Arch Mission Foundation
Lifeboat Foundation is now a Partner of Arch Mission Foundation whose
mission is to preserve and disseminate humanitys most important
information across time and space, for the benefit of future
generations. Other partners include the Internet Archive, The Long Now
Foundation, and Microsoft.
Learn more at https://archmission.org
March Storm: Legislative Blitz for a Citizen’s Space Agenda
The Alliance for Space Development (ASD) is holding the annual March
Storm Washington DC Blitz March 10–14, 2019. Sunday March 10 will be an
all-day training event, followed by up to four days of Congressional
visits. Blitzers are asked to commit to a minimum of 1 day of
Congressional visits, but those days can be picked from among March
11–14.
Learn more at
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/march-stor...46084396
Dead Precedents: How Hip-Hop Defines the Future
Attend the discussion of the book “Dead Precedents: How Hip-hop Defines
the Future” at SXSW in Austin, Texas on March 13. This book uses the
concerns and conceits of cyberpunk literature to thoughtfully remap
hip-hop’s spread from around the way to around the world.
Learn more at https://schedule.sxsw.com/2019/events/PP92937
Hello Tomorrow Global Summit 2019
Hello Tomorrow Global Summit 2019 will be held March 14–15 in Paris,
France. Expand your perception of tomorrow through a program packed with
visionary keynotes and expert panels, and join the conversation with
interactive sessions and immersive workshops to build your vision of the
future with the deeptech community.
Learn more at https://hello-tomorrow.org/summit#program
BICT 2019
BICT 2019 — 11th EAI International Conference on Bio-inspired
Information and Communications Technologies will be held March 13–14 in
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. This conference provides a
unique venue for researchers and practitioners in diverse disciplines to
seek the understanding of key principles, processes, and mechanisms in
biological systems and leverage those understandings in design,
engineering, and technological applications.
Our Bud Mishra is the General Chair for this event.
Learn more at http://bionetics.org
Imagine Convergence
Imagine Convergence will be held at Orcas Island, Washington on March
21–24. This event is also available via livestream.
The shift of the ages is unfolding on planet Earth. Change is happening
at such a rapid pace its hard to make sense of it all. Decisions made
today are determining the very survival of future generations. The
Imagine Convergence is gathering changemakers, intellectuals, innovators
and cultural creatives to explore cross-disciplinary solutions to these
global complexities.
Learn more at https://imagineconvergence.com
The Global Congress & Expo on Advancements of Laser, Optics, and Photonics
The Global Congress & Expo on Advancements of Laser, Optics, and
Photonics will be held March 2527 in Valenica, Spain. Our Aurel Ymeti
is on its Scientific Committee and is a Keynote Speaker for this
conference.
Learn more at http://laseroptics.linkinscience.com
4th Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Theorem Proving AITP 2019
The 4th Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Theorem Proving AITP
2019 will be held April 7–12 in Obergurgl, Austria.
Our Ben Goertzel, Sean Holden, and Ramana Kumar will be speaking.
Learn more at http://aitp-conference.org/2019
Biofeedback Federation of Europe Annual Meeting
The Biofeedback Federation of Europe Annual Meeting will be held in
Cardiff, Wales on April 813. This is the 20th annual meeting!
Learn more at https://meeting.bfe.org
3rd Annual Congress on Emerging Materials and Nanotechnology
The 3rd Annual Congress on Emerging Materials and Nanotechnology will be
held in Barcelona, Spain on April 11–12. Our Jonathan Lyons will be
giving a talk at this conference on current and future uses of
nanotechnology.
Learn more at http://materials-congress.alliedacademies.com
1st Mediterranean Congress of Anti-Aging Medicine
The 1st Mediterranean Congress of Anti-aging Medicine will be held in
Larnaca, Cyprus on April 13–14.
Our Marios Kyriazis is Conference Chair. Our José Cordeiro, João Pedro
de Magalhães, Ilia Stambler, and Nektarios Tavernarakis will be
speaking.
Learn more at http://www.mcamcyprus.com
CAPS 2019
CAPS 2019 will be held in Washington, D.C. on April 15–17. This
conference is the 3rd International Conference on Complexity and Policy
Studies.
This is a cross-disciplinary conference that brings together
researchers, practitioners, and funders to explore the application of
insights from the study of complex systems to public policy with a
special emphasis on social good.
Learn more at https://www.caps-conference.org
Books
Read “Assembling Life: How Can Life Begin on Earth and Other Habitable
Planets?” by our David W. Deamer at https://amzn.to/2MM8oRS
Read “Exponential Ethics” by our Nicoletta Iacobacci at
https://amzn.to/2SdvJkv
Read “On the Future: Prospects for Humanity” by our Martin Rees at
https://amzn.to/2WALS2F
Blog
Heather Blevins joins our blog team with the post “NASA — National
Aeronautics and Space Administration is targeting June 12 as the launch
date for Orions Ascent Abort-2 test, a critical milestone for human
missions to the Moon!” at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2019/02/nasa-...the-moon
Thierry Marianne joins our blog team with the post “Three instruments as
concrete alternatives to social networks taking advantage of our
privacy” at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2019/03/three...-privacy
Ours Ondine joins our blog team with the post “Selfies to Self-Diagnosis:
Algorithm ‘Amps Up’ Smartphones to Diagnose Disease” at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2019/02/selfi...-disease
Quinn Sena joins our blog team with the post “Can nanotechnology rewire
an injured spinal cord?” at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2019/01/brain...reatment
Recent interesting blog posts include:
“Aging Analytics Agency has released a prototype version of its
interactive online Longevity Industry Analytics platform and database”
by Franco Cortese at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2019/03/aging...database
“Asteroid Research Points to Planetary Defense Issues” by Caycee Dee
Neely at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2019/03/aster...e-issues
“A student accidentally created a rechargeable battery that could last
400 years” by Paul Battista at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2019/03/a-stu...00-years
“Capturing bacteria that eat and breathe electricity” by Genevieve
O’Hagan at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2019/03/captu...ctricity
“Clearing Senescent Cells Prevents T1 Diabetes in Mice” by Steve Hill at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2019/03/clear...-in-mice
“Despite being the very first candidate planet discovered by our Kepler
Mission, Kepler-1658b had a rocky road to confirmation” by Michael Lance
at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2019/03/despi...irmation
“Elon Musk says he would ride SpaceXs new Dragon spaceship into orbit
— and build a moon base with NASA” by Montie Adkins at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2019/03/elon-...ith-nasa
“Fifty Billion Planets In Our Milky Way Galaxy Are Likely To Be Free
Floaters, Says New Study” by Bruce Dorminey at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2019/03/fifty...ew-study
“Graphene Shows Promise for Repairing Broken Bones” by Shailesh Prasad
at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2019/03/graph...en-bones
“The influence of a single neuron on its network” by Xavier Rosseel at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2019/03/the-i...-network
“Intel Unveils the Intel Neural Compute Stick 2 at Intel AI Devcon
Beijing for Building Smarter AI Edge Devices” by James Christian Smith
at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2019/03/intel...-devices
“In the Future, Blockchain Robots Could Deliver Pizza and Perform
Surgery” by Klaus Baldauf at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2019/03/in-th...-surgery
“Israel’s first moon mission spacecraft sends back selfie” by Genevieve
O’Hagan at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2019/03/israe...k-selfie
“I Quit My Job to Protest My Company’s Work on Building Killer Robots”
by Klaus Baldauf at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2019/03/i-qui...r-robots
“Jennifer Doudna Is Pioneering the Science — and Ethics — of Gene
Editing” by Victoria Generao at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2019/03/jenni...-editing
“More evidence of sound waves carrying mass” by Xavier Rosseel at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2019/03/more-...ing-mass
“Most Microbial Species Are ‘Dark Matter’” by Quinn Sena at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2019/03/most-...k-matter
“New Theory: ‘Mirror Image’ of Our Universe Existed Before Big Bang” by
Michael Lance at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2019/03/new-t...big-bang
“Optalysys launches world’s first commercial optical processing system,
the FT: X 2000” by Klaus Baldauf at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2019/03/optal...t-x-2000
“Our brains reveal our choices before were even aware of them, study
finds” by Xavier Rosseel at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2019/03/our-b...dy-finds
“The people in Russia buying ‘immortality’” by Paul Battista at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2019/03/the-p...ortality
“PepsiCo’s top scientist is joining the fight to help you live forever”
by Paul Battista at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2019/03/pepsi...-forever
“Physicists Used Supercomputers to Map the Bone-Crushing Pressures
Hiding Inside Protons” by Quinn Sena at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2019/03/physi...-protons
“Policies designed for drugs wont work for AI” by Derick Lee at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2019/03/polic...k-for-ai
“Physicists Want to Use Quantum Particles to Find Out What Happens Inside a
Black Hole” by Genevieve O’Hagan at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2019/03/physi...ack-hole
“Rwanda Has Just Completed Over 10,000 Deliveries of Health Supplies Via
Medical Drones” by James Christian Smith at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2019/03/rwand...l-drones
“Samsara is Developing Autophagy Boosting Therapies to Combat Aging” by
Steve Hill at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2019/03/samsa...at-aging
“San Francisco 2036: The Story of the First ‘Cyberian’ Trillionaire and
Countdown to the Singularity” by Alex Vikoulov at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2019/03/san-f...gularity
“Scientists create an artificial brain that stores memories in silver,
lives forever” by Marcos Than Esponda at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2019/03/scien...-forever
“Scientists find worms that recently evolved the ability to regrow a
complete head” by Quinn Sena at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2019/03/scien...ete-head
“Specific nutritional infections early in life as risk factors for human
colon and breast cancers several decades later” by Pat Maechler at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2019/03/speci...es-later
“Technologies and Startups that Hack Brain” by Marcos Than Esponda at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2019/03/techn...ck-brain
“These injectable nanobots can walk around inside a human body” by
Genevieve O’Hagan at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2019/03/these...man-body
“We are happy to announce Dr. Nikolay Zak as a speaker for the 2019
Undoing Aging Conference” by Michael Greve at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2019/03/we-ar...nference
“Why You Should Attend Undoing Aging 2019” by Steve Hill at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2019/03/why-y...ing-2019
“World’s First Battery-Free Bluetooth Chip Pulls Power from the Air” by
Quinn Sena at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2019/03/world...-the-air
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