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        Spammers hacked into Foresight.org recently and inserted junk into some of our pages; Ā we think we’ve gotten rid of it but let us know if you see any more!

        Feynman Prize nominations: last chance

        The nominations for Foresight’s 2009 Feynman Prize will be closing soon, so if you know someone who has done outstanding work to advance the goal of molecular nanotechnology, please visit the Instructions Page to nominate them. Research areas considered relevant to MNT (e.g., productive nanosystems and molecular machine systems) include but are not limited to:… Continue reading Feynman Prize nominations: last chance

        Feynman Prize nominations now open, also Communications, Student Prizes

        Nominations are now open for the Foresight Institute Prizes for 2009, due June 30. Our best-known prizes of course are the two annual Foresight Institute Feynman Prizes in Nanotechnology, one for Experiment and one for Theory: Description Instructions Also open are nominations for the Foresight Prize in Communications: Description Instructions And the Student Prize: Description… Continue reading Feynman Prize nominations now open, also Communications, Student Prizes

        Foresight on Fastfowardradio

        Foresight President Josh Hall will be the guest of Phil Bowermaster of the Speculist on FastFowardRadio Sunday 5/10/09 at 10PM Eastern (7 Pacific). Here is the announcement: Accelerating technological development promises to impact every aspect of our lives — how we work, how we play, how we interact with each other, how we view our… Continue reading Foresight on Fastfowardradio

        Nanotechnology Public Interest Group Appoints Dr. J. Storrs Hall President

        The Foresight Institute has appointed Dr. J. Storrs Hall to the position of President.

        Foresight — with Peripheral Vision: Nanotech & AI forecast from Josh Hall

        Josh Hall, author of Nanofuture: What’s Next for Nanotechnology, sends this message to Nanodot readers: Dear Foresight members & friends, It’s the time of year when many of you are renewing your Foresight memberships, and helping us meet our $30,000 goal for our Challenge Grant by December 31: https://foresight.org/challenge I believe that the next decade… Continue reading Foresight — with Peripheral Vision: Nanotech & AI forecast from Josh Hall

        Arthur Kantrowitz, 1913-2008, Foresight Advisor

        It is with great sadness that we report the death of Prof. Arthur Kantrowitz, a founding Advisor of Foresight Institute and an early supporter of molecular nanotechnology concepts when they were first developed at MIT in the late 1970s by then-student K. Eric Drexler. Arthur was an amazingly innovative scientist and technologist, as described in… Continue reading Arthur Kantrowitz, 1913-2008, Foresight Advisor

        Follow Convergence 08 on FastForward Radio

        If you are unable to attend the Convergence08 Unconference this weekend, you can follow some of the developments on FastForward Radio. Christine Peterson and Stephen Gordon pass along this information: This weekend The Speculist will be presenting not one, but two editions of FastForward Radio, both coming to you live from the Convergence 08 Unconference… Continue reading Follow Convergence 08 on FastForward Radio

        Defining international standards for nanotechnology

        You might think that by now the definitions of terms like “nanotechnology” and “nanosystems” would be firmly established. In fact the process of arriving at an international consensus is more difficult than you might expect. Representing Foresight in the effort to define these and other terms is David R. Forrest, Ph.D., President of the Institute… Continue reading Defining international standards for nanotechnology

        Nano-Bio-Info-Cogno Revolutions to be Explored at Convergence08 Unconference

        The Convergence08 conference (www.convergence08.org) on Nano-Bio-Info-Cogno (NBIC) technologies and their interactions will be held November 15-16, 2008 at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, Calif. The event will use an innovative “unconference” format to enable participants to customize the event in a highly interactive way. Paul Saffo, a Silicon Valley forecaster with over two… Continue reading Nano-Bio-Info-Cogno Revolutions to be Explored at Convergence08 Unconference

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