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Lifeboat News #167

#167

Lifeboat News

This issue published on 06/01/16. Copyright 2016 Lifeboat Foundation. All Rights Reserved.

MacArthur $100 Million Grant

The MacArthur Foundation, the one that awards genius grants, has a new initiative. Every three years they intend to award a $100,000,000 grant to either a not-for-profit or a profit-making organization to fund a single proposal that promises "real and measurable progress in solving a critical problem of our time", and that promises "a feasible, meaningful, and long-lasting solution."
 
We invite members to propose projects to be implemented through Lifeboat. We also invite members to apply for project committees.
 
We will need to scramble to assemble teams by two deadlines. Registrations with MacArthur are due September 2 by 11 am Central time. Applications are due October 3 by 11 am Central time. DO NOT REGISTER A LIFEBOAT PROPOSAL WITH MACARTHUR UNTIL MEETING OUR CRITERIA AND RECEIVING AN OFFICIAL OKAY.
 
Send proposals to projects@lifeboat.com with the subject "MacArthur Proposal".
 
The MacArthur initiative is described at https://www.100andchange.org
 
Learn more at http://lifeboat.com/ex/macarthur

Papers

Read the paper "Orbital Space Settlement Radiation Shielding" at http://space.alglobus.net/papers/Radiat...aper.pdf

Blog

Our blog has passed 10,000 educational posts!
 
Recent interesting blog posts include:
 
"Chemists create vitamin-driven battery" by Karen Hurst at http://lifeboat.com/blog/2016/08/chemis...-battery
 
"Crowdfunding Progress Towards a Universal Therapy for All Cancers: an Interview with SENS Research Foundation Scientist Haroldo Silva" by Steve Hill at http://lifeboat.com/blog/2016/08/crowdf...do-silva
 
"E-government a powerful tool to implement global sustainability goals, UN survey finds" by Odette Gregory at http://lifeboat.com/blog/2016/08/e-gove...s-centre
 
"Effective Therapies to Extend Healthy Life May Well be Widely Available for a Decade or More in Advance of Definitive Proof" by Montie Adkins at http://lifeboat.com/blog/2016/08/effect...ve-proof
 
"Elon Musk's OpenAI is turning warehouse bots into home helpers" by Klaus Baldauf at http://lifeboat.com/blog/2016/08/elon-m...-helpers
 
"Elusive neutrinos and hypothetical 'dark sector' particles could hold answers to cosmic mysteries" by Andreas Matt at http://lifeboat.com/blog/2016/08/elusiv...ysteries
 
"Facts About the Secret Laser Weapons Systems Russia is Developing" by Karen Hurst at http://lifeboat.com/blog/2016/08/facts-...veloping
 
"FOREVER Identity: create your eternity" by Klaus Baldauf at http://lifeboat.com/blog/2016/08/foreve...eternity
 
"Function and Reduces Age-Related Loss of Tissue Elasticity" by Steve Hill at http://lifeboat.com/blog/2016/08/removi...asticity
 
"Google is Developing 'Bioelectronic Medicines' to Try And Cure Chronic Illnesses" by Shailesh Prasad at http://lifeboat.com/blog/2016/08/google...llnesses
 
"Google Quantum Computing Breakthrough" by Andreas Matt at http://lifeboat.com/blog/2016/08/google...kthrough
 
"Hackers could get inside your brain, warns experts" by Karen Hurst at http://lifeboat.com/blog/2016/08/hacker...-experts
 
"How Scientists Plan to Grow Cities Out of Living Organisms" by Sean Brazell at http://lifeboat.com/blog/2016/08/how-sc...rganisms
 
"I stopped by the NYC office today and chatted with veteran science writer John Horgan live on their Facebook page about transhumanism and my campaign" by Zoltan Istvan at http://lifeboat.com/blog/2016/08/i-stop...campaign
 
"Liquid Fire Ants" by Bryan Gatton at http://lifeboat.com/blog/2016/08/liquid-fire-ants
 
"Navigating in deep space: The recipe to make Interstellar travel a reality" by Klaus Baldauf at http://lifeboat.com/blog/2016/08/naviga...-reality
 
"New Disney Technology Takes 3D-Printing Up A Notch" by Lily Graca at http://lifeboat.com/blog/2016/08/new-di...-a-notch
 
"New microfluidic chip replicates muscle-nerve connection" by Shailesh Prasad at http://lifeboat.com/blog/2016/08/new-mi...nnection
 
"OpenBCI and the Future of EEG Technology" by Dan Faggella at http://lifeboat.com/blog/2016/08/openbc...chnology
 
"Plastic brick houses" by Lily Graca at http://lifeboat.com/blog/2016/08/plasti...k-houses
 
"Programmable ions set the stage for general-purpose quantum computers" by Andreas Matt at http://lifeboat.com/blog/2016/08/progra...omputers
 
"Russia's Nerekhta-2 Combat Robot to Be Presented in 2016" by Dan Kummer at http://lifeboat.com/blog/2016/08/russia...-in-2016
 
"Scientists are one step closer to understanding nuclear fusion power" by Sean Brazell at http://lifeboat.com/blog/2016/08/scient...on-power
 
"This startup uses machine learning and satellite imagery to predict crop yields" by Odette Gregory at http://lifeboat.com/blog/2016/08/this-s...he-verge
 
"US Government gives go-ahead to research to grow part-animal part-human organs for transplants" by Karen Hurst at http://lifeboat.com/blog/2016/08/us-gov...nsplants
 
"Welcome to DARPA's Cyber Grand Challenge" by Roman Mednitzer at http://lifeboat.com/blog/2016/08/welcom...hallenge
 
"World's first human head transplant patient awaiting new information" by Dan Kummer at http://lifeboat.com/blog/2016/08/worlds...ormation

Growing Membership

Recent donations/pledges we have received since our last newsletter:
 
Michael Dickey: $85, Sergio M.L. Tarrero: $85, Philippe Van Nedervelde: $85, Kenneth P. Weiss: $85, Mrs Ausra Allsop in memory of Iris Brookes: $30, Venita Davis: $25, Nicholas MacDonald: $25, Matthew L. McGuirl: $25, Brent L. Reitze: $25, Sean P. Magin: $20, Peanut Rady: $20, Frank W. Sudia: $20, Anonymous: $10.08 (including 0.0001319 bitcoins), Rebecca R. Cooper: $10, Don Downey: $10, Taurus Londono: $10, Alexander Macrae: $10, Philip Morehead: $10, Roland Schiefer: $10, Peter Smafield: $10, Joel D. Ticknor: $10, Jared Bennett Digital: $5, Frank Jacobs: $5, Mr. Garbage Disposal: $5, Pagan & Stroleny, P.L.: $5, Rentals Cars Near Me: $5, Webgator SEO: $5, Paint Impact: $5, chappels.co.uk: $3, Joshua LeRoy: $3, Sweet Ice Cream Love: $3, Top 10 Digital Agencies: $3, TechiBest: $2, Alberta SEO: $1, AllThat3D: $1, Aquarium Adviser: $1, Brenda Priddy: $1, Danica Barr: $1, Iontophoresis Machine Reviews: $1, Jug Dog: $1, Music To Your Home: $1, Penetric: $1, Profit SEO: $1, Social Fund: $1, TechSpectacle.com: $1, and YinOva Center: $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.