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EMERGENCE

Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies
News for the week ending April 1, 2007

Editor: Dr. James J. Hughes
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IEET NEWS

Poll: Should Ecstasy be legalized?
http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/poll20070401/

Poll: Will ability to change skin, hair & body make racism irrelevant?
http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/poll20070325/

IEET Launches Cyborg Buddha Project
http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/cybbuddha/


ARTICLES

J. Hughes: On The Compatibility of Religion and Transhumanism
http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/hughes20070401/

Jamais Cascio: Augmented Fluid Intelligence
http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/cascio20070401/

Russell Blackford: Prolegomena to any defence of human enhancement
http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/blackford20070401/

Mike Treder: Congress and the Singularity
http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/treder20070401/

Jamais Cascio: Geoengineering and the Future of Desktop Fab
http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/cascio20070330/

George Dvorsky: Facebook and the ongoing demise of anonymity
http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/dvorsky20070330/

Jamais Cascio: Rehearsing the Future
http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/cascio20070328/


MULTIMEDIA

Charlie Rose: The Science of Living Longer (04/01)
http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/roselivlong200704/

The Bionic Eye (04/01)
http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/aim_bionic_eye/

Technogaian approaches to the climate crisis (04/01)
http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/csr20070331/

Brain Machine Interface Videos (03/30)
http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/bmivideos/

Asteroid Impacts and Extinction (03/28)
http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/asteroid200703/


ETHICS & TECH IN THE NEWS

Wiring missing senses to existing ones
http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/esp20070401/

German court to rule if chimps have human rights
http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/chimprights200704/

Beating our genetic happiness set-point with behavioral interventions
http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/genhapsetpnt200704/

Switching muscle genes to overdrive improves muscular dystrophy
http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/msmuscgenes200704/

Building a gene bank from superathletes
http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/superathgenes/

Meditation leads to well-being and virtue, which lead to health and longevity
http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/medlonghlthvrtue/

Technology pushes sporting boundaries
http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/techn200703/

US Congress Says Nano is "Coming Sooner Than You Think," Predicts Singularity
http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/ushnano200703/

Ten Important Differences Between Brains and Computers
http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/brainscomps200703/

LVAD heart implants keep transplant listers alive
http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/lvadheartlist/

Banking umbilical cord stem cells for regenerative tissue engineering (reg reqd)
http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/umbcordstem200703/

Implant lowers blood pressure
http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/hypertens200703/

Mice can think abstract concepts
http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/np20070329/

Human Evolution Has Accelerated in Last 40,000 Years
http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/humevol200703/

Building the Bionic Man
http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/bionic_man200703/


IEET EVENTS

IEET-IHEU CONF: 21st CENTURY RIGHTS
NYC, NY USA
2007 May 11-13
http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/ieetiheu20070510/

Securing the Longevity Dividend: Building the Campaign for Anti-Aging Science
Chicago, Illinois
2007 Jul 23-23
http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/londiv20070723/


ALL EVENTS

Advanced Tech in Medicine Conf
Jerusalem, Israel
2007 Apr 11-15
http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/ima2007/

Transgender Lives
Farmington, CT
2007 Apr 14-14
http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/transgenderlives/

Hughes on H+ & Human Nature
Tempe, Arizona USA
2007 Apr 16-16
http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/hughes20070416/

Applied Positive Psychology Conference
Univ of Warwick, UK
2007 Apr 18-20
http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/apospsych200704/

Global Health and Human Rights: Theoretical Perspectives
Liverpool, UK
2007 Apr 19-20
http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/liverpool20070419/

Somatechnics Conference
Sydney, Australia
2007 Apr 19-21
http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/somatechnics2007/

Aubrey @ UBS Global Investors' Forum
London, UK
2007 Apr 19-19
http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/20070419ubs/

The New Humanism: Multi-Cultural and Multi-National
Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass, USA
2007 Apr 20-22
http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/newhumanism200704/

Ethical Issues in Biomedical Engineering
Brooklyn, NY, USA
2007 Apr 20-22
http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/eibe/

4th Annual World Health Care Congress
Washington, DC, USA
2007 Apr 22-24
http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/whcc2007/

Enhancement & Underrepresented Populations
Tempe AZ USA
2007 Apr 24-24
http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/tempe20070424/

15th Annual International Congress On Anti-Aging Medicine & Regenerative
Biomedical Technologies
Orlando, FL
2007 Apr 26-28
http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/a4m15/

Human2.0: new minds, new bodies, new identities
Boston, MA USA
2007 May 9-9
http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/human2mit/

IEET-IHEU CONF: 21st CENTURY RIGHTS
NYC, NY USA
2007 May 11-13
http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/ieetiheu20070510/

