Monthly Archives: August 2007

Bizarre Star Discovered to Have Comet-Like Tail

Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/C. Martin (Caltech)/M. Seibert(OCIW) – “Johnny Appleseed of the Cosmos“ The first star discovered with a comet-like tail was announced today by the Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX) team. While exploring the sky in ultraviolet light, GALEX spotted a … Continue reading

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Ending Aging

Ending Aging: The Rejuvenation Breakthroughs That Could Reverse Human Aging in Our Lifetime by Aubrey de Grey and Michael Rae September 04, 2007 http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=thefrontierch-20&o=1&p=8&l=as1&asins=0312367066&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr

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7th Alcor Conference

[Frontier Channel Coverage: Alcor Conference - Table of Contents] 7th Alcor Conference Hilton Scottsdale Resort, Scottsdale, AZ, USA October 5-7, 2007

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Third "Strategies for Engineered Negligible Senescence" Conference (SENS3)

Please see Frontier Channel’s coverage of this event. Third “Strategies for Engineered Negligible Senescence” Conference (SENS3) Queens’ College, Cambridge, England September 6-10, 2007 Description: The purpose of the SENS conference series, like all the SENS initiatives (such as the journal … Continue reading

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The Singularity Summit 2007

Please see Frontier Channel’s coverage of this event. The Singularity Summit 2007 Palace of Fine Arts Theatre, 3301 Lyon Street, San Francisco, CA 94123 September 8-9, 2007, 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM Organizers: the Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence (SIAI) … Continue reading

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The AI Question

“When will AI surpass human-level intelligence?“ This not an uncommon question in the futurist sphere, and especially among transhumanists and singularitarians. Bruce Klein, President of Novamente, a company pursuing Artificial General Intelligence by way of virtual agents, asked this question … Continue reading

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Cybernudism and Frontier Channel Merged

My blog that use to be “Leis on Life” and then “Cybernudism” has been imported into Frontier Channel. The old blog has been deleted and the cybernudism domain name parked. I kept these properties separate in a half-hearted attempt to … Continue reading

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Frontier Channel Overhaul

Notice a difference?  I am currently overhauling the Frontier Channel site by moving the old static pages into WordPress and designing a new look.  This move to content management software should make the site much, much easier to maintain and … Continue reading

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