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1. Meeting global energy needs with clean solutions
Foresight note: This article discusses how nanotechnology could assist
towards creating an "Intelligrid" for power distribution.
Headline: Rethinking Energy
News source: San Jose Mercury News by Matt Marshall
Now, with regional energy bottlenecks and spikes in the cost of oil and
natural
gas, some Silicon Valley venture capitalists and technologists are
saying the
country needs to radically overhaul its energy infrastructure.
"Our culture is crisis driven,'' said Scott Mize, president of the
Foresight
Nanotech Institute, a Palo Alto technology think tank. "We go from event
to
event, waiting for something to push us over the tipping point.''
Built on a technology and platform set in the 1950s, the current grid
remains
unable to store energy, is too centralized -- and thus prone to
bottlenecks -
and cannot efficiently transport electricity without huge losses in
power along
the way, he and others say.
One solution: the ``Intelligrid.''
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/business/12684496.htm
http://www.epri-intelligrid.com/intelligrid/home.jsp
Note: Clark Gellings, VP of Innovation, Electric Power Research
Institute will
be speaking on a panel at our conference on Monday, October 24, 2005.
http://www.foresight.org/conference2005/program.html
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2. Providing abundant clean water globally
Nanotech for clean water (panel at our conference)
William Lee, President and CEO, eMembrane
Kevin McGovern, Chairman, McGovern & Associates (for KX Industries)
Fred Tepper, President, Argonide
See conference program for details:
http://www.foresight.org/conference2005/program.html
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3. Increasing the health and longevity of human life
Foresight note: Cancer treatment and nanoscience education get a
financial boost
Headline: National Cancer Institute and National Science Foundation
Launch
Collaboration; Training Grants Awarded for Nanobiotechnology
News source: PharmaLive
The National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes of
Health,
and the National Science Foundation (NSF) announced a collaboration that
will establish integrative training environments for U.S. science and
engineering doctoral students to focus on interdisciplinary nanoscience
and
technology research with applications to cancer. Through this
partnership,
$12.8 million in grants are being awarded to four institutions over the
next
five years.
"We believe that by providing a critical mass of individuals who are
prepared
to work in a multi-disciplinary environment, these grants will
accelerate the
application of nanotechnology to specific cancer needs, such as the
development of research tools to identify new biological targets, agents
to
monitor and predict molecular changes, imaging agents and diagnostics to
detect cancer, novel targeting devices to deliver therapeutic agents,
and
systems to provide real-time assessments of therapeutic and surgical
efficacy,"
noted Leland Hartwell, Ph.D., President and Director, Fred Hutchinson
Cancer Research Center.
http://www.medadnews.com/News/Index.cfm?articleid=273421
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
http://www.fhcrc.org/
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4. Maximizing the productivity of agriculture
Nanotech for Food Production and Reducing the Environmental "Footprint"
of Agriculture (panel at our conference)
Norman Scott, Dept. of Biological & Environmental Engineering, Cornell
University
Peter Singer, Director, University of Toronto Joint Centre for Bioethics
Aaron Wagoner, Director of Research and Development, Natural Nano
Maximizing productivity of agriculture (presentation at our conference)
Peter Singer, Director, University of Toronto Joint Centre for Bioethics,
Canada
http://www.utoronto.ca/jcb/about/singer.htm
See conference program for details:
http://www.foresight.org/conference2005/program.html
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5. Making powerful information technology available everywhere
Foresight note: Smell transmitting sensors and lenses that follow
eye movement will assist communication and translation. Two links
here - one leads to the announcement and the other to British commentary.
Headline: Phones that can smell, minus the breath mints
News source: JoongAng Daily
In the next five to 10 years, mobile phone users will be able to detect
changes
in the facial expressions and even in the smell of the person they are
talking
to, according to Jeong Kim, president of Bell Labs, the research arm of
the
U.S. firm Lucent Technologies.
http://joongangdaily.joins.com/200509/13/200509132231215209900090609061.html
Tony Smith of The Register comments:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/09/15/brainy_computers/
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6. Enabling the development of space
Foresight note: Space elevator to begin tests on early "lifters."
