2010 Humanity+ Summit
We have further improved our "H+ Summit @ Harvard — The Rise Of The
Citizen Scientist lineup" to include: Itamar Arel, Ed Boyden, Aubrey de
Grey, George Dvorsky, Alexandra Elbakyan, Ben Goertzel, Noah Goodman,
Andrew Hessel, James Hughes, Joseph P. Jackson, Morris Johnson, Ray
Kurzweil, John "Pathfinder" Lester, Jeff Lieberman, Raymond McCauley,
Pieter J. Mosterman, Ramez Naam, David Orban, David Pearce, Mridula
"Millie" Kumari Ray, Melanie Swan, Alexei Turchin, Natasha Vita-More,
and Justyna Zander.
Register at
http://www.eventbrite.com/event/6488065...41206940.
Working Together
Our existential risk programs discussion interface has been improved. Join the discussion at http://lifeboat.com/ex/programs
Also, if you wish to post to our blog, send an email to
Tribute
Our Wesley du Charme was cryopreserved after a long battle with cancer.
We will miss him.
Read his bio at http://lifeboat.com/ex/bios.wesley.m.du.charme
Learn more about his cryopreservation at
http://www.alcornews.org/weblog/2010/04...ent.html
Breakthroughs
Our Anirban Bandyopadhyay has developed a molecular computer that mimics
the human brain. It can solve complex problems and even heal itself.
Learn more at
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/36788441/ns...ovation/
Our Kattesh Katti has developed a new cancer detection and therapy
method using engineered gold nanoparticles.
Learn more at http://som.missouri.edu/Alumni/News80.aspx
Blog
Keith Curtis joins our blog team with the post "Software and the Singularity" at http://lifeboat.com/blog/software-and-t...gularity
Fannie Mae
Fannie Mae doubles their donation to the Lifeboat Foundation. Thanks
Fannie Mae!
http://lifeboat.com/ex/donor.dollar.list#fanniemae
Papers
Read "Demographic Consequences of Defeating Aging" by our Leonid A. Gavrilov and Natalia S. Gavrilova at http://longevity-science.org/Projection...2010.pdf
Special Reports
Read "On the Principles of Economics & Evolution: A Survival Guide for the Inhabitants of Small Islands, Including the Inhabitants of the Small Island of Earth" by our Matt Funk at http://lifeboat.com/ex/reports#on_the_p...volution
Growing Membership
Recent donations/pledges we have received since the last newsletter:
Willard Wells: $467,
Benjamin R. Hoffman: $255,
Michael Anissimov: $85,
Miron Cuperman: $85,
Michael Dickey: $85,
Jason Gaverick Matheny: $85,
Mads Haahr: $85,
Sergio M.L. Tarrero: $85,
Philippe Van Nedervelde: $85,
Kenneth P. Weiss: $85,
Matthew L. McGuirl: $25,
Frank C. Adamek: $25,
Rick Hubbard: $25,
Anonymous: $20,
Ronald Amos: $10,
David Carter: $10,
Rebecca R. Cooper: $10,
Christopher Dilkus: $10,
James Doerhing: $10,
Thomas Dolphin: $10,
Stephen Fleming: $10,
George Garrett: $10,
Charles Hawk: $10,
Aaron Mayzes: $10,
Linus Petersson: $10,
John N. Philipps (Jack): $10,
Rhonda Stevenson: $10,
BeeDictionary: $5,
and Golf Tournament Signs: $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.
