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Managing Nano-Bio-Info-Cogno Innovations

Converging Technologies in Society

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  • © 2006

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Editors:
  1. WILLIAM SIMS BAINBRIDGE

    1. National Science Foundation, Arlington, USA

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  2. MIHAIL C. ROCO

    1. National Science Foundation, Arlington, USA

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  • Provides a unique review of technical developments related to the unification that is rapidly taking place today among nanotechnology, biotechnology, information technology, and cognitive science
  • Assesses potential for revolutionary applications of these developments and their likely impact in improving the human condition

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Table of contents (19 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vi
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  2. Progressive Convergence

    • WILLIAM SIMS BAINBRIDGE, MIHAIL C. ROCO
    Pages 1-7

  3. The Emergence and Policy Implications of Converging New Technologies

    • MIHAIL C. ROCO
    Pages 9-22

  4. Roadmapping Convergence

    • Richard E. Albright
    Pages 23-31

  5. NBIC Convergent Technologies and the Innovation Economy: Challenges and Opportunities for the 21st Century

    • James Canton
    Pages 33-45

  6. Measuring the Merger: Examining the Onset of Converging Technologies

    • Evan S. Michelson
    Pages 1-3

  7. Collaboration on Converging Technologies: Education and Practice

    • Michael E. Gorman, James Groves
    Pages 71-87

  8. If We Build It, Will They Come? The Cultural Challenges of Cyberinfrastructure Development

    • Thomas A. Finholt, Jeremy P. Birnholtz
    Pages 89-101

  9. Converging Technologies in Developing Countries: Passionate Voices, Fruitful Actions

    • Jim Hurd
    Pages 103-117

  10. Nanotechnology for Biology and Medicine

    • James R. Baker Jr
    Pages 119-132

  11. Biologically-Inspired Cellular Machine Architectures

    • Gary H. Bernstein, Leon O. Chua, Árpád L. Csurgay, Patrick Fay, Yih-Fang Huang, Wolfgang Porod et al.
    Pages 133-152

  12. Cognitive Enhancement and the Neuroethics of Memory Drugs

    • Wrye Sententia
    Pages 153-171

  13. Neuropolicy (2005 2035): Converging Technologies Enable Neurotechnology, Creating New Ethical Dilemmas

    • Zack Lynch
    Pages 173-191

  14. Information Technology and Cognitive Systems

    • Robert St. Amant
    Pages 193-201

  15. Cognitive Technologies

    • WILLIAM SIMS BAINBRIDGE
    Pages 203-226

  16. NBIC Convergence and Technology-Business Coevolution: Towards a Services Science to Increase Productive Capacity

    • Jim Spohrer, Douglas McDavid, Paul P. Maglio, James W. Cortada
    Pages 227-253

  17. An Ethic for Enhancing Human Performance Through Integrative Technologies

    • George Khushf
    Pages 255-278

  18. Science Confronts the Law

    • Sonia E. Miller
    Pages 279-284

  19. Human Enhancement and the Emergent Technopolitics of the 21st Century

    • James J. Hughes
    Pages 285-307

  20. Co volution of Social Science and Emerging Technologies

    • Bruce E. Tonn
    Pages 309-335
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About this book

With the convergence of Nanotechnology, Biotechnology, Information technology and Cognitive science (NBIC) fields promising to change our competitive, operational, and employment landscape in fundamental ways, we find ourselves on the brink of a new technological and science-driven business revolution. The already emerging reality of convergence is to be found in genomics, robotics, bio-information and artificial intelligence applications, such as: • Self-assembled, self-cleaning and self-healing manufactured materials and textiles, and much stronger, lighter and more customizable structural materials, • Miniature sensors allowing unobtrusive real-time health monitoring and dramatically improved diagnosis; with greatly enhanced real time information to vehicles and drivers on the way, • New generations of supercomputers and efficient energy generators based on biological processes, • Greatly enhanced drug delivery from unprecedented control over fundamental structural properties and biocompatibility of materials. These advances are here already, or in development. And Japan, other Asian nations and Western European countries are investing heavily and moving aggressively to develop and apply NBIC technologies. Notwithstanding the passage of the 21st Century Nanotechnology Research and Development Act, significant further funding and action by both government and private industry will be critical to maintaining US scientific and industry leadership.

Editors and Affiliations

  • National Science Foundation, Arlington, USA

    WILLIAM SIMS BAINBRIDGE, MIHAIL C. ROCO

About the editors

Dr. Mihail C. Roco is a senior advisor on nanotechnology for the National Science Foundation, as well as chair on the Subcommittee on Nanoscale Science, Engineering and Technology of the U.S. National Science and Technology Council.

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