ladies and gentlemen, she is also the recipient of this year's billy jean king leadership initiative award devoted to alcs -- to lgbt issues and her company is based in north carolina the might get arrest for going to the bathroom if the governor had anything to do about it. ladies and gentlemen, martin. [applause] >> one of the basic concepts that you're interested in is not just improving life but actually immortality. we're all goes to live forever, and i might mention, founded a religion, as one does, known as -- it's based on transhumannism and you have the idea that we're not just going to live a long time but all going to live forever. tell us your concept of immortality and how that would work. >> thank you. it's great pleasure to be here. [inaudible] -- information technology industry for a while. perhaps -- a prolific inventer is best known for the idea that as our abilities in the information processing industry, computer software, storage of more and more of our thoughts and our ideas outside of our body becomes easier, more automatic, less expensive, that ultimately we'r