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Discuss these news stories at http://foresight.org/nanodot.
In this issue:
From the standpoint of the development of
advanced nanotechnology, the most useful type of machine intelligence
is AI that facilitates scientific and engineering design. A computer
network described in this news release from Northwestern University
could greatly facilitate chemical synthesis useful for the
development of molecular manufacturing …
Peptoids
are chemical cousins of proteins that present opportunities for
molecular engineering comparable to but different from those
presented by biomolecular systems … Progress toward rational
design of peptoids has been reported by a team of scientists
…
The first Design
Night at the Autodesk Gallery had the theme “Small is the next
big thing: Exploring the frontiers of bio and nano technology”
and featured Foresight co-founder Christine Peterson as a combatant
in Autodesk Ideas Cage Match (nano vs bio; nano won!)
…
The conceptual history of
nanotechnology is usually traced to a classic talk
“There’s Plenty of Room at the Bottom” that Richard
Feynman gave on December 29th 1959 … Feynman gave an updated
version of that talk on October 25, 1984 during a weeklong
experiential seminar at the Esalen Institute … He called the
talk “Tiny Machines” …
A novel
nanoparticle that aggregates under normal blood flow but breaks apart
under high shear stress encountered in regions of vascular narrowing
was found to improve survival in mice with occluded blood vessels
with 1/50th of the normal dose of a standard clot-busting drug
…
1)Foresighters Christine Peterson and
Desiree Dudley will be speaking at NASA-Ames’ Singularity
University this Monday night, August 13th
…
2)Foresight CoFounder Christine Peterson and
Director Desiree Dudley will appear in their role as mentors for the
Thiel Foundation’s 20Under20 in CNBC’s documentary
“20Under20: Transforming Tomorrow
”…
—Nanodot posts by James Lewis and
Christine
Peterson
Foresight Events and News
The 2013 Foresight Technical
Conference
Illuminating Atomic Precision
January 11-13,
2013
Crowne Plaza Cabana Hotel, Palo Alto, CA USA
Conference Co-Chairs
Larry S. Millstein, President,
Foresight Institute
J. Fraser Stoddart, Board of Trustees
Professor, Northwestern University
Diamond Sponsor: The
Thiel Foundation
Silver Sponsors: Autodesk, Zyvex Labs
Over 30 leading researchers will present reviews and results
on a wide range of research relating to atomic and molecularly
precise devices and materials, and their fabrication. The conference
will provide an unusually heterogeneous mix of speakers and
participants, serving as a catalyst for interdisciplinary dialog and
productive collaboration.
Sessions and confirmed
speakers include –
Atomic Scale
Devices
John Randall, Zyvex Labs (Session
Chair);
Ezra Bussmann, Sandia National Laboratory
Gerhard
Klimeck, Purdue University (nanoHub and Comp Nano Net)
Philip
Moriarty, University of Nottingham
Joe Lyding, University of
Illinois
Neil Sarkar, Integrated Scanning Probe
Instruments
Bob Wolkow, University of Alberta
Leonhard Grill,
Fritz-Haber-Institut of the Max-Planck-Society
Molecular Machines and Non-Equillibriun
Processes
J. Fraser Stoddart, Northwestern University
(Session Chair)
Dean Astumian, University of Maine
Ben
Feringa, University of Groningen
Miguel Garcia-Garibay,
Univeristy of California - Los Angelos
Josef Michl, University of
Colorado
Mark A. Ratner, Northwestern University
Edie Sevick,
Australian National University
Self Organizing and
Adaptive Systems
Lee Cronin, Glasgow University
(Session Chair)
Neil Champness, University of
Nottingham
Bartosz A. Grzybowski, Northwestern
University
Bruno Pignataro, University of Palermo
Oliver
Steinbock, Florida State University
Rein Ulijn, University of
Strathclyde
Commercially Implemented Single Molecule
Technologies
SteveTurner, Pacific Biosciences (Session
Chair)
Mark Akeson, UC-Santa Cruz
John Eid, Pacific
Biosciences
Computation and Molecular
Nanotechnologies
Alex Wissner-Gross, Harvard and MIT
(Session Chair)
Alan Aspuru-Guzik, Harvard
University
James Ellenbogen, MITRE Corp.
Gerhard Klimeck,
Purdue University (nanoHub and Comp Nano Net)
William Goddard,
CalTech
Additional speakers will include the Feynman Prize
winners for Theory and for Experiment for both 2011 and 2012, and the
winners of the Feynman Student Prizes for 2011 and 2012.
Look for further details on the conference, the speakers and the
events in the coming weeks and months. Registration will open in
September.
Foresight Youth
Outreach
Summer/Fall 2012 Essay Contest & Literature
Program
What keeps young people working on hard problems
in science & technology? Research shows it's most often the
sustained support of inspiring teachers, mentors, & communities
with shared values.
This month, Foresight is targeting the
top 300 science, engineering, & entrepreneurially-oriented
college clubs, high school STEM teachers, & gifted youth programs
across the country … and connecting them with great ideas
& people!
We're sending bright young minds the
following books by speakers, advisors, & supporters of the
Foresight community (organizations sponsoring individual book
donations are in parentheses):
Abundance: The Future Is
Better Than You Think - Peter Diamandis (XPrize
Foundation)
Engines of Creation - K Eric
Drexler (Foresight Institute)
Imagine Design
Create - Tom Wujec (AutoDesk)
The
Singularity Is Near - Ray Kurzweil (KurzweilAI,
SingularityU)
Ending Aging - Aubrey deGrey
(SENS Foundation)
100+ - Sonia Arrison
(Thiel Foundation)
Global Catastrophic Risks
- Nick Bostrom (FHI, Singularity
Institute)
NanoScience Education, WorkForce Training,
and K12 Resources - Miguel Aznar/Judith Lightfeather
(Foresight - for STEM HS)
We're also planning an
inspiring Essay Contest that incentivizes students to read,
reflect, & connect with our communities! Supporting sister
organizations such as Space Frontier Foundation,
Humanity+, SENS, and 20Under20+ are also putting
promotional material in book-boxes.
We need your help to
make this pilot a success.
Most books came in as physical
donations, but this isa bootstrapped project; we're still seeking
funds to support the financial incentive prizes, student conference
tickets, & remaining books being shipped in this week. If you'd
like to help maximize this project's leverage, please contribute!
Whether
$5 for one book's postal costs or $5K for essay prizes, every $
counts.
For more information, contact our Director of
Outreach: desireeATforesight.org
Help us inspire the next
generation of world-changers!
Bay Area Dinner Lectures
Resume Fall 2013
Foresight had some great dinner lectures
this spring from speakers such as 100+ author Sonia Arrison
and Harvard Fellow/MIT Media Lab Affiliate Alex Wissner-Gross. We
will be taking a break this summer; but we will resume in the
Fall.
Other Upcoming Activities of Interest
A
future issue of Update will report on the FNANO conference held this
Spring at Snowbird.
November 21-25,
2012
Coimbatore, India
Novel materials will play a key
role in science and technology in the 21st century.
December 5-6, 2012
Santa Clara,
CA USA
Printed Electronics is one of the fastest growing
technologies in the world. This event, the World's largest on the
topic and growing rapidly every year, is your information and
networking hub on the topic. Printed Electronics USA is co-located
with the Photovoltaics IDTechEx event.
About the Foresight Institute
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Since 1986, the Foresight Institute has been in
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If you would like to help us understand the
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