Lifeboat NewsLearn how Lifeboat Foundation is helping humanity survive existential risks and possible misuse of increasingly powerful technologies, including genetic engineering, nanotechnology, and robotics/AI, as we move towards a technological singularity.How can we reduce the risk of human extinction- September 16, 2008 Read "How can we reduce the risk of human extinction"http://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#09_16_08_How_can_we_reduce_the_risk_of_human_extinction Zane Andrews- September 16, 2008 Zane Andrews, who has found a key to overeating as we age, joins our BiotechMedical Board.http://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#09_15_08_Zane_Andrews Paul Nghiem- September 15, 2008 Paul Nghiem joins our BiotechMedical Board. He is primarly focused on basic, clinical, and translational research aspects of Merkel cell carcinoma.http://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#09_15_08_Paul_Nghiem Peter Marko- September 15, 2008 Peter Marko, who is involved in basic and applied research that can assist with the management and recovery of vulnerable and over-exploited species, joins our Sustainability Board.http://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#09_15_08_Peter_Marko Allen Hutchison- September 14, 2008 Allen Hutchison, Engineering Manager at Google, who created Google Translate for iPhone, joins our Information Sciences Board.http://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#09_14_08_Allen_Hutchison Antonello Bonci- September 14, 2008 Antonello Bonci, Professor of Neurology, Howard J. Weinberger Chair in Addiction Research, Ernest Gallo Clinic and Research Center and Department of Neurology, University of California, San Francisco, joins our Neuroscience Board.http://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#09_14_08_Antonello_Bonci Brightest, Sharpest, Fastest X-ray Holograms Yet- September 14, 2008 Stefan Hau-Riege, who developed the brightest, sharpest, fastest x-ray holograms yet, joins our Physics Board.http://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#09_14_08_Brightest_Sharpest_Fastest_X_ray_Holograms_Yet Kate Maciver- September 14, 2008 Kate Maciver, coauthor of "Phantom limb pain, cortical reorganization, and the therapeutic effect of mental imagery", joins our BiotechMedical Board.http://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#09_14_08_Kate_Maciver New fuel battery may ditch gasoline for good- September 13, 2008 Stuart S. Licht, whose new fuel battery may allow hybrids to ditch gasoline for good, joins our Sustainability Board.http://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#09_13_08_New_fuel_battery_may_ditch_gasoline_for_good Bill Clyne- September 13, 2008 Bill Clyne, Head of the Composites and Coatings Group, Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy, University of Cambridge, joins our Engineering Board.http://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new#09_13_08_Bill_Clyne |