Dream Project Winner!
The winner of our Dream Project contest is Teachers in Space, Inc. at
https://www.teachers-in-space.com. We will be funding classroom
experiments that will fly aboard the Perlan II stratospheric glider
which just set the world altitude record. The glider is currently in
Minden, Nevada which happens to also be the location of our
headquarters! More information about these experiments will be available
soon.
Learn about our Dream Project contest at
https://lifeboat.com/ex/dream.project
End of the Year Fundraiser
We have been swamped with activity in 2017 so are running our fundraiser
late this time. We will be fundraising from January 11 to January 31,
2018. Learn more at https://lifeboat.com/ex/end.of.the.year.fundraiser
You can also get a great summary of last year’s activities by going to
https://lifeboat.com/ex/end.of.the.year.fundraiser
Fourth Edition
Lifeboat Foundation is pleased to release the 4th and newest edition of our book The Human Race to the Future. The paperback version is at http://amzn.to/2CQzbKj and the Kindle version is at http://amzn.to/2CTPp5e.
Social Media Expert
Genevieve O’Hagan is our new Social Media Expert. Welcome aboard Genevieve! Learn about Genevieve at https://lifeboat.com/ex/bios.genevieve.ohagan
Books
Read “Space Traffic Control” at http://amzn.to/2hEJrc8. Read “Preparing for a World that Doesn’t Exist — Yet: Framing a Second Enlightenment to Create Communities of the Future” at http://amzn.to/2hA1gwO.
Videos
Watch “Why Existential Risks Matter & Decentralized Mitigation Strategies — Allison Duettmann @BIL 2017” at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SX79tofO5Bg
Conrad Challenge
Lifeboat Foundation is now a Partner of the Conrad Challenge. The Conrad
Challenge brings together a dynamic community of innovators and
entrepreneurs driving a collaborative movement to develop extraordinary
and viable solutions to benefit our world in one of five areas:
Aerospace & Aviation, Cyber-Technology & Security, Energy & Environment,
Health & Nutrition, and Smoke-Free World.
Learn more at http://www.conradchallenge.org
Blog
Carla Parsons joins our blog team with the post “Modified protein
promotes hair growth and fights ageing in mice” at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2017/11/modif...-in-mice
Recent interesting blog posts include
“The 2018 Undoing Aging Conference” by Michael Greve at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2018/01/the-2...nference
“3 Brain Technologies to Watch in 2018” by Shailesh Prasad at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2018/01/3-bra...-in-2018
“AI already out of the bottle: You can’t stop it or slow it down” by
Müslüm Yildiz at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2018/01/ai-al...-it-down
“Alzheimers Drug Turns Back the Clock in Mitochondria” by Steve Hill at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2018/01/alzhe...chondria
“Brain Cells Share Information Using a Gene that Came From Viruses” by
Dan Kummer at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2018/01/brain...-viruses
“Can These Revolutionary Technologies Beat Aging in Our Lifetimes?” by
Brady Harman at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2018/01/video...ifetimes
“China is building a giant $2.1 billion research park dedicated to
developing A.I.” by Derick Lee at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2018/01/china...ping-a-i
“Citizen science bags five-planet haul” by Genevieve O’Hagan at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2018/01/citiz...net-haul
“David Sinclair on Sirtuins” by Brady Hartman at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2018/01/david...sirtuins
“Disruptive Technologies Push Bioterrorism To A Whole New Level” by
Klaus Baldauf at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2018/01/disru...ew-level
“The Expensive Art of Living Forever” by Zoltan Istvan at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2018/01/the-e...-forever
“Four-dimensional physics in two dimensions” by Saúl Morales Rodriguéz
at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2018/01/four-...mensions
“GM Drops the Steering Wheel and Gives Robot Driver Control” by
Genevieve O’Hagan at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2018/01/gm-dr...-control
“The Gut Microbiota Could Contribute to Sarcopenia” by Steve Hill at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2018/01/the-g...rcopenia
“How close are we to a Black Mirror-style digital afterlife?” by Zoltan
Istvan at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2018/01/how-c...fterlife
“How Robots Will Break Politics” by Derick Lee at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2018/01/how-r...politics