Headline: Space Elevator Gets FAA Lift
News Source: Space.com by Leonard David
The LiftPort Group, the space elevator companies, announced September 9,
2005
that it has received a waiver from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
to use airspace to conduct preliminary tests of its high altitude
robotic "lifters."
The lifters are early prototypes of the technology that the company is
developing for use in its commercial space elevator to ferry cargo back
and
forth into space.
http://www.space.com/astronotes/astronotes.html
More info about this news item at
http://www.siliconbeat.com
(scroll down for space elevator info)
Liftport Group - http://www.liftport.com/
Michael Laine, President of Liftport Group, will speak about "Enabling
the
Development of Space - From Carbon Nanotubes to the Space Elevator" at
our conference
See conference program for details:
http://www.foresight.org/conference2005/program.html
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PRODUCTIVE NANOSYSTEMS ROADMAP
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ROADMAP LUNCHEON LECTURE
A Luncheon Seminar on the Technology Roadmap for Productive
Nanosystems will be given on October 27, 2005 at 12:10 p.m. by Alex
Kawczak, Vice President, Bio-Products and Nanomaterials, Battelle, and
Scott
Mize, President, Foresight Nanotech Institute. This is on the final
research day
of our conference.
http://www.foresight.org/conference2005/program.html#research
Research sessions only: http://foresight.org/conference2005/research.php
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ADVANCING BENEFICIAL NANOTECHNOLOGY:
Focusing on the Cutting Edge
13th Foresight Conference on Advanced Nanotechnology
October 22-27, 2005
San Francisco Airport Marriott Hotel
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Full meeting: http://foresight.org/conference2005/index.html
Foresight note: This article discusses how nanotechnology could assist
towards creating an "Intelligrid" for power distribution.
Headline: Rethinking Energy
News source: San Jose Mercury News by Matt Marshall
Now, with regional energy bottlenecks and spikes in the cost of oil and
natural
gas, some Silicon Valley venture capitalists and technologists are
saying the
country needs to radically overhaul its energy infrastructure.
"Our culture is crisis driven,'' said Scott Mize, president of the
Foresight
Nanotech Institute, a Palo Alto technology think tank. "We go from event
to
event, waiting for something to push us over the tipping point.''
Built on a technology and platform set in the 1950s, the current grid
remains
unable to store energy, is too centralized -- and thus prone to
bottlenecks -
and cannot efficiently transport electricity without huge losses in
power along
the way, he and others say.
One solution: the ``Intelligrid.''
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/business/12684496.htm
http://www.epri-intelligrid.com/intelligrid/home.jsp
Note: Clark Gellings, VP of Innovation, Electric Power Research
Institute will
be speaking on a panel at our conference on Monday, October 24, 2005.
http://www.foresight.org/conference2005/program.html
-----------------------
2. Providing abundant clean water globally
Nanotech for clean water (panel at our conference)
William Lee, President and CEO, eMembrane
Kevin McGovern, Chairman, McGovern & Associates (for KX Industries)
Fred Tepper, President, Argonide
See conference program for details:
http://www.foresight.org/conference2005/program.html
-----------------------
3. Increasing the health and longevity of human life
Foresight note: Cancer treatment and nanoscience education get a
financial boost
Headline: National Cancer Institute and National Science Foundation
Launch
Collaboration; Training Grants Awarded for Nanobiotechnology
News source: PharmaLive
The National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes of
Health,
and the National Science Foundation (NSF) announced a collaboration that
will establish integrative training environments for U.S. science and
engineering doctoral students to focus on interdisciplinary nanoscience
and
technology research with applications to cancer. Through this
partnership,
$12.8 million in grants are being awarded to four institutions over the
next
five years.