OECD Forum 2007
Paris, France
2007 May 14-15
http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/oecd07/

Intl Assoc of Biomedical Gerontology
Greece
2007 May 20-24
http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/20070520iabg/

Conf on Repro & Genetic Tech
Nanaimo, Canada
2007 May 24-26
http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/reproconf20070524/

Reprotech & Parenthood Conference
Netanya, Israel
2007 Jun 1-3
http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/reprotechisrael20070611/

Mind and Life Summer Research Institute
Garrison, New York, USA
2007 Jun 3-9
http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/mlsri2007/

Festival of International Conferences on Caregiving, Disability, Aging and
Technology
Toronto, Canada
2007 Jun 16-19
http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/ficcadat/

11th Int. Conf. on Mobility and Transport for Elderly and Disabled Persons
Montréal, Canada
2007 Jun 18-21
http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/transed2007/

Politics & Economics of Global Poverty & Health Care
Hiram, Ohio, USA
2007 Jun 21-24
http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/hiram2007/

Assoc for the Scientific Study of Consciousness
Las Vegas, Nevada USA
2007 Jun 22-25
http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/assc11/

Intl Conf on Intelligent Processing & Manufacturing of Materials
Italy
2007 Jun 24-28
http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/20070624ipmm/

Aubrey @ the National Council for Palliative Care
London, UK
2007 Jul 3-3
http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/20070703ncpc/

VI European Congress of IAGG
St. Petersburg, Russia
2007 Jul 5-8
http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/iaggvi/

International Association for Homes and Services for the Ageing 7th
International Conference
St. Julian's, Malta
2007 Jul 18-20
http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/iahsa2007/

Securing the Longevity Dividend: Building the Campaign for Anti-Aging Science
Chicago, Illinois
2007 Jul 23-23
http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/londiv20070723/

Toward a Science of Consciousness 2007
Budapest, Hungary
2007 Jul 23-26
http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/tsc2007/

Hughes, de Grey, Bostrom and more @ Transvision 2007
Chicago, IL USA
2007 Jul 24-26
http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/tv20070724/

Generations United 14th International Conference
Washington, D.C., USA
2007 Jul 24-27
http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/gu14/

Third Strategies for Engineered Negligible Senescence Conference
Cambridge, UK
2007 Sep 6-10
http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/sens3/

Ethics, philosophy and public health
Cardiff, UK
2007 Sep 15-18
http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/cardiff20070915/

H. G. Wells, Science and Philosophy
London, UK
2007 Sep 28-29
http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/hgwells20070928/

Global Well-Being Forum
Wash DC, USA
2007 Oct 4-6
http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/globalwellbeing200710/

Congress of Gerontology and Geriatrics
Beijing, China
2007 Oct 21-25
http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/20071021aorcgg/

Hughes@The Future of our Species - evolution, disease and sustainable
development
Heidelberg, Germany
2007 Nov 2-3
http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/emboembl200711/

Genetics, Human Rights and the Next Phase of Human Evolution
U of Calgary, Canada
2007 Nov 15-17
http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/genetics20071115/

Definition of Death Network
Havana, Cuba
2008 May 27-30
http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/defdeath2008/

International Philosophical Congress
Seoul, South Korea
2008 Jul 30-5
http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/ipcxii/

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IEET FELLOWS & STAFF

Executive Director
James Hughes http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/bio/hughes/

Assistant Director
Marcelo Rinesi http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/bio/rinesi/

Directors
Nick Bostrom http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/bio/bostrom/
George Dvorsky http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/bio/dvorsky/
Mike LaTorra http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/bio/latorra/
Giulio Prisco http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/bio/prisco/
Mark Walker http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/bio/walker/

Board of Advisors
Peter Houghton http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/bio/houghton/
Martine Rothblatt http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/bio/rothblatt/

Senior Fellows
William Sims Bainbridge - http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/bio/bainbridge/

Fellows
Russell Blackford - http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/bio/blackford/
Marshall Brain - http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/bio/brain/
Riccardo Campa - http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/bio/campa/
Dale Carrico - http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/bio/carrico/
Jamais Cascio - http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/bio/cascio/
Aubrey de Grey - http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/bio/degrey/
Linda M. Glenn - http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/bio/glenn/
Andy Miah - http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/bio/miah/
Ramez Naam - http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/bio/naam/
An Ravelingien - http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/bio/ravelingien/
Douglas Rushkoff - http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/bio/rushkoff/
Wrye Sententia - http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/bio/sententia/
Mike Treder - http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/bio/treder/
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Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies
http://ieet.org/
Executive Director,
Dr. James J. Hughes
Williams 229B, Trinity College
300 Summit St.
Hartford CT 06106 USA
Email: director @ ieet.org mailto:director@...
Phone: 860-297-2376

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