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1999

Preparing for nanotechnology

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December 1999

• Foresight Update 39, the current issue, is now available.
• "Upcoming Events" calendar has been updated.
• Nanotweezers made from carbon nanotubes
• Jobs in Nanotechnology page updated
• Foresight announces $50,000 annual challenge grant
• STM used to form bond between single molecule and single atom
• Nanomedicine Page has been updated
• Date and Locale announced for Eighth Foresight Conference on Molecular Nanotechnology
• Three more full papers submitted from the 1999 Seventh Foresight Conference on Molecular Nanotechnology are available: "Molecular building blocks and development strategies for molecular nanotechnology", "S-layer proteins as basic building blocks in a biomolecular construction kit", and "Agents, Assemblers, and ANTS: Scheduling Assembly with Market and Biological Software Mechanisms"

November 1999

• R&D Magazine Online Cites Prominent Scientists on Potential of Nanotechnology
• Molecular Electronics from Carbon Nanotubes
• Nanopen Becomes Multiple Ink Nano-plotter
• Structure of Complex Biological Molecular Machine Revealed
• Time Magazine Sees Medical Nanobots in the Future
• Molecular Electronics Progress Makes Headlines
• Nanostructure science and technology report available on the Web
• Former House Speaker Gingrich advocates doubling research funding; cites nanotechnology
• More Web news pages feature stories on nanotechnology
• Foresight Advisor Dr. Ralph Merkle Joins Zyvex
• "Upcoming Events" calendar has been updated.
• Two more full papers submitted from the 1999 Seventh Foresight Conference on Molecular Nanotechnology are available: "AC Electrokinetics: Applications for Nanotechnology" and "Silicon-Based Molecular Nanotechnology"
• The first full papers submitted from the 1999 Seventh Foresight Conference on Molecular Nanotechnology are available: "Energetics and Structure of Single Walled Carbon Nanotoroids", "QM(DFT) and MD Studies on Formation Mechanisms of C60 Fullerenes", "Molecular Modeling of Dendrimers for Nanoscale Applications", "Thermal Conductivity of Carbon Nanotubes", and "Physical and technical parameters determining kinesin-driven microtubule motility in vitro"
• Two of the full papers submitted from the 1998 Sixth Foresight Conference on Molecular Nanotechnology have been revised to include additional illustrations: "Studies of Fullerenes and Carbon Nanotubes by an Extended Bond Order Potential" and "Automatic molecular design using evolutionary techniques"
• Two Feynman Prizes were awarded in 1999: one for theoretical work and one for experimental work.
• The 1999 Foresight Institute Distinguished Student Award has been made.

October 1999

• Foresight Update 19, orignally published in September 1994, has been added to the Web archives.
• Foresight Update 18, orignally published in April 1994, has been added to the Web archives.
• Foresight Update 17, orignally published in December 1993, has been added to the Web archives.
• Foresight Background 2: Accidents, Malice, Progress, and Other Topics is now available on the Web.
• Foresight Background 1: Abrupt Change, Nonsense, Nobels, and Other Topics is now available on the Web.
• Foresight Update 38, the current issue, is now available.
• "Upcoming Events" calendar has been updated.
• The paper "Respirocytes — A Mechanical Artificial Red Cell: Exploratory Design in Medical Nanotechnology" is available.
• The schedule is available for the Tutorial on Foundations of Nanotechnology
• Speaker Schedule for the Seventh Foresight Conference on Molecular Nanotechnology has been updated.

September 1999

• New Challenge Grant to support the completion of Volumes II and III of Nanomedicine; pre-order Nanomedicine, Volume 1: Basic Capabilities from Amazon.com
• More Molecular Motors
• Fullerenes Encapsulating Metal Atom Clusters
• Electron Orbitals Imaged
• Self-assembled Molecular Logic Gate
• Updated program for Foresight Weekend, Sept 17-19, 1999, Hotel Sofitel San Francisco Bay
• DNA as a Molecular Wire
• National Science Foundation Funding Launches Nanobiotechnology Center at Cornell
• Business Week cites Nanotechnology as One of 21 Ideas for the 21st Century
• Foresight Background 0: Nanotechnology and Organizations is now available on the Web.
• Speaker Schedule is now available for the Seventh Foresight Conference on Molecular Nanotechnology

