Foresight co-founder among panelists discussing role of technology in human existence
Human life after advanced nanotechnology has been developed will be fundamentally different from life up until that point.
Deadline THIS FRIDAY for early rate on Open Science Summit
Excellent lineup of speakers again this year for the Open Science Summit, Oct. 22-23, and you can get in for only $100 if you register by this Friday: http://opensciencesummit.com Hope [...]
Smartphone projects foster discussion of ubiquitous surveillance
Proposed projects to use smartphone networks to gather data and inform authorities are opening discussion of how such data should be used.
Nanotechnology device harvests wasted energy
An energy cell containing a lead zirconate titanate cantilever coated with a carbon nanotube film uses nanotechnology to produce electricity from scavenged light and thermal energy.
Why terrorists are often engineers: implications for nanotechnology
An IEEE Spectrum podcast asks the question, Why Are Terrorists Often Engineers? The blurb: With terrorism back in the news, so, too, is a curious footnote: Of the hundreds of [...]
Don't miss the Open Science Summit, July 29-31, in person or live webcast
The Open Science Summit on July 29-31 in Berkeley is looking better and better. Topics include OpenPCR, DIY biology, open source hardware, brain preservation, synthetic biology, gene patents, open data, open access [...]
Open Science Summit to be streamed live
Not able to attend the Open Science Summit on July 29-31 in Berkeley, California? We'll miss you, but you can watch the conference live at: http://fora.tv/live/open_science/open_science_summit_2010 Put it on your [...]
Open Science Summit 2010, July 29-31, w/ Foresight discount
I'll be speaking at the following event. If you miss the early registration rate, you can get 20% off regular registration with the discount code 'Foresight': Open Science Summit 2010: [...]
IOP comments on Climategate
The UK-based Institute of Physics (IOP) publishes, among other things, the journal Nanotechnology, one of the leading journals in the field, and has had special issues with papers from Foresight [...]
Merkle wins Hamming Medal with Diffie, Hellman
Foresight Institute Feynman Prize winner Dr. Ralph Merkle, perhaps better known to Nanodot readers for his nanotech work, has just won the IEEE's Hamming Medal along with Martin Hellman and [...]