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Nanoconvergence is the unification of all significant technologies on the basis of understanding and control of structures at the nanoscale. It combines nanotechnology with biotechnology, information technology, and new emerging technologies based on cognitive science. This trend is sometimes called "NBIC" from the major Nano-Bio-Info-Cogno fields that are in the process of unifying. This book is written for a non-technical audience, and to appeal to students and professionals in each of the previously separate fields that are now converging. It will offer new visions of future possibilities and present challenges, based on extensive experience in the government-supported scientific initiatives that are achieving the unification of science and the convergence of the most transformative technologies.
Contents
Preface xiii About the Author xix Chapter 1 Convergence at the Nanoscale 1 The Meaning of "Nano" 1Nanotechnology and Scientific Progress 4Technological Convergence 9Application Areas 15Radical Transformations 17The Plan of This Book 19References 22Chapter 2 Visions and Illusions 25 Imagination and Impossibility 25Birds Can't Fly to the Moon 26Cold Facts 28Science Fiction 29Drexler's Vision 35Alchemy at the Nanoscale 42Nanopanic 44Conclusion 46References 47Chapter 3 Information Technology 51 Moore's Law 51Sensors 58Quantum Computing 60The Information Technology Research Initiative 63Grand Information Technology Challenges 68Conclusion 74References 76Chapter 4 Biotechnology 81 Nanotechnology from the Perspective of Biology 81Nano-Bio Convergence 83The Problem of Cancer 87Paths to Nano-Bio Innovation 89Agriculture and the Environment 92Evolutionary Methods: Computing and Culture 95Improving Human Performance 103Conclusion 106References 107Chapter 5 Cognitive Technology 113 The Two Faces of Cognitive Science 113Cognitive Convergence 117The Prehistory of Cognitive Technologies 124Neurotechnology 128The Communicator 133Conclusion 136References 137 Chapter 6 Unification of Science 143 Creating Convergers 143Eight Principles for Convergence 149Conservation 150Indecision 151Configuration 152Interaction 153Variation 153Evolution 154Information 155Cognition 155Ethical Principles 156Social Relations 159Behavioral Social