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        Feynman's Birthday today: read his classic talk, then nominate for Feynman Prize

        Judy Conner here at Foresight points out that today is Richard Feynman’s birthday — he would have been 88. Sadly, he died at age 69 instead, of cancer. I was fortunate enough to have heard him lecture and interact informally with students at Caltech; he made you understand physics, or at least feel that you… Continue reading Feynman's Birthday today: read his classic talk, then nominate for Feynman Prize

        Eleven new nanotech essays from CRN

        Another batch of eleven essays on molecular manufacturing brought to you by CRN: ā€œNanoethics and Technological Revolutions: A PrĆ©cisā€ – Nick Bostrom ā€œFrom The Enlightenment to N-Lightenmentā€ – Michael Buerger ā€œWhat Price Freedom?ā€ – Robert A. Freitas Jr. ā€œThe (Needed) New Economics of Abundanceā€ – Steve Burgess ā€œEconomic Impact of the Personal Nanofactoryā€ – Robert… Continue reading Eleven new nanotech essays from CRN

        Mini-review: The Nanotech Pioneers

        In the mail from Wiley-VCH: the new book The Nanotech Pioneers: Where Are They Taking Us? by Steven Edwards. The visionaries singled out are the usual crowd plus one name rarely listed: Feynman, Drexler, Merkle, Kurzweil, Von Ehr, Binnig, Roco, and the unusual one, the late Ernst Ruska, co-inventor of the electron microscope. Lots more… Continue reading Mini-review: The Nanotech Pioneers

        Diamond mechanosynthesis modeled on 200-atom surface

        Using over 100,000 CPU hours, a Zyvex/IMM/Georgia Tech team including the familiar-to-Nanodot names of Robert Freitas, Ralph Merkle, Jim Von Ehr, and John Randall — along with soon-to-be-familiar co-authors Jingping Peng and George Skidmore — have modeled the mechanosynthesis of diamond onto a 200-atom surface. Published in the Journal of Computational and Theoretical Nanoscience (1… Continue reading Diamond mechanosynthesis modeled on 200-atom surface

        Fundamental issues in integrated nanosystems: Now made accessible

        Now available over at e-drexler.com, a new article from the Journal of Computational and Theoretical Nanoscience, Toward Integrated Nanosystems: Fundamental Issues in Design and Modeling (2.2 MB PDF), by Foresight founder K. Eric Drexler of Nanorex, Inc. Though it sounds intimidating, the article is actually quite accessible and should serve as a good introduction to… Continue reading Fundamental issues in integrated nanosystems: Now made accessible

        Foresight nanotech R&D guidelines: new version released

        Now in its sixth revision, the lastest version of the Foresight Guidelines for Responsible Nanotechnology Development was released today (HTML or 116 KB PDF), just in time for a presentation this morning by Foresight Research Associate Dr. David Forrest to the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works’ meeting for nanotechnology stakeholders. Excerpt: “Version… Continue reading Foresight nanotech R&D guidelines: new version released

        Long-term nanotech explored in CRN essays

        For those of us interested in longer-term nanotechnology issues, CRN has released a set of eleven essays by visionary writers, most of whom will be familiar names from their having participated in Foresight conferences over the years: Kurzweil, Ray – “Nanotechnology Dangers and Defenses” Freitas, Robert A. Jr. – “Molecular Manufacturing: Too Dangerous to Allow?”… Continue reading Long-term nanotech explored in CRN essays

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