The Seasteading Institute

A reporter from the international news agency Reuters recently spoke with our director of engineering, George Petrie, as well as our president, Michael Keenan, on The Seasteading Institute’s vision and strategy for bringing about permanent, autonomous communities on the ocean. The interviews were used for a video segment titled, “Floating cities proposed as havens of  Continue Reading »

Join us this May 31st to June 2nd for Seasteading Conference 2012 — a landmark event featuring the vanguards of the seasteading movement. Network with fellow entrepreneurs, ocean law experts, maritime professionals, industrial leaders, investors, and seasteading enthusiasts for two days of cutting-edge presentations. Enjoy catered meals and refreshments throughout the day at the luxurious  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 robot  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 post  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 more interesting  Continue Reading »

Join us this May 31st to June 2nd for Seasteading Conference 2012 — a landmark event featuring the vanguards of the seasteading movement. Network with fellow entrepreneurs, ocean law experts, maritime professionals, industrial leaders, investors, and seasteading enthusiasts for two days of cutting-edge presentations. Enjoy catered meals and refreshments throughout the day at the luxurious  Continue Reading »