intel...ing-chip
Recent interesting blog posts include:
"'$300M in Cryptocurrency' Accidentally Lost Forever Due to Bug" by
Carse Peel at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2017/11/300m-...e-to-bug
"Air Force general says China is advancing in space five times as
quickly as the US" by John Gallagher at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2017/11/air-f...s-the-us
"Alibaba lets AI, robots and drones do the heavy lifting on Singles'
Day" by Derick Lee at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2017/11/aliba...gles-day
"Anomalous bottoms at Cern and the case for a new collider" by Andreas
Matt at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2017/11/anoma...collider
"This Captivating Sci-Fi Short Film Was Randomly Generated By a
Computer" by Sean Brazell at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2017/11/this-...computer
"'Chemical surgery' can correct genetic mutations behind many diseases — study by Aleksandar Vukovic at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2017/11/chemi...es-study
"Could Blood Plasma Be The Fountain Of Youth?" by Steve Hill at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2017/11/could...of-youth
"Cyborgs Among Us" by Zoltan Istvan at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2017/11/cyborgs-among-us
"A Demonstration of Rejuvenation in Old Human Cells" by Steve Hill at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2017/11/a-dem...an-cells
"Falling Walls: The Past, Present and Future of Artificial Intelligence"
by Derick Lee at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2017/11/falli...lligence
"The fission-fragment rocket" by Klaus Baldauf at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2017/11/the-f...t-rocket
"A flexible material that generates electricity when stressed" by Saúl
Morales Rodriguéz at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2017/11/a-fle...stressed
"Fluidic transistor ushers the age of liquid computers" by Shailesh Prasad
at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2017/11/fluid...omputers
"Full Tilt: When 100% of Cars Are Autonomous" by Dan Kummer at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2017/11/full-...tonomous
"The Future of Anti-Aging" by Montie Adkins at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2017/11/the-f...ti-aging
"Grow fake versions of rare delicacies like sea urchin at home" by Dan
Kummer at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2017/11/grow-...-at-home
"This handheld 3D body scanning device could replace the MRI — using
the motion-sensing technology from a Nintendo Wii" by Shane Hinshaw at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2017/10/this-...endo-wii
"How to Cure Aging — During Your Lifetime?" by Simon Waslander at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2017/11/how-t...lifetime
"Hypersonic wind tunnel test model of China’s hypersonic vehicle
revealed" by Klaus Baldauf at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2017/11/hyper...revealed
"Intermittent fasting may be center of increasing lifespan" by Alexander
Rodionov at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2017/11/inter...lifespan
"Lamborghini creates world's first 'self-healing' sports car" by Carse
Peel at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2017/11/lambo...orts-car
"Landmark editorial identifies microbes as major cause of Alzheimer's
Disease" by Ian Hale at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2017/11/landm...-disease
"'Monster' planet discovery challenges formation theory" by John
Gallagher at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2017/11/monst...n-theory
"A Neural Network Wrote the Next 'Game of Thrones' Book Because George
R.R. Martin Hasn't" by Steve Cusack at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2017/11/a-neu...in-hasnt
"Nottingham's 3D printed helmet ushers in a new era of natural brain
scans" by Nancie Hunter at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2017/11/notti...in-scans
"Quantum security from small satellites" by Klaus Baldauf at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2017/11/quant...tellites
"Ray Kurzweil — Human-Level AI is Just 12 Years Away" by Dan Kummer at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2017/11/ray-k...ars-away
"Researchers develop wallpaper bio-solar panel" by Saúl Morales
Rodriguéz at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2017/11/resea...ar-panel
"Self-driving shuttle hits Las Vegas streets" by Carse Peel at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2017/11/self-...-streets
"Sophia... AI Robot actually given citizenship in Saudi Arabia" by
Magaly Santiago at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2017/11/sophi...i-arabia
"Space tourism will lift-off in 2018" by Derick lee at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2017/11/space...-in-2018
"Supporting a decentralized, uncensored Internet for every person on the
planet" by Ian Hale at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2017/11/suppo...e-planet
"Theoretical Physicists Are Getting Closer to Explaining How NASA's
'Impossible' EmDrive Works" by Andreas Matt at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2017/11/theor...ve-works
"These 5 pieces of sci-fi movie tech are becoming reality" by Brett
Gallie II at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2017/11/these...-reality
"Transhumanism: A technological 'worldview'" by Zoltan Istvan at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2017/11/trans...orldview
"Waymo makes history testing on public roads with no one at the wheel"
by Amnon H. Eden at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2017/11/waymo...he-wheel
"Why Increased Lifespans Probably Will Not Mean a Loss of Motivation" by
Steve Hill at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2017/11/why-i...tivation
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