"We believe that by providing a critical mass of individuals who are
prepared
to work in a multi-disciplinary environment, these grants will
accelerate the
application of nanotechnology to specific cancer needs, such as the
development of research tools to identify new biological targets, agents
to
monitor and predict molecular changes, imaging agents and diagnostics to
detect cancer, novel targeting devices to deliver therapeutic agents,
and
systems to provide real-time assessments of therapeutic and surgical
efficacy,"
noted Leland Hartwell, Ph.D., President and Director, Fred Hutchinson
Cancer Research Center.
http://www.medadnews.com/News/Index.cfm?articleid=273421
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
http://www.fhcrc.org/
-----------------------
4. Maximizing the productivity of agriculture
Nanotech for Food Production and Reducing the Environmental "Footprint"
of Agriculture (panel at our conference)
Norman Scott, Dept. of Biological & Environmental Engineering, Cornell
University
Peter Singer, Director, University of Toronto Joint Centre for Bioethics
Aaron Wagoner, Director of Research and Development, Natural Nano
Maximizing productivity of agriculture (presentation at our conference)
Peter Singer, Director, University of Toronto Joint Centre for Bioethics,
Canada
http://www.utoronto.ca/jcb/about/singer.htm
See conference program for details:
http://www.foresight.org/conference2005/program.html
-----------------------
5. Making powerful information technology available everywhere
Foresight note: Smell transmitting sensors and lenses that follow
eye movement will assist communication and translation. Two links
here - one leads to the announcement and the other to British commentary.
Headline: Phones that can smell, minus the breath mints
News source: JoongAng Daily
In the next five to 10 years, mobile phone users will be able to detect
changes
in the facial expressions and even in the smell of the person they are
talking
to, according to Jeong Kim, president of Bell Labs, the research arm of
the
U.S. firm Lucent Technologies.
http://joongangdaily.joins.com/200509/13/200509132231215209900090609061.html
Tony Smith of The Register comments:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/09/15/brainy_computers/
-----------------------
6. Enabling the development of space
Foresight note: Space elevator to begin tests on early "lifters."
Headline: Space Elevator Gets FAA Lift
News Source: Space.com by Leonard David
The LiftPort Group, the space elevator companies, announced September 9,
2005
that it has received a waiver from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
to use airspace to conduct preliminary tests of its high altitude
robotic "lifters."
The lifters are early prototypes of the technology that the company is
developing for use in its commercial space elevator to ferry cargo back
and
forth into space.
http://www.space.com/astronotes/astronotes.html
More info about this news item at
http://www.siliconbeat.com
(scroll down for space elevator info)
Liftport Group - http://www.liftport.com/
Michael Laine, President of Liftport Group, will speak about "Enabling
the
Development of Space - From Carbon Nanotubes to the Space Elevator" at
our conference
See conference program for details:
http://www.foresight.org/conference2005/program.html
---------------------------------------------------------------------
PRODUCTIVE NANOSYSTEMS ROADMAP
---------------------------------------------------------------------
ROADMAP LUNCHEON LECTURE
A Luncheon Seminar on the Technology Roadmap for Productive
Nanosystems will be given on October 27, 2005 at 12:10 p.m. by Alex
Kawczak, Vice President, Bio-Products and Nanomaterials, Battelle, and
Scott
Mize, President, Foresight Nanotech Institute. This is on the final
research day
of our conference.
http://www.foresight.org/conference2005/program.html#research
Research sessions only: http://foresight.org/conference2005/research.php
---------------------------------------------------------------------
ADVANCING BENEFICIAL NANOTECHNOLOGY:
Focusing on the Cutting Edge
13th Foresight Conference on Advanced Nanotechnology
October 22-27, 2005
San Francisco Airport Marriott Hotel
---------------------------------------------------------------------
Full meeting: http://foresight.org/conference2005/index.html
