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Dec 23, 2021

Lifeboat Foundation Press Release: Martine Rothblatt named 2021 Lifeboat Foundation Guardian Award Winner

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, cryonics, education, life extension, lifeboat, nanotechnology, neuroscience

The 2021 Lifeboat Foundation Guardian Award has been given to Martine Rothblatt who has devoted her life to moving humanity towards a positive future.

Martine was the 500th person to join our Advisory Board, has contributed to our blog, and has generously supported the Lifeboat Foundation’s goal of “Safeguarding Humanity”.

Martine is cofounder of the Terasem Movement Foundation. Their mission is to promote the geoethical (world ethical) use of nanotechnology for human life extension. They conduct educational programs and support scientific research and development in the areas of cryonics, biotechnology, and cyber consciousness. This foundation is related to the Lifeboat Foundation programs LifePreserver and PersonalityPreserver (which Martine contributed text to).

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Dec 23, 2021

Mperativ aims to leverage AI in new revenue analytics platform

Posted by in category: robotics/AI

By giving organizations richer data on the revenue supply chain, Mperativ hopes to give decision-makers the foundation to better leverage AI.

Dec 23, 2021

SAIT using autonomous robots to clean main campus

Posted by in categories: futurism, robotics/AI

Machinia exists in the future when the world of robots is the norm. And, as has been highlighted in other posts, the world of the “extraordinary tomorrow” begins with the “unexceptional today.” #clean, #university


SAIT has started using autonomous robots to clean the floors at its main campus.

The robots are from Brain Corp, an artificial intelligence (AI) company, and contracted to SAIT for use through Calgary-based Bee Clean, Canada’s largest janitorial services provider.

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Dec 23, 2021

A Swedish company has created a microchip that allows users to carry their COVID vaccine passport under their skin

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, computing, drones

The implant, which costs 100 euros, will allow people to have their vaccine passports implanted to make them easily-scannable.


Militaries around the world have focused on aerial drones. Now, a DARPA project wants to put a drone underwater for months.

Dec 23, 2021

DARPA project will build full scale underwater drone demonstrators

Posted by in category: drones

Militaries around the world have focused on aerial drones. Now, a DARPA project wants to put a drone underwater for months.

Dec 23, 2021

Scientists Found a Cradle of Life Under Antarctica

Posted by in category: habitats

Nearly 100 species were found living in extreme cold and total darkness beneath the ice in one of the world’s “least-known” habitats.

Dec 23, 2021

NASA Artemis delegation tours SpaceX’s Starship factory and launch pad

Posted by in categories: space travel, sustainability

Thanks to the failure of Blue Origin’s NASA Human Landing System (HLS) lawsuit, SpaceX and the space agency were finally able to get back to work last month.

Taking advantage of that, NASA astronauts and Artemis Program leaders recently took a tour of SpaceX’s South Texas Starship factory and launch pads – a massive hub of activity that the company has deemed Starbase. In doing so, save for updates from SpaceX and even members of the public over the last 6–9 months, NASA officials were finally able to get up close and personal with the progress SpaceX has made while the space agency was temporarily forced to halt all work on HLS.

While some aspects of SpaceX’s progress towards orbital Starship test flights were hampered by asymmetry between different programs, namely the readiness of Super Heavy and Starbase’s orbital launch site, SpaceX has still made some impressive progress in less than a year. At the start of 2021, Starbase’s lone orbital launch site was effectively a dirt lot and a fraction of the launch mount – the latter constructed well in advance of the rest of the pad. Less than a year later, that orbital launch site – including a skyscraper-sized launch tower, three massive arms, perhaps the most complex launch mount in spaceflight history, and the largest cryogenic tank farm ever built for a rocket – is on the verge of completion.

Dec 23, 2021

Phishing incident causes data breach at West Virginia hospitals

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, cybercrime/malcode

Attackers accessed email accounts containing Social Security numbers, medical treatment information, and more.

Dec 23, 2021

The Horrible Tragedies Caused By Bizarre 1950s Kids’ Toys | Hidden Killers | Absolute History

Posted by in categories: habitats, materials

How far our safety regulations have come…


Dr Suzannah Lipscomb looks at the hidden dangers of the British post-war home. In the 1950s, people embraced modern design for the first time after years of austerity and self-denial. The modern home featured moulded plywood furniture, fibreglass, plastics and polyester — materials and technologies that were developed during World War II.

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Dec 23, 2021

Scientists Identify Gut-Derived Metabolites that Play a Role in Neurodegeneration

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, neuroscience

𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙂𝙧𝙖𝙙𝙪𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝘾𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙤𝙛 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝘾𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙐𝙣𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙤𝙛 𝙉𝙚𝙬 𝙔𝙤𝙧𝙠:

The Neuro-Network.

𝙎𝙘𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙨 𝙄𝙙𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙛𝙮 𝙂𝙪𝙩-𝘿𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙙 𝙈𝙚𝙩𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙚𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙋𝙡𝙖𝙮 𝙖 𝙍𝙤𝙡𝙚 𝙞𝙣 𝙉𝙚𝙪𝙧𝙤𝙙𝙚𝙜𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣

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