The Foresight Nanotech Institute is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization formed to help prepare society for anticipated advanced technologies. Its primary focus is on molecular nanotechnology, the ability to build atomically precise products. The development of this technology has broad implications for the future of our civilization. The institute was founded by K. Eric Drexler, along with Christine Peterson who is the current chairman. Also on the board are Brad Templeton, Glenn Reynolds and James Bennett. 501C3 refers to section 501(c)(3) of the United States Internal Revenue Code that exempts payment of federal income taxes for groups that are organized for charitable, religious, scientific, literary or educational purposes. ... A non-profit organization (often called non-profit org or simply non-profit or not-for-profit) can be seen as an organization that doesnt have a goal to make a profit. ... Molecular nanotechnology (MNT) is the engineering of tiny machines — the projected ability to build things from the bottom up, using techniques and tools being developed today. ... Kim Eric Drexler (born April 25, 1955) is an American engineer best known for popularizing the potential of hypothetical molecular nanotechnology. ... Brad Templeton (born near Toronto in 1960), son of Charles Templeton and Sylvia Murphy, is a software engineer and entrepreneur. ... Glenn Reynolds (born August 27, 1960) is Beauchamp Brogan Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of Tennessee, and is best known as the Internets Instapundit. ... There are three notable James Bennetts: James C. Bennett (20th–21st cent. ...

Since 1989, Foresight Institute has sponsored conferences on molecular nanotechnology. Foresight publishes a quarterly newsletter, the Foresight Update, to inform a wide audience about both technical and non-technical developments in nanotechnology. 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Foresight's sister organizations are:

The Institute for Molecular Manufacturing

a non-profit research organization founded to promote research in nanotechnology and molecular manufacturing. The goal of this organization is that nanotechnology be developed faster.

The Center for Constitutional Issues in Technology (CCIT)

created to pursue public policy issues arising from the emergence of new technologies

Among Foresight's projects are the Web Enhancement Project, whose goal is to make the World Wide Web connect in multiple directions and in multiple ways. Graphic representation of the World Wide Web around Wikipedia The World Wide Web (WWW or simply the Web) is an information space in which the items of interest, referred to as resources, are identified by global identifiers called Uniform Resource Identifiers (URIs). ...

Foresight Challenges

The overall goals of the Foresight Institute are summed up by the following Foresight Challenges:

• 1. Meeting global energy needs with clean solutions
• 2. Providing abundant clean water globally
• 3. Increasing the health and longevity of human life
• 4. Maximizing the productivity of agriculture
• 5. Making powerful information technology available everywhere
• 6. Enabling the development of space

See also

• K. Eric Drexler
• Ralph Merkle
• Center for Responsible Nanotechnology
• Future Technologies Advisory Group
• Nanomedicine
• Environmental technology - see Foresight challenges for water and energy
• Information Technology - see Foresight challenge for IT
• Space Technology - see Foresight challenge for the development of space
• Transhumanist - see Foresight challenge for the human health and longevity

Kim Eric Drexler (born April 25, 1955) is an American engineer best known for popularizing the potential of hypothetical molecular nanotechnology. ... Ralph C. Merkle (born 2 February 1952) is a pioneer in public key cryptography, and more recently a researcher and speaker on molecular nanotechnology and cryonics. ... The Center for Responsible Nanotechnology is a non-profit research and advocacy organization with a focus on molecular manufacturing and its possible effects, both positive and negative, on peace, human rights, economic fairness, and the environment. ... The Future Technologies Advisory Group is an organization whose purpose is to deliberate and raise awareness of scientific advancement and emerging technologies. ... Nanomedicine is the medical application of nanotechnology and related research. ... Environmental technology is the subset of technologies concerned with preserving the natural environment by recycling waste products produced by human activities. ... Category: ... Space technology is a term that is often treated as a category. ... Transhumanism is an emergent school of speculative philosophy analysing or favouring the use of science and technology, especially neurotechnology, biotechnology, and nanotechnology, to overcome human limitations and improve the human condition. ...

External links

• Foresight Institute - official website