Foresight Update 49

A publication of the Foresight Institute
Preparing for nanotechnology

Board of Advisors

Stewart Brand
Global Business Network

Jamie Dinkelacker, Ph.D.
Hewlett-Packard Company

Douglas Engelbart, Ph.D
Bootstrap Institute

John Gilmore
Electronic Frontier Foundation

Prof. Arthur Kantrowitz
Dartmouth College

Ray Kurzweil
Kurzweil Technologies, Inc.

Prof. Marvin Minsky
MIT

Peter Schwartz
Global Business Network

Board of Directors

Chairman K. Eric Drexler, Ph.D.

Director Glenn H. Reynolds

Director James C. Bennett

President Christine L. Peterson

Vice President, Technology Assessment
Ralph C. Merkle, Ph.D.

Executive Director Charles A. Piercey

Executive Director, Foresight Europe
Philippe van Nedervelde

Secretary/Treasurer Paul Melnyk

Development Director Yakira Heyman

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Elaine Tschorn

Chief Information Officer Ben Harper

Office Administrator Harriet Weiss

Webmaster James Lewis, Ph.D.

Editor/Graphic Design Richard P. Terra

Events Coordinator Marcia Seidler

Media Relations Ed Niehaus

ISSN 1078-9731

Publication date August 2002

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