'After-Death-Avatars'

There is hardly anything more devastating and dreadful than the decease of a loved person. Thanks to ‘After-Life-Avatar’, however, overcoming such traumatic situations can be made less deplorable. So it’s up to you! Either you suffer for the rest of your life or you go and get you an ‘After-Life Avatar’.

CAJ:‘The lifeboat foundation’ and other programs with the ultimate intentions to safeguard humanity, the earth’s biodiversity, and moreover enable their expansion into the solar system

 "If humans one day become extinct from a catastrophic collision, there would be no greater tragedy in the history of life in the universe. Not because we lacked the brain power to protect ourselves but because we lacked the foresight.“

 Organizations such as ‘The lifeboat foundation‘ tackle the ambiguity of modern technology as both, cause of and solution to threat of the human population on earth at the same time. We are part of an era of ever advancing technology encompassing more sections of our lives each day. While things are made more efficient, faster or possible at all, we tend to forget about the disadvantages, risks and dangers scientific progress brings about as well. We should be curious about what is currently being done to protect human beings from the negative effects Artificial Intelligence could potentially cause. So speaking of threat in this context, misuse and other malign impacts of high technology on humans must be avoided by all means, and this is exactly what ‘the lifeboat foundation’ actually aims for.

 Apart from this, however, its ambitious programs also use technology in order to provide protection for humanity from all kinds of danger. Not only tries it to preserve life and biodiversity on Earth by developing bio shields, asteroid protection systems or weather warning devices, but also tries to put forward the realization of plans regarding the population of the solar system. Actually, transferring most of the earth’s biodiversity to Mars is one of the major goals of the foundation.

I hope I could highlight what the content of my CAJ will be like. I am really looking forward to the CAJ as I am sure I will be having a tremendously exciting and interesting time doing the research work for it.

A day in the life of…Heimo

Actually, I find it quite hard to refer to an average day of my life since every day provides unique experience. Still, there are constant aspects to my day-to-day life. If it is a day during the semester, I usually get up at 8.30. Breakfast is an essential part of my daily routine, as I would definitely not work without a delicious espresso made in a traditional Italian ‘caffettiera’ (coffee-maker), accompanied by a substantial ‘Marmeladekornspitz” (small baguette made of rye).

Throughout most of the year I ride my motorcycle to get to university in order to attend between two and four courses every day. In the afternoon my athletics coach expects me for a 2-hour training session on the
track. Usually there is not much time for lunch between university and workout. So my lunch regularly depends on what the nearby ‘Billa’ or the cafeteria offers. If there is more time around lunch time I prefer eating with friends, but for the most time of a stressful and busy semester there is not sufficient time left. In the late afternoon and in the evening I am busy completing several writing and study tasks for university.