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Lifeboat News #156

#156

Lifeboat News

This issue published on 07/01/15. Copyright 2015 Lifeboat Foundation. All Rights Reserved.

Rejuvenation Biotechnology Conference 2015

The Rejuvenation Biotechnology Conference 2015 (RB2015) will be held August 19–21 2015 at the Hyatt Regency, San Francisco Airport. This conference will feature the latest research on diseases such as Alzheimer’s, cancer, cardiovascular disease and will also discuss regulatory, financial, and economic issues.
 
Our Maria Entraigues Abramson, Judith Campisi, Anne Corwin, Leonid Gavrilov, Aubrey de Grey, Jeffrey Karp, Chris Mason, Stephen Minger, Kevin Perrott, Maximus Peto, Evan Snyder, David Spiegel, Alexandra Stolzing, Rudolph Tanzi, and Jan Vijg will be speaking/participating.
 
Learn more at http://www.sens.org/outreach/rejuvenati...nce-2015

Looking for Conferences

If you know of an interesting conference that we should promote, send an email with the subject "Lifeboat Foundation Conference" to events@lifeboat.com

Book Winner

Bryan E. Gatton won our blog contest where you had a chance to win if you posted in our blog. The prize was a signed copy of "Edge of Dark". This book explores the relationship between humans and the post-human descendants who may ultimately transcend them. Read Ramez Naam's "Edge of Dark" review at http://lifeboat.com/blog/2015/05/edge-o...k-review

Books

Read "Artificial Superintelligence: A Futuristic Approach." at http://amzn.to/1TfasSi
 
Read "Beyond the Subjectivity Trap" at http://amzn.to/1gXllaz
 
Read "Codebreaking our future: Deciphering the Future's Hidden Order" at http://amzn.to/1EjD8xt
 
Read "Radical Life Extension: Psychological, Metaphysical, and Political Implications" at http://amzn.to/1IEs4N6
 
Read "Technolife 2035: How Will Technology Change Our Future?" at http://amzn.to/1gsUQsw

Reports

Read "Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems: Integrating Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems into Non-Segregated Airspace" at http://bit.ly/1IyLSDV

Activities

Learn about "Trigger Warning — A Platform for Dissident Thought" at https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/trig...-thought

Blog

Phillipe Bojorquez joins our blog team with the post "Monkey 'brain net' raises prospect of human brain-to-brain connection" at http://lifeboat.com/blog/2015/07/monkey...nnection
 
Alexandros El joins our blog team with the post "Getting to the bottom of aging" at http://lifeboat.com/blog/2015/08/gettin...of-aging
 
Steve Hill joins our blog team with the post "How to Reverse Aging with Dr. Michael Fossel, M.D. PhD. [Health Longevity Series]" at http://lifeboat.com/blog/2015/07/how-to...y-series
 
Shailesh Prasad joins our blog team with the post "The Hyperloop is much closer than people realize" at http://lifeboat.com/blog/2015/07/the-hy...-realize
 
Maria Santos joins our blog team with the post "Why Generation Z will definitely embrace Bitcoin" at http://lifeboat.com/blog/2015/07/why-ge...-bitcoin
 
Simon Waslander joins our blog team with the post "After 10 breakthroughs and $3B in research, IBM announces tiny 7-nanometer chips" at http://lifeboat.com/blog/2015/07/after-...terchips

Growing Membership

Recent donations/pledges we have received since our last newsletter:
 
Humberto Castaneda: $200, Michael Dickey: $85, Sergio M.L. Tarrero: $85, Philippe Van Nedervelde: $85, Kenneth P. Weiss: $85, John Ratnaswamy: $50, Charles V. Weir: $50, Bob Joy: $30, Joel D. Isaacson: $25, Matthew L. McGuirl: $25, Joanne Pransky: $25, Brent L. Reitze: $25, Frank W. Sudia: $20, Anonymous: $10, Rebecca R. Cooper: $10, Alexander Macrae: $10, Aaron Mayzes: $10, Philip Morehead: $10, David Orban: $10, Roland Schiefer: $10, Peter Smafield: $10, Joel D. Ticknor: $10, Online Fanatic: $1, and Zipcode Address: $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.