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Please note time change: meeting starts one hour later than usual.

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Open Discussion

Date and Time: Friday, February 08, 2008 from 5:00pm until 6:00pm MST

Location: Tubac Room, 4th Floor, Student Union Memorial Center, 1303 E. University Blvd., Tucson, AZ, USA 85721-0017 | Google Maps

Description: Open discussion: hacktivism and Anonymous, holographic display breakthrough by UA scientists, upcoming events, and more.

Presentations

• No presentations, just discussion.

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Nanotechnology Discussion

Date and Time: Friday, February 01, 2008 from 4:00pm until 6:00pm MST

Location: Tubac Room, 4th Floor, Student Union Memorial Center, 1303 E. University Blvd., Tucson, AZ, USA 85721-0017 | Google Maps

Description: nan'o-tech-nol'-o-gy n. - 1. the science and technology of creating nanoparticles and of manufacturing machines which have sizes within the range of .1 to 100 nanometres. Source: Wiktionary -
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/nanotechnology

H+ Tucson club members will present different aspects of nanotechnology, followed by group discussion.

Presentations

• [PowerPoint] Nanotechnology Discussion by Richard Leis, Jr.

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Presentation

• [Google Presentations] Approaches to Radical Life Extension

Meeting Notes

Calorie restriction
- adds maybe 10 to 20 years
- not practical for the elderly
- not exactly what transhumanists are looking to do

Strategies for Engineered Negligible Senescence (SENS)
http://www.sens.org
- Aubrey de Grey
- controversy over 7 causes of aging

Developing Artificial General Intelligence (AGI)
- expert systems for better scientists
- possibly prone to feedback loops

Cybernetics
- enhancing the physical body
- development of wetware

Genetics
- possible to change genetics at embryo or pre-embryo forms
- parents can choose what genetics go in their child (England)
- mapping of genetic blueprints
- Does genetics determine who we are?
- problems with responsibility
- Can we predict destiny with DNA?
- predispositions

Spreading science and transhumanism
- need to change the way we change
- need to speed up education
- use the media to refresh people's minds
- static world views
- provide information to change people's minds
- media + law = progress?
- inspiration is key and essential
- entrance into the arts
- poems, songs, movies, books, artwork, etc.

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Date and Time: 2007-09-07 (Friday) at 4:00 PM
Location: Tubac Room, 4th Floor, Student Union
Description: Please join us for show and tell (an article you've read, an idea you've thought about, a short video or lecture to share, etc.)

Please contact HAdmin (at) hplusclub (dot) com for more information and directions.

Meeting Notes

Log-Wheel Hybrid Walking Vehicle
-> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYIzGjLNIyI

Monkey with Robotic Arm
-> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TK1WBA9Xl3c

Incredible image resizing - seam carving
-> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnb_GdBHuak

Hologram 3D projection - Virgin digital launch 2005
-> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HicaK7NTHQI

Microsoft Surface
(http://www.microsoft.com/surface)

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Date and Time: 2007-08-24 (Friday) at 4:00 PM
Location: Charles P. Sonett Space Sciences Building, Room 121, University of Arizona campus
Description: "Introduction: Transhumanism, AGI, and Uploading" - Please join us for and introduction to transhumanism and related ideas, as well as discussion and show-and-tell (an article you've read, an idea you've thought about, a short video or lecture to share, etc.)

Please contact HAdmin (at) hplusclub (dot) com for more information and directions.

Presentations

• [PowerPoint] Introduction to Mind Uploading by h+ club member

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Date and Time: 2007-08-14 (Tuesday) at 4:00 PM
Location: Charles P. Sonett Space Sciences Building, Room 121, University of Arizona campus
Description: Please join us for show and tell (an article you've read, an idea you've thought about, a short video or lecture to share, etc.)

Please contact HAdmin (at) hplusclub (dot) com for more information and directions.

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Date and Time: 2007-08-07 (Tuesday) at 4:00 PM: Meeting
Location: Charles P. Sonett Space Sciences Building, University of Arizona campus
Description: Please join us for show and tell (an article you've read, an idea you've thought about, a short video or lecture to share, etc.)

Please bring drinks and other snacks.

Please contact HAdmin (at) hplusclub (dot) com for more information and directions.

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Date and Time: 2007-07-31 (Tuesday) at 6:30 PM: Meeting and Racquetball
Location: Promontory Apartments Clubhouse
Description: Please join us for show and tell (an article you've read, an idea you've thought about, a short video or lecture to share, etc.)

Please bring drinks and other snacks.

Please contact me through h+ on Facebook if you need more information or directions.

Event listing on Facebook.

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Date and Time: 2007-07-24 (Tuesday) at 4:00 PM: Meeting
Location: Charles P. Sonett Space Sciences Building, University of Arizona campus
Description: Please join us for show-and-tell (an article you've read, an idea you've thought about, a short video or lecture to share, etc.)

Please bring drinks and other snacks.

Please contact me through h+ on Facebook if you need more information or directions.

Event listing on Facebook.

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Date and Time: 2007-07-17 (Tuesday) at 4:00 PM: Meeting
Location: Charles P. Sonett Space Sciences Building, University of Arizona campus
Description: We are starting up our weekly meetings early. Please join us for show-and-tell (an article you've read, an idea you've thought about, a short video or lecture to share, etc.) We will alternate Tuesdays on campus and at the Promontory Apartments Clubhouse.

Please bring drinks and other snacks.

Please contact me through h+ on Facebook if you need more information or directions.

Event listing on Facebook.

Meeting Notes

• We reviewed all four h+ websites to determine if consolidation was possible. We concluded that each site had its strengths and weaknesses, and one social network or CMS does not yet offer everything we need. We use Transhumanists.org the least, but no one really uses any of the sites all that much. Facebook has become useful for capturing links and media of interest. The Google group is useful for contacting Tucson h+ members only. The main site is the most public of all the sites.
• Sybil showed a video about doctors using robots for long distance visits with inpatients. | Article.
• We watched the TED video "Blaise Aguera y Arcas: Jaw-dropping Photosynth demo".
• Eon fathom presented an "Odds of Dying" graphic and we concluded we should do research on heart disease, cancer, and strokes while never driving anywhere (in fact, probably not leaving the laboratory at all), always being happy (so we don't commit suicide), and making sure our laboratory is padded to eliminate falls.
• We discussed a paper ebn fathom brought titled "Universal Limits on Computation". 600 years of Moore's law, and then what? | Paper
• Over pizza, Cheetos, and orange juice we also talked about Google Reader (Guy and Richard spoke positively about this RSS reader); short fiction, novellas, and novels listed in the h+ forum on Facebook; AGI versus uploading (per usual); digital cameras with video capabilities; Robot by Hans Moravec; how we ended up in Tucson; and other topics.