Donating CPU Cycles
Lifeboat Foundation has contributed 16,732,334 Cobblestones of
computation (14.46 quintillion floating-point operations) to
[email protected] since joining this effort on January 27, 2008.
Donate the unused CPU cycles on your computer(s) to help scientists
determine the 3-dimensional shapes of proteins in research that may
ultimately lead to finding cures for some major human diseases. By
running the Rosetta program on your computer while you don’t need it you
will help speed up and extend research in ways scientists couldn’t
possibly attempt without your help. You will also be helping efforts at
designing new proteins to fight diseases such as HIV, malaria, cancer,
and Alzheimer’s.
Learn more at https://lifeboat.com/ex/rosetta.home
We support similar efforts at https://lifeboat.com/ex/fight.aids and
https://lifeboat.com/ex/folding.home
YouTube Videos
We were doing some maintenance on our site and noticed that a Flash song
had stopped working with most browsers because it was Flash. We had done
a YouTube version before but found that we could now create a slightly
higher resolution version which makes the text a bit easier to read. (This video has some small text.)
It would be helpful if people liked the new video at
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-XUoZVbVlI
Also, if you haven’t seen our best video, it is at
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWvmMfJugac
2020 International Conference on Future Africa Update
The 2020 International Conference on Future Africa will be held April
21–23 at the University of Rwanda.
The theme of the conference is “Compliance to Global Sustainability” and
will be offering sessions regarding Climate Change, Renewable Energies,
Internet of Things, Futurism, Transhumanism, Neuroscience, Biotech,
International Politics, Digital Leadership/Business, and much more.
Our William Coburn, Didier Coeurnelle, Aubrey de Grey, Alejandro De la
Parra Solomon, Zoltan Istvan, Ósìnàkáchì Ákùmà Kálù, Anthony Kimery,
Doris Ngozi Morah, Ira Pastor, and Ilia Stambler will be
participating/speaking. The Lifeboat Foundation is one of the hosts of
this event.
Learn more at https://conference.taffds.org
Mike Resnick Memorial
Lifeboat Foundation mourns the passing of Mike Resnick who fought to
“Safeguard Humanity” until the end.
Mike was the all-time leading award winner, living or dead, for short
fiction. He won 5 Hugos (from a record 37 nominations), a Nebula, and
other major awards in the USA, France, Japan, Spain, Catalonia, Croatia,
Poland, and China. He’s the author of 78 novels, 280 stories, and 3
screenplays, and the editor of 42 anthologies. His work has been
translated into 27 languages. He was also editor of Galaxy’s Edge
magazine until the end of his life.
Learn more at https://lifeboat.com/ex/bios.mike.resnick
Blog
Mike Diverde joins our blog team with the post “Rethinking
Consciousness: A Scientific Theory of Subjective Experience” at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2020/01/rethi...perience
Nick Engerer joins our blog team with the post “Avoiding ageing’s 4
deadly killers — Cardiovascular Disease (Part 1)” at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2020/01/avoid...e-part-1
Kaiser Matin joins our blog team with the post “The ‘Goldilocks’
principle for curing brain cancer” at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2020/01/the-g...n-cancer
Eithen Pasta joins our blog team with the post “A US $30 million fund to
promote bold ideas for aging populations: Dr Victor Dzau” at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2020/01/a-us-...tor-dzau
Paul Velho joins our blog team with the post “What CRISPR-baby prison
sentences mean for research” at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2020/01/what-...research
Aaron Vesey joins our blog team with the post “The Ecological Challenge
of Artificial Superintelligence” at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2020/01/the-e...lligence
Recent interesting blog posts include:
“10 Unsolved Mysteries of The Universe” by Alberto Lao at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2020/01/10-un...9f%91%87
“50 Year Lie: Sugar industry blames fats” by Philip Raymond at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2020/01/50-ye...mes-fats
“A man diagnosed with Wuhan coronavirus near Seattle is being treated
largely by a robot” by Omuterema Akhahenda at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2020/01/a-man...-a-robot
“Astronomers Spot Loads Of Oxygen In Ancient ‘Nearby’ Star” by Bruce
Dorminey at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2020/01/astro...rby-star
“A Terminally Ill British Scientist Aims to Be The Most ‘Cybernetic’
Human Ever Created” by Roger Dufur at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2020/01/a-ter...-created
“Beyond Genuine Stupidity — Making Smart Choices About Intelligent
Infrastructure” by Alexandra Whittington at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2020/01/beyon...tructure
“The biohacker who wants to become cyborg to be more perfect” by Zoltan
Istvan at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2020/01/the-b...-perfect
“Blockchain In Fintech: The New Age Of Banking” by Roger Dufur at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2020/01/block...-banking
“China publishes Chang’e 4 data one year after first landing on far side
of the moon” by Alberto Lao at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2020/01/china...the-moon
“Could Ethereum Hit $1 Trillion? Analyst Says Over 1,000% Rally
Possible” by Quinn Sena at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2020/01/could...possible
“Could Israeli startup help stop the spread of the deadly coronavirus?”