August 1999

• Foresight Update 37, the current issue, is now available.
• "Upcoming Events" calendar has been updated with five new events.
• Foresight Briefing 5: "Call for National Nanotechnology Initiative"
• Foresight Weekend: Fall 1999 Foresight/IMM Senior Associates Gathering, Sept 17-19, 1999, Hotel Sofitel San Francisco Bay
• Nominations are being accepted for the 1999 Foresight Institute Distinguished Student Award

July 1999

• Electronic submission information to nominate researchers for the 1999 Feynman Prize in Nanotechnology
• Abstracts are now available for talks and posters to be presented at the Seventh Foresight Conference on Molecular Nanotechnology
• Some recent, high profile technical advances
• American Institute of Physics Bulletin of Science Policy News reports White House and Congress Support for Nanotechnology
• Draft Report on U.S. National Nanotechnology Initiative
• Congressional hearings support increased budget for nanotechnology research.

June 1999

• "Upcoming Events" calendar has been updated with eight new events.
• Foresight announces the Perspectives Workshops, a series of small, intensively supported, highly interactive full day sessions, each focused on a specific topic of major importance in emerging technologies.

May 1999

• Comments on the Group Genius Weekend made by participants
• The entire text of the book Leaping the Aybss: Putting Group Genius to Work is available on this site.

April 1999

• "Upcoming Events" calendar has been updated to include Rational Approaches to New Materials Design & Synthesis, May 20-21, 1999, and Novel Microfabrication Options for BioMEMS Technologies & Commercialization Strategies, July 15-16, 1999.
• The registration information for the Seventh Foresight Conference on Molecular Nanotechnology now includes secure online registration.
• The list of confirmed participants for Foresight "Group Genius" Weekend has been updated.
• "Upcoming Events" calendar has been updated to include the 43rd International Conference on Electron, Ion and Photon Beam Technology and Nanofabrication, June 1-4, 1999.
• Foresight Update 36, the current issue, is now available.

March 1999

• Nanomedicine publication date announced
• What people are saying about nanotechnology has been updated to cite TIME Magazine article on significance of Eric Drexler's work in nanotechnology.
• Nanotechnology Headlines has been updated with news that U.S. Federal officials are considering a national nanotechnology initiative.
• The Seventh Foresight Conference on Molecular Nanotechnology has been updated to include information on invited speakers, topics and instructors for the tutorial, and registration.
• "Upcoming Events" calendar has been updated to include Surface Analysis '99, the June 14-17, 1999, 21st Annual Symposium on Applied Surface Science Analysis.
• "Upcoming Events" calendar has been updated to include the July 1999 symposium of the Protein Society, the October 1999 Foresight Conference on Molecular Nanotechnology, and the October 1999 symposium of the American Vacuum Society.
• What people are saying about nanotechnology has been updated with Dr. Ralph Merkle's comments on a special report on nanotechnology published in MIT Technology Review.
• Matching donations needed to earn a dollar-for-dollar $40,000 challenge grant to Foresight were obtained by the deadline.

February 1999

• Foresight Update 35, the current issue, is now available.
• The Seventh Foresight Conference on Molecular Nanotechnology will be held in Santa Clara, CA, beginning with a reception the evening of Thursday, October 14, and ending Sunday, October 17, 1999. An intensive Tutorial on Critical Enabling Technologies for Nanotechnology will be held on October 14.

January 1999

• "Group Genius" Weekend: Foresight for the Next 30 Years. The 1999 Foresight Gathering for Senior Associates of Foresight, IMM, and CCIT will be held May 21-23, 1999.
• What people are saying about nanotechnology has been updated with link to a U.S. government report that cites the importance of molecular nanotechnolgy for future manufacturing.
• What people are saying about nanotechnology has been updated with link to USA Today Website story on nanotechnology.
• "Upcoming Events" calendar has been updated to include April 1999 meeting on Commercialization Advances in Large-Scale Production of Carbon Nanotubes.
• Nanotechnology Headlines has been updated with news of a DNA-based nanomanipulator, reported in a recent research article.
• Matching donations are needed by 28 February, 1999, for a dollar-for-dollar $40,000 challenge grant to Foresight.
• Nanotechnology Headlines has been updated with news of Molecular Manufacturing Enterprises, Inc. and Angstrom Tools, Limited.
• What people are saying about nanotechnology has been updated with link to ABCNEWS article on nanotechnology.
• "Upcoming Events" calendar has been updated to include Robin Hanson's Jan. 12 talk on Idea Futures.

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