Archive for the ‘Events’ Category

The Seas Beckon

Saturday, September 5th, 2009

The Seasteading Institute has a busy fall season coming up with their second annual conference and the Ephemerisle “floating festival of politics, community and art.”


SS08 Emerging Technologies Workshop on Twitter

Friday, October 24th, 2008

Twitter-ing at the SS08 Emerging Technologies Workshop.


The Singularity Summit 2008 Coverage

Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008

The Singularity Summit is held each year by The Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence. This year the event will be held in San Jose, California and Frontier Channel will be there! Stay tuned for updates from the SS08 Emerging Tech Workshop on Friday, October 24 and the Singularity Summit on Saturday, October 25, 2008.


Cities on the Sea

Sunday, September 28th, 2008

Head out to sea! Some activists, engineers and technology enthusiasts are hoping to build homes and cities on the high seas, far away from existing governments and deep within a new frontier. The Seasteading ‘08 Conference will be held on October 10, 2008.


Aging 2008

Saturday, May 24th, 2008

On Friday, June 27, 2008 from 4:00 PM through 8:00 PM PDT at UCLA, scientists and other anti-aging luminaries will discuss “Aging: the Disease, the Cure, the Implications,” a Methuselah Foundation co-sponsored event. The ADCI event is open to the public and presents an opportunity for you to hear about the current state of radical [...]


Events Listing Moved

Saturday, January 5th, 2008

The sidebar list of upcoming events has been moved to a new website:  h+ Events
This new site is part of a collection of sites and services related to transhumanism under the h+ banner.   All future science and technology event listings will become part of h+ Events.


Transhumanist Organization Announces Fundraising Campaign

Wednesday, December 12th, 2007

[DISCLOSURE: Richard Leis, Jr. is an adviser of a transhumanist club at the University of Arizona and has donated US$150 to the World Transhumanist Association for this fundraising campaign.]
The World Transhumanist Association (WTA) announced yesterday the launch of a fundraising campaign to raise $25,000 by January 31, 2008.  All funds donated will be matched dollar-for-dollar [...]


Armadillo Aerospace’s Latest Competition Attempt Fails

Monday, October 29th, 2007

With the moon visible overhead, Armadillo Aerospace unsuccessfully attempted to win the Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge at the Wirefly X PRIZE Cup this weekend at Holloman Air Force Base. The only competitor of nine ready to go for the event, Armadillo Aerospace, led by John Carmack of Doom and Quake fame, experienced both [...]


X PRIZE Cup – Table of Contents

Monday, October 29th, 2007

A race to space is shaping up in the private industry and once a year the public is invited to see the latest breakthroughs, vehicles, and competitions intended to accelerate this progress. The Wirefly X PRIZE Cup was held October 26 through 28 at the Holloman Air Force Base near Alamogordo, New Mexico, USA. [...]


No Graveyard

Tuesday, October 9th, 2007

On Sunday, October 7, 2007 Alcor Life Extension Foundation held an open house at their facility in Scottsdale, Arizona. What seems to be evident from taking a tour of the facility is Alcor’s commitment to patient and member services as well as a future in which their customers will be revived and restored to health. Alcor is no graveyard.