by Omuterema Akhahenda at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2020/01/could...onavirus
“Could Scientists ‘Hack’ the Zika Virus to Kill Brain Cancer?” by
Genevieve Klien at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2020/01/could...n-cancer
“Dealing With Machine Intelligence Explosion” by Brent Ellman at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2020/01/deali...xplosion
“Digital Gold — New Legal Opportunities Emerging from Technology
Innovation” by Alexandra Whittington at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2020/01/digit...novation
“Fighting Ebola and other Highly Hazardous Pathogens In A Hot Zone! —
Colonel (ret) Dr. Mark Kortepeter, MD, MPH” by Ira S. Pastor at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2020/01/fight...a-pastor
“Gut bacteria could protect against Parkinson’s” by Paul Battista at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2020/01/gut-b...rkinsons
“Has physicist’s gravity theory solved ‘impossible’ dark energy riddle?”
by Quinn Sena at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2020/01/has-p...y-riddle
“Here come the robots: intelligent machines could take, make, or reboot
software testing and security jobs” by Alexandra Whittington at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2020/01/here-...ity-jobs
“Hidden Computational Power Found in the Arms of Neurons” by Brent
Ellman at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2020/01/hidde...-neurons
“How To Hack A Human Brain” by Derick Lee at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2020/01/how-t...e-on-hbo
“Immortal Digital Existence” by Shailesh Prasad at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2020/01/immor...xistence
“IOT needs decentralized, long-range connectivity. It’s finally coming”
by Philip Raymond at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2020/01/tiny-...alds-iot
“Israeli drug makes Alzheimer’s symptoms disappear in mice” by Paul
Battista at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2020/01/israe...-in-mice
“Israeli researchers discover ‘blue dye’ to repair hearts after attack”
by Paul Battista at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2020/01/israe...r-attack
“Japan Is Launching Its Own Space Defense Unit” by Gerard Bain at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2020/01/japan...nse-unit
“Large Military-Grade Drones Could Soon Be Flying Over Your Backyard” by
Roger Dufur at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2020/01/large...backyard
“LG TV Morphs From Flat Screen to Curved With Press of a Button” by
Shailesh Prasad at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2020/01/lg-tv...a-button
“Lucy Mission Overview: Journey to Explore the Trojan Asteroids” by
Alberto Lao at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2020/01/lucy-...steroids
“Mars’ Poles Remain Key To Understanding Its Climate, Says Planetary
Scientist” by Bruce Dorminey at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2020/01/mars-...cientist
“Marty, grocery store robot, celebrates 1st birthday” by Genevieve Klien
at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2020/01/marty...birthday
“The Most Complete Brain Map Ever Is Here: A Fly’s ‘Connectome’” by
Genevieve Klien at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2020/01/the-m...nnectome
“Mum No More: 3D Printed Vocal Tract Lets Mummy Speak” by Omuterema
Akhahenda at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2020/01/mum-n...my-speak
“Overcoming human challenges with transhumanism” by Derick Lee at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2020/01/overc...humanism
“The Rich Are Preparing For The Apocalypse Better Than You” by Derick
Lee at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2020/01/the-r...e-on-hbo
“The Rise of Superhumans and the Challenges for Learning and
Development” by Alexandra Whittington at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2020/01/the-r...elopment
“Salt At Mars’ Poles Is Wildcard In Search For Martian Life” by Bruce
Dorminey at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2020/01/salt-...ian-life
“Shake Hands With The Future With BrainCo’s Brain-Controlled Prosthetic”
by Gerard Bain at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2020/01/shake...osthetic
“SpaceX is launching ‘dark satellites’ to stop its Starlink project from
wreaking havoc with astronomical research. Astronomers are skeptical” by
Tracy R. Atkins at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2020/01/space...keptical
“Students calculate how to build Star Trek photon torpedoes” by Quinn
Sena at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2020/01/stude...orpedoes
“The ‘virtual’ future of Holocaust education is already here” by Roger
Dufur at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2020/01/the-v...ady-here
“The War on Sensemaking, Daniel Schmachtenberger” by Alexandria Black at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2019/12/the-w...enberger
“We are one step closer to 3D printing human organs in outer space” by
Brent Ellman at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2020/01/we-ar...er-space
Growing Membership
We now have over 3,400 donors!
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