July 2015 – Lifeboat News: The Blog https://lifeboat.com/blog Safeguarding Humanity Mon, 05 Jun 2017 03:25:59 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.1 Ray Kurzweil’s Mind-Boggling Predictions for the Next 25 Years https://lifeboat.com/blog/2015/07/ray-kurzweils-mind-boggling-predictions-for-the-next-25-years-2 https://lifeboat.com/blog/2015/07/ray-kurzweils-mind-boggling-predictions-for-the-next-25-years-2#comments Sat, 01 Aug 2015 01:25:44 +0000 http://lifeboat.com/blog/2015/07/ray-kurzweils-mind-boggling-predictions-for-the-next-25-years-2

Ray Kurzweil’s Mind-Boggling Predictions for the Next 25 Years http://bit.ly/1IqMgku.

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Virtual reality is next mass trend – Facebook’s Zuckerberg https://lifeboat.com/blog/2015/07/virtual-reality-is-next-mass-trend-facebooks-zuckerberg Fri, 31 Jul 2015 18:46:41 +0000 http://lifeboat.com/blog/2015/07/virtual-reality-is-next-mass-trend-facebooks-zuckerberg

After Facebook’s video strategy turned out to be a success, the social network giant’s CEO is now eager to completely revolutionize the way we communicate by mastering virtual reality technologies.

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Deus Ex: Mankind Divided | Official Announcement Trailer https://lifeboat.com/blog/2015/07/deus-ex-mankind-divided-official-announcement-trailer Fri, 31 Jul 2015 17:46:23 +0000 http://lifeboat.com/blog/2015/07/deus-ex-mankind-divided-official-announcement-trailer

This sequel to 2012‘s “Deus Ex: Human Revolution” (itself a reboot of the iconic original trilogy that debuted June 17, 2000, on the PC) looks to be yet another beautifully detailed, superbly written, and amazingly immersive look at both the promise and peril of the coming Technological Singularity.

Not to mention being a hell of a fun game to play!

HIGHLY recommended!


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Obama signs executive order to build first-ever exascale supercomputer https://lifeboat.com/blog/2015/07/obama-signs-executive-order-to-build-first-ever-exascale-supercomputer Fri, 31 Jul 2015 16:46:57 +0000 http://lifeboat.com/blog/2015/07/obama-signs-executive-order-to-build-first-ever-exascale-supercomputer

While the US has plenty of representation in the current TOP500 list of the fastest supercomputers in the world, it lost the #1 slot to China’s Tianhe-2 several years ago. President Obama wants to fix that immediately.

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Scientists Think They Know the Exact Year Computers Will Render the Human Brain Obsolete https://lifeboat.com/blog/2015/07/scientists-think-they-know-the-exact-year-computers-will-render-the-human-brain-obsolete Fri, 31 Jul 2015 16:46:39 +0000 http://lifeboat.com/blog/2015/07/scientists-think-they-know-the-exact-year-computers-will-render-the-human-brain-obsolete

Fun article with lots of AI thoughts in it:


The future is here — and a little scary.

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The Seasteading Institute announces 2015 Floating City Project – Architectural Design Contest winners https://lifeboat.com/blog/2015/07/the-seasteading-institute-announces-2015-floating-city-project-architectural-design-contest-winners Fri, 31 Jul 2015 15:32:11 +0000 http://lifeboat.com/blog/?p=15822 image-63

The Floating City Project – Architectural Design Contest held in the Spring of 2015 was organized in partnership with DeltaSync (Netherlands) and judged by an international panel of experts.

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WHO: Trials show new Ebola vaccine is ‘highly effective’ https://lifeboat.com/blog/2015/07/who-trials-show-new-ebola-vaccine-is-highly-effective Fri, 31 Jul 2015 14:49:38 +0000 http://lifeboat.com/blog/2015/07/who-trials-show-new-ebola-vaccine-is-highly-effective

A newly developed vaccine against the deadly Ebola virus being trialled in Guinea is “highly effective,” the World Health Organization said Friday.

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Can a baby have three biological parents? https://lifeboat.com/blog/2015/07/can-a-baby-have-three-biological-parents Fri, 31 Jul 2015 14:46:34 +0000 http://lifeboat.com/blog/2015/07/can-a-baby-have-three-biological-parents

The genetic material from two parents combines to form a child. Can we throw a third set of genes into the mix?

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Cryonics Institute https://lifeboat.com/blog/2015/07/cryonics-institute Fri, 31 Jul 2015 04:11:22 +0000 http://lifeboat.com/blog/2015/07/cryonics-institute

RIP = “Return If Possible” is an excellent meme for Singularity, Cryonics & Longevity enthusiasts. [NB: phrase/acronym attributed to India’s former President, late Dr.A P J Abdul Kalam;- (15 October 1931 – 27 July 2015)].

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Astronomers find star with three super-Earths https://lifeboat.com/blog/2015/07/astronomers-find-star-with-three-super-earths Fri, 31 Jul 2015 01:46:29 +0000 http://lifeboat.com/blog/2015/07/astronomers-find-star-with-three-super-earths

Astronomers said Thursday they had found a planetary system with three super-Earths orbiting a bright, dwarf star — one of them likely a volcanic world of molten rock. The four-planet system had been hiding out in the M-shaped, northern hemisphere constellation Cassiopeia, “just” 21 light years from Earth, a team reported in the journal Astronomy & Astrophysics. Super-Earths have a mass higher than Earth’s but are lighter than gas giants like Neptune, Saturn or Jupiter. They can be made of gas, rock, or both.

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