“How to Fight Superbugs” by Dan Kummer at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2018/01/how-t...uperbugs
“Hundreds of robot realtors are helping Bay Area renters find new homes”
by Shane Hinshaw at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2018/01/hundr...ew-homes
“Intel, Nervana Shed Light on Deep Learning Chip Architecture” by Roman
Mednitzer at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2018/01/intel...itecture
“Introduction to Robotics — Stanford University” by Müslüm Yildiz
at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2018/01/intro...iversity
“Is Cryptocurrency Good for Government?” by Philip Raymond at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2018/01/is-cr...ernments
“Light-Based Computers May Soon Become a Reality” by Shailesh Prasad at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2018/01/light...-reality
“Longevity FAQ: A beginner’s guide to longevity research” by Montie
Adkins at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2018/01/longe...research
“Meet the robo-MANTIS unveiled for the first time at CES” by Klaus
Baldauf at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2018/01/meet-...e-at-ces
“Nanoscale cryptography method gains robustness from stiction” by Saúl
Morales Rodriguéz at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2018/01/nanos...stiction
“NASA team first to demonstrate X-ray navigation in space” by Klaus
Baldauf at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2018/01/nasa-...in-space
“NASA X-Ray Navigation System Aims to Be a Galactic GPS for Space
Exploration” by Genevieve O’Hagan at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2018/01/nasa-...loration
“New class of soft, electrically activated devices mimics the expansion
and contraction of natural muscles” by Saúl Morales Rodriguéz at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2018/01/new-c...-muscles
“Pentagon Seeks Laser-Powered Bat Drones. Really” by Patrick Tucker at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2018/01/penta...s-really
“Proximity Tags Emit Radio Waves to Monitor Heart, Lungs, Blood
Pressure” by Roman Mednitzer at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2018/01/proxi...pressure
“Reversing MS With Stem Cells” by Ian Hale at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2018/01/rever...em-cells
“Say it again, Bitcoin Investors: ‘Bad News is Good News’” by Philip
Raymond at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2018/01/say-i...ood-news
“Scientists Create Functioning Human Muscle Using Skin Cells” by Steve
Hill at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2018/01/scien...in-cells
“Scientists turn skin cells into muscle cells, a potential boon for
research” by Dan Kummer at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2018/01/scien...research
“Scientists Unveil the First Portable Bionic Hand With a Sense of Touch”
by Paul Gonçalves at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2018/01/scien...of-touch
“Sex Robots That Can Make Babies May Soon Be Available” by Shane Hinshaw
at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2018/01/sex-r...vailable
“Someone stole a piece of China’s new solar panel-paved road less than a
week after it opened” by Montie Adkins at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2018/01/someo...t-opened
“Speed breeding LED technique grows food six times faster than
conventional farming” by Montie Adkins at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2018/01/speed...-farming
“Toyota has unveiled a crazy self-driving vehicle” by Shailesh Prasad at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2018/01/toyot...-vehicle
“Two qubit silicon gate has been created” by Roman Mednitzer at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2018/01/two-q...-created
“US drug firm offers cure for blindness – at $425,000 an eye” by Derick
Lee at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2018/01/us-dr...0-an-eye
“View the Future of Medicine with Nanorobots, Weaponized Killer T-cells,
Lab-grown Organs, and Gene Editing” by Brady Harman at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2018/01/video...-editing
“What if you Send Bitcoin to a Non-Existent Address?” by Philip Raymond
at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2018/01/what-...-address
“Zeb2-NAT Molecule May Reverse Cellular Aging” by Steve Hill at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2018/01/zeb2-...ar-aging
Growing Membership
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Genevieve O’Hagan: $200,
Edwin B. Cooper Jr.: $175,
Michael Dickey: $85,
Philippe Van Nedervelde: $85,
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Kenneth P. Weiss: $85,
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