The Seasteading Institute

This morning, we launched our redesigned website with a bold new look to match our audacious vision, along with updated and revised content. The modern makeover fits in with our recent transition into “version 2.0” of the Institute, with our new executive staff and ambitious plans to add to the number of active seasteading business  Continue Reading »

The website is very close to being finalized. We have our fingers crossed that the new verion and the new forums will be live in the next few days. We are waiting on the development contractors to work out some final kinks and then perform the final migration. We apologize that the forums have been  Continue Reading »

We frequently receive interesting suggestions for promising economic opportunities on the ocean, but we rarely come across an idea as novel as BEAR Oceanics’ floating robotic algae farms, which are capable of converting sludgy algae biomass into diesel biofuel. With $1,200 in materials and 140 hours of labor, the company claims it can create a  Continue Reading »

Nikki Olson recently wrote an intriguing post at the Institute for Ethics & Emerging Technologies blog on the opportunities for medical research and experimentation aboard seasteads. Our ears perk up every time we hear the word “experiment,” and we’re always on the lookout for business models that are compatible with seasteading, so we found Olson’s  Continue Reading »

In the spirit of the New Year, an editor at The Daily Caller recently sifted through more than 2,000 op-eds published by the popular D.C.-based website over the past year, in search of the most subjectively “interesting” pieces. Despite the whirlwind of newsworthy events that transpired in 2011, only two pieces of commentary were deemed  Continue Reading »