X PRIZE Cup 2007
Thanks to generous donors, we exceeded the goal for our EM Launch
Competition by 20% and it will be featured at the X PRIZE Cup '07 from
October 26 to October 28 at Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico.
Electromagnetic (EM) launch technology will allow rockets to be launched
with no fuel onboard. Since most of the power in a rocket is used to
launch the fuel and not the payload, this is a significant development. It also helps avoid the danger of being launched on a large chemical
bomb AND reduces pollution as well.
More info is available at http://lifeboat.com/ex/em
Vector Graphics
We would like to convert the graphics at
http://lifeboat.com/ex/warning.signs.for.tomorrow to vector graphics. If you can help out, send an email with the subject "Lifeboat Foundation
Vector Graphics" to
Ecophage Research
Robert A. Freitas Jr. has found preliminary evidence that diamond
mechanosynthesis may not be reliable enough at ambient temperatures to
sustain an existential risk from microscopic ecophagic replicators. Learn more details including how you can help fund his important
research on this subject at http://lifeboat.com/ex/grant5
We have already raised four figures for this research project.
Challenges & Opportunities: the Future of Nano & Bio Technologies
Our Scientific Advisory Board members Gary Marchant, Chris Phoenix, Tihamer "Tee" Toth-Fejel, Mike Treder, and Brian Wang will be speaking at Challenges & Opportunities: The Future of Nano & Bio Technologies: an interdisciplinary conference organized by World Care and the Center for Responsible Nanotechnology from September 9 to September 13 at Tucson, Arizona, USA. Learn more at http://crnano.org/conf2007.htm
Media Coverage
Read "Safeguarding Humanity: Faced with the increasing threat of advanced technologies, the Lifeboat Foundation has a plan" at http://www.betterhumans.com/blogs/artic...ity.aspx
Discounts
Lifeboat Foundation members are now eligible for a 33.33% discount off
any books from Vera Verba, including "A Lodging of Wayfaring Men", "God
Wants You Dead", "A Second Look at Eden", "Jesus - The New Testament",
and "Survive!". To get your discount code, send an email to
Reports
Our Scientific Advisory Board members have generated many interesting
reports recently. They include:
"Human Body Version 2.0" by Ray Kurzweil at
http://lifeboat.com/ex/human.body.version.2.0
"Why the Moon? Human survival!" by Robert Shapiro at
http://lifeboat.com/ex/why.the.moon.human.survival
Growing Membership
Here are some of the recent donations/pledges we have received since
the last newsletter:
Keith Curtis: $200,
Sergio M.L. Tarrero: $170,
Anonymous: $95,
Michael Anissimov: $85,
Michael Dickey: $85,
Thoughtware.TV: $85,
Philippe Van Nedervelde: $85,
Kenneth P. Weiss: $85,
Mark A. Walker: $50,
James Blodgett: $25,
Vincent A. Cate: $25,
John Claus: $25,
Adam Dobrin: $25,
Rick Hubbard: $25,
James William Taylor: $25,
Sylvia Engdahl: $10,
Glenn A. Miller: $10,
Jeremy Shepard: $10,
Kaj Sotala: $10,
Michael Vassar: $10,
and Donna Beck: $1.
Our Join Us page at https://spanish.lifeboat.com/ex/join.us now allows you to
pay for your membership anywhere from monthly to every ten years.