Humanity+ @ Melbourne Conference
Our Aubrey de Grey and Natasha Vita-More will be speaking at the
Humanity+ @ Melbourne conference being held on May 5-6, 2012. This
conference is being organized by our Adam A. Ford.
Learn more at http://hplusconf.com.au/
Removing Orbital Debris With Lasers
Read "Removing Orbital Debris with Lasers" which was coauthored by our Claude Phipps at http://arxiv.org/abs/1110.3835v1
Abundance: the Future is Better Than You Think
Read "Abundance: The Future Is Better Than You Think", coauthored by our Steven Kotler at http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/145161...51614217
Videos
Watch robot quadrotors perform the James Bond theme at http://lifeboat.com/ex/videos#james_bond
Logo Input
If you would like to comment on possible Lifeboat Foundation logo
designs, write to
Blog
Some interesting blog posts include:
"Beyond the outer limits: colonizing the cosmos" by Daniel Berleant at
http://lifeboat.com/blog/2012/03/beyond...e-cosmos
"Establishing an Off-Earth Back-up of the Biosphere" by John Hunt at
http://lifeboat.com/blog/2012/03/establ...iosphere
"The Neutron Star Paradox: Immunity to Micro Black Hole Capture" by Tom
Kerwick at
http://lifeboat.com/blog/2012/03/the-ne...-capture
Growing Board
Billy Cohn, who developed and implanted the world's first artificial
heart with no pulse, joins our Biotech/Medical Board. Billy has over 50
US patents for medical devices which help surgeons operate on a beating
heart, a task thought to be impossible for many years. His Cohn Cardiac
Stabilizer was licensed by Genzyme Surgical and has been used in over
200,000 off-pump coronary artery bypasses.
Read his bio at http://lifeboat.com/ex/bios.william.e.cohn
David Ferrucci, Principal Investigator of IBM's DeepQA ("Watson")
Project, joins our Information Sciences Board. Watson defeated the best
human Jeopardy! champions in a 3 day contest. Watch "Building Watson — A Brief Overview of the DeepQA Project" at
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3G2H3DZ8rNc
Read Dave's bio at http://lifeboat.com/ex/bios.david.a.ferrucci
Our Facebook group now has over 1,100 members. Join our discussions at https://www.facebook.com/groups/lifeboatfoundation
Growing Membership
Recent donations/pledges we have received since our last newsletter:
Donald Maclean: $3,000,
Michael Dickey: $85,
Sergio M.L. Tarrero: $85,
Philippe Van Nedervelde: $85,
Kenneth P. Weiss: $85,
Brandon E. Larson: $50,
Tom Driscoll: $30,
Rick Hubbard: $25,
Matthew L. McGuirl: $25,
Anonymous: $10,
James Bracken: $10,
Rebecca R. Cooper: $10,
Thomas Dolphin: $10,
George Garrett: $10,
Charles Hawk: $10,
Tom Kerwick: $10,
Alexander Macrae: $10,
Aaron Mayzes: $10,
Glenn A. Miller: $10,
Philip Morehead: $10,
Roland Schiefer: $10,
Benjamin T. Solomon: $10,
and Ryan Witt: $10.
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.
