Lifeboat Foundation Special Reports
Read "Brain-Computer Interfaces for Manipulating Dreams" by our Michael
Anissimov at http://lifeboat.com/ex/brain-computer.interfaces
Read "AI Meets the Metaverse: Teachable AI Agents Living in Virtual
Worlds" by our Ben Goertzel at
http://lifeboat.com/ex/ai.meets.the.metaverse
What It Means to Be Human
On May 31, 2008, Daniel Dennett and Ray Kurzweil will be speaking about
"What it Means to be Human" at Skirball Center, NYU which is part of the
NY08 World Science Festival in New York City.
Learn more at
http://www.worldsciencefestival.com/200...be-human
The Ultimate Answer
Don't Panic! We have found The Ultimate Answer to The Great Question of
Life, the Universe, and Everything. The answer is a WorldFuture 2008
lineup with over 42 Lifeboat Foundation Scientific Advisory Board
members.
We have Lawrence A. Baines, Raj Bawa, Craig Bettles, Peter C. Bishop,
Dennis M. Bushnell, Josh Calder, Arthur L. Caplan, José Luis Cordeiro,
William J. Cosgrove, William Crossman, Irene J. Dabrowski, Yasmin
Dada-Jones, Devin Fidler, Medard Gabel, Ashok K. Gangadean, Jay Gary,
Jerry Glenn, Ted Gordon, Terry Grim, Linda Groff, William E. Halal, Don
Heathfield, Jay Herson, Michael Jackson, Carl Jensen III, Shun-jie Ji,
Tom Lombardo, Gary Marx, Jim Mathews, Kenneth L. Nichols, Amy Oberg,
Jonathan Peck, John L. Petersen, Carrie Rathsack, Sheila R. Ronis,
Karlin Sloan, Rick Smyre, Stephen F. Steele, Mike Treder, Thomas F.
Valone, Verne Wheelwright, James Wright, Mariann Zanardo, and Michael
Zey will be speaking at WorldFuture 2008: Seeing the Future Through New
Eyes at the Hilton Washington, Washington, D.C., from July 26 to July
28, 2008.
Learn more at http://www.wfs.org/2008schedule.htm
Methods for Discovery and Solution Finding Board
Win Wenger, founder of Project Renaissance, joins our Methods for
Discovery and Solution Finding Board which he founded. Project
Renaissance is dedicated to increasing individuals' potential and
accelerating the dawning of a new Renaissance.
Learn about Win Wenger at http://lifeboat.com/ex/bios.win.wenger
Media
Listen to David Brin on "The Future And You" at
http://www.thefutureandyou.libsyn.com/i...d=331718
Watch Brian Cox's TED talk "What Really Goes on at the Large Hadron
Collider" at http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/253
Read "Science-Fiction Writers Help Government Prepare for Attacks of the
Future" which describes efforts by our Arlan Andrews, Greg Bear, and
Jerry Pournelle at http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,353979,00.html
White Background
Thanks to financial assistance from Joshua Fox and graphical assistance
from Tom McCabe, we now offer a white background theme on all pages. Click on the blue button on the left that says WHITE BKG to use this.
If you notice any problems, send an email with the subject "Lifeboat
Foundation Web Design" to
Brian H. Wilcox
Brian H. Wilcox, Principle Investigator, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, joins our Robotics/AI Board. He currently heads the ATHLETE project. This ginormous robotic vehicle called ATHLETE (All-Terrain Hex-Legged Extra-Terrestrial Explorer) measures about 7.5 meters wide, with legs more than 6 meters long. It could act essentially like a turtle, carrying the astronauts' living quarters around on its back. Watch a prototype in action at http://lifeboat.com/ex/bios.brian.h.wil...rototype
Growing Membership
Here are some of the recent donations/pledges we have received since
the last newsletter:
Donald Maclean: $25,000,
Humberto Castaneda: $200,
Sergio M.L. Tarrero: $170,
Michael Fleischmann: $150,
Danny Belkin: $100,
Michael Anissimov: $85,
Eric Bauswell: $85,
Michael Dickey: $85,
Chris Haley: $85,
Jason Gaverick Matheny: $85,
Philippe Van Nedervelde: $85,
Kenneth P. Weiss: $85,
Matt Browne: $30,
C M Anderson: $25,
Vincent A. Cate: $25,
Adam Dobrin: $25,
Rick Hubbard: $25,
Peter Murray: $25,
Matthew L. McGuirl: $25,
Robert Hunt Robinson: $25,
James William Taylor: $25,
Mark A. Walker: $25,
Anonymous: $20,
Alexander Braitberg: $10,
Stephen Fleming: $10,
Joshua Fox: $10,
Christopher Dilkus: $10,
Sylvia Engdahl: $10,
Joseph P. Jackson III: $10,
Sheridan Layman: $10,
Sarah Jane Pell: $10,
John N. Philipps (Jack): $10,
Pennye Shaw: $10,
Kaj Sotala: $10,
and Thoughtware.TV: $5.
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.
