New Members
Our new Lifeboat 500 members are Michael Anissimov and Sergio M.L. Tarrero.
Our new Economy member is Sylvia Engdahl.
See the full list at http://lifeboat.com/ex/donor.list
Banners
"Nanotechnology Now", the world's most in-depth online resource for
nanotechnology, supports Lifeboat Foundation with a free banner ad!
See their site at http://www.nanotech-now.com/
Science Fiction author Sylvia Engdahl puts a free banner for us on her
official site! See her site at
http://sylviaengdahl.com/space/survival.htm
Human Trajectories Board
The current human situation is unique and complex. What are the primary
characteristics that define human culture? How did our "humanness" make
us what we are today? And, most importantly, how will our collective
past and present direct our advance towards the future?
Areas covered include technological innovation and adoption, resource
shortage and change, human migration, competition and conflict.
We now have a Board dedicated to this issue. The idea for this Board
was developed by Scientific Advisory Board member James W. Taylor.
Forum/Mailing List
We now have an invitation-only forum/mailing list to discuss general
Lifeboat Foundation issues at
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/life...ndation/
And we have an invitation-only forum/mailing list for the Human
Trajectories Board at http://groups.google.com/group/humantrajectories
AGI Research Institute Workshop
Watch Michael Anissimov at http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid...el&hl=en He represented Lifeboat Foundation at the AGI Research Institute's workshop in Palo Alto. He was on a panel discussing the risks of AGI (Artificial General Intelligence).
Reports
Our Scientific Advisory Board members have generated many interesting
reports recently. They include:
"Crash Test Cities: Protecting Against Nuclear Blasts and Other
Disasters" by Wil McCarthy at http://lifeboat.com/ex/crash.test.cities
"Flexible Automated Manufacturing" by Michael Vassar at
http://lifeboat.com/ex/flexible.automat...acturing
"Getting Ready for the Coming Bio-Economy: An Advance Survey with Ten
Practical Tips" by Scott Borg at
http://lifeboat.com/ex/getting.ready.fo...-economy
"Screw Sustainability: The Age of the Tornado Tamers Busting the Bubble
of Spaceship Earth" by Howard Bloom at
http://lifeboat.com/ex/screw.sustainability
"SHOUTING AT THE COSMOS...Or How SETI has Taken a Worrisome Turn Into
Dangerous Territory" by David Brin at
http://lifeboat.com/ex/shouting.at.the.cosmos
"Technological Evolution" by José Luis Cordeiro at
http://lifeboat.com/ex/technological.evolution
"The Ultimate Right to Life Debate: Synthetic biologists know the
meaning of life, but do they know the meaning of synthetic biology?" by
Alan H. Goldstein at http://lifeboat.com/ex/synthetic.biology
"Warning Signs for Tomorrow" by Anders Sandberg at
http://lifeboat.com/ex/warning.signs.for.tomorrow
Video
Watch "Cellular Visions: The Inner Life of a Cell", an eight-minute
animation created in NewTek LightWave 3D and Adobe After Effects for
Harvard biology students at http://lifeboat.com/ex/bio.shield#videos
The animation shows a number of molecular machines — ribosomes, motors,
and more — working to move molecules and structures around a cell, and
even to create the structures. It also shows a lot of membrane events,
and molecules working with and through membranes, and a few organelles. It shows the molecules in their real molecular structure — these are
renderings of experimental data, not artists' conceptions.
