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11 to 13 October, 2002 Hyatt Hotel, One Bethesda Metro, Bethesda, Maryland 20814 Two instructional tutorials on Molecular Nanotechnology were held on October 10. This page now serves as an archive for the 2002 conference. Abstracts of Talks and Posters See also conference coverage in Update 50 General Topics Covered Abstracts Conference Co-chairs Sponsors Keynote and Invited Speakers Panel on… Continue reading 10th Foresight Conference on Molecular Nanotechnology
A Short History of Nanotechnology 1959 Feynman gives after-dinner talk describing molecular machines building with atomic precision 1974 Taniguchi uses term “nano-technology” in paper on ion-sputter machining 1977 Drexler originates molecular nanotechnology concepts at MIT 1981 First technical paper on molecular engineering to build with atomic precision STM invented 1985 Buckyball discovered 1986 First book… Continue reading A Short History of Nanotechnology
30 Years of Foresight Timeline 1986 – 2016 Part I – The Ultimate Manufacturing Technology Part II – Promoting Understanding, Building Community Part III – A Roadmap Part IVI – Moving Toward a World of Human Flourishing Part I – The Ultimate Manufacturing Technology A. Founding Vision The Foresight Institute was founded… Continue reading Our History
Summary David’s work led him to analyze how biological molecular machines behave and copy their fundamental philosophy using artificial constructs. His unbiased approach does not presuppose any definite end goal, but rather he is exploring what machines and are possible in the nano universe. Rather than shrinking down large scale mechanisms, he believes we should… Continue reading David Leigh, University of Manchester | Q&A on Molecular Machines
HAPPENING AT FORESIGHT THIS MONTH There are so many exciting things going on at Foresight and we wanted to make sure you don’t miss any of the good stuff! We have a bunch of new podcast episodes, announcements of bounty winners and a whole lot of new seminar summaries for you to dive into, so here we go! SAVE… Continue reading A lot going on! Bounty winners, new podcast episodes, videos and seminar summaries from Foresight Institute
Presenters William Shih, Harvard University William is overseeing an effort to apply Synthetic Biology approaches to the development of self-assembling DNA nanostructures and devices for use in biomedical applications. To achieve structures of even greater complexity, his laboratory is pioneering methods for hierarchical assembly of these particles into three-dimensional networks with site-specific control over chemical… Continue reading Molecular Detection via DNA Nanotech & Neural Nets | William Shih, Harvard & Lulu Qian, Caltech
July 2018 Update: Future of Civilization: Extinction, Race To The Bottom or Upward Climbing? – New salon videos and more exciting news In this update, find out how we have been helping the progress of beneficial technology:1. watch our latest (and amazing) salon video2. learn about the promising advances of our fellows in nanotechnology3. take action to co-create… Continue reading The Future of Civilization: Extinction, Race To The Bottom or Upward Climbing? – Foresight’s latest salon videos and more exciting news
Ultrafast molecular machines made using DNA nanotechnology have now been demonstrated. Over the past several years molecular machines made using DNA nanotechnology, especially the scaffolded DNA origami technology, have grown more complex and more functional (see, for example, here, here, here, and here). Long-time Foresight member Dr. Robert P. Meagley writes to point out that… Continue reading Ultrafast DNA robotic arm: A step toward a nanofactory?
Since winning the 2007 Foresight Institute Feynman Prize in Nanotechnology, Theory category, Professor David Leigh FRS FRSE FRSC MAE, and since 2012 at the University of Manchester, has continued to achieve major milestones on the road to complex systems of molecular machinery. Contributions we have recently cited here: First direct measurement of force generated by… Continue reading Molecular robot builds four types of molecules
Some humans we really want to tell you about. Abstract: A fellowship ends, and a new one begins.In this update, meet three of our ten 2017 fellows and get a highlight of their work, as well as the names of the 10 Foresight Fellows for 2018. We can’t help but feel moved as the inaugural 2017 Fellowship… Continue reading Some humans we really want to tell you about.
