Locus Awards
Our own science fiction anthology "Visions of the Future" is eligible as
a write-in in the BEST ANTHOLOGY category for the Locus Awards.
Learn more at
https://www.facebook.com/groups/lifeboa...62148455
Lifeboat Foundation Introduction Video
We have an updated Lifeboat Foundation Introduction Video at
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWvmMfJugac
We are currently discussing it at
https://www.facebook.com/groups/lifeboa...17428455
Real-Time Delphi Survey
Participate in the real-time Delphi survey "If Humans Were Free - 2050 - The Self-Actualizing Economy" at http://millennium-project.org/millenniu...tion.pdf
Blog
Tatiana Moroz joins our blog team with the post "Bitcoin 101: What is it
and why is everyone talking about it?" at
http://lifeboat.com/blog/2016/03/bitcoi...about-it
Recent interesting blog posts include:
"All you need is $100,000 and 22 hours to get your own robotic hexapod"
by Sean Brazell at
http://lifeboat.com/blog/2016/04/all-yo...-hexapod
"A quadriplegic man is now able to play Guitar Hero, swipe a credit card
and pour liquid into a glass with his own hand" by Sean Brazell at
http://lifeboat.com/blog/2016/04/a-quad...own-hand
"Berkeley Lab captures first high-res 3D images of DNA segments" by Odette
Gregory at http://lifeboat.com/blog/2016/04/berkel...rzweilai
"Carbyne: Scientists create 'holy grail' strongest material in the world
that's tougher than graphene" by Sean Brazell at
http://lifeboat.com/blog/2016/04/carbyn...graphene
"The Church of Perpetual Life Wants to End Deathism" by Zoltan Istvan at
http://lifeboat.com/blog/2016/04/the-ch...deathism
"Genetic Superheroes Walk Among Us, But Shhh! No One Can Tell 'Em" by Dan
Kummer at
http://lifeboat.com/blog/2016/04/geneti...-tell-em
"How the brain produces consciousness in 'time slices'" by Karen Hurst at
http://lifeboat.com/blog/2016/04/how-th...e-slices
"How We'll Finally Wind Up Testing Quantum Gravity" by Andreas Matt at
http://lifeboat.com/blog/2016/04/how-we...-gravity
"Nanotubes assemble! Rice introduces Teslaphoresis" by Shailesh Prasad at
http://lifeboat.com/blog/2016/04/nanotu...phoresis
"NASA funds Direct Drive Fusion Propulsion" by Andreas Matt at
http://lifeboat.com/blog/2016/04/nasa-f...opulsion
"New Device Can Ease Chronic Pain Without Drugs, Thanks to Brain
Stimulation" by Shailesh Prasad at
http://lifeboat.com/blog/2016/04/new-de...mulation
"The Next Frontier For Ambitious Entrepreneurs: Space" by Klaus Baldauf at
http://lifeboat.com/blog/2016/04/the-ne...rs-space
"Quantum techniques to enhance solar cell efficiency" by Karen Hurst at
http://lifeboat.com/blog/2016/04/quantu...ficiency
"Researchers at New York University are looking 25 years ahead to
predict the role artificial intelligence will play in living, learning
and research" by Aleksandar Vukovic at
http://lifeboat.com/blog/2016/04/resear...research
"Silicon Valley's zero-gravity space startup boom" by Klaus Baldauf at
http://lifeboat.com/blog/2016/04/silico...tup-boom
"Someone's made an actual, working hoverboard" by Shailesh Prasad at
http://lifeboat.com/blog/2016/04/someon...verboard
"That supermassive black hole in the center of the Milky Way? It might
be weirder than you think" by Andreas Matt at
http://lifeboat.com/blog/2016/04/backre...ilky-way
"They Built the Single-Atom Engine And It Actually Works" by Shailesh
Prasad at
http://lifeboat.com/blog/2016/04/they-b...ly-works
"This study 40 years ago could have reshaped the American diet. But it
was never fully published" by Amnon H. Eden at
http://lifeboat.com/blog/2016/04/this-s...ublished
"Why Pessimistic Predictions For Future of AI May be More Hype than High
Tech" by Dan Faggella at
http://lifeboat.com/blog/2016/04/why-pe...igh-tech
Growing Membership
Recent donations/pledges we have received since our last newsletter:
Donald Maclean: $1,000,
Maciamo Hay: $120,
Michael Dickey: $85,
Sergio M.L. Tarrero: $85,
Philippe Van Nedervelde: $85,
Kenneth P. Weiss: $85,
Aaron Mayzes: $55,
Bob Joy: $30,
Venita Davis: $25,
Nicholas MacDonald: $25,
Matthew L. McGuirl: $25,
Brent L. Reitze: $25,
Anonymous: $20.15 (including 0.0242494 bitcoins),
Rebecca R. Cooper: $10,
Taurus Londono: $10,
Alexander Macrae: $10,
Philip Morehead: $10,
Roland Schiefer: $10,
Peter Smafield: $10,
Joel D. Ticknor: $10,
Best Sub-Ohm Vape Tanks: $5,
DIAP Media: $5,
Searchbounce Online Marketing: $2,
Barrett, Fasig & Brooks: $1,
Sandra Bonfiglio, P.A. - $1,
Charlip Law Group - $1,
Garrison Law: $1,
Geyer & Fuxa & Tyler: $1,
Gold IRA Company: $1,
Joyce A. Julian, P.A.: $1,
Law Office of Julia Kelafinos: $1,
Larsen & Rico: $1,
Law Offices of Gale H. Moore: $1,
and Salazar & Kelly: $1.
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.
