Posted by Jeriaska on January 24th, 2008
Tihamer Toth-Fejel is a senior research engineer at General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems. He is a member of the advisory board of the Nanoethics Group and chair of the Society for Manufacturing Engineers Nanomanufacturing Technical Group. At various times in the past he has been a fellow for the NASA Institute for Advanced Concepts and on the scientific advisory board of Nanorex Inc. At the At the CRN conference on the Future of Nano and Bio he went through various nanotechnology applications that could potentially be used together to build a nanofactory for molecular manufacturing.
Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in CRN Bio & Nano, Nanotechnology | 2 Comments »
Posted by Jeriaska on January 21st, 2008
Ralph Merkle is a pioneer in public key cryptography and an expert on the emerging technological applications of molecular nanotechnology and cryonics. He is a key member of the Institute for Molecular Manufacturing, part of the Nanofactory Collaboration. In the popular science fiction novel The Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson, Dr. Merkle is portrayed as one of the heroes of a future civilization where nanotechnology is ubiquitous. At the CRN conference on the Future of Nano and Bio he spoke on the subject of “A Minimal Toolset for Diamond Mechanosynthesis,” a paper with Robert Freitas on molecular nanotechnology scheduled to be published in JCTN (Journal of Computational and Theoretical Nanoscience).
Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Ralph Merkle, CRN Bio & Nano, Nanotechnology | No Comments »
Posted by Jeriaska on January 13th, 2008
Anne Corwin is an engineer and technoprogressive activist based in California. She is an intern with the Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies and a volunteer for the Methuselah Foundation. She is also the author of the blog Existence is Wonderful and produces the associated podcast, Existence is Wonderful audio. In this talk with Accelerating Future’s founder Michael Anissimov, she spoke on how futurist topics like neurodiversity, life extension and self-modification are relevant to discussion today.
Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Cryonics, Michael Anissimov, Life Extension | No Comments »
Posted by Jeriaska on January 4th, 2008
In the not too distant future you may be able to buy an inexpensive video camera with the size and aerodynamic characteristics of a mosquito. Even earlier, we will see the proliferation of cameras on lamp posts designed to deter crime. Ultimately, this could lead to a society where nothing is private. At the 2007 Foresight Vision Weekend, Professor David D. Friedman gave an overview of three destabilizing technologies that could usher in a world of ubiquitous surveillance in a preview of his upcoming book Future Imperfect.
Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Foresight Vision Weekend, Metaverse, Nanotechnology | No Comments »
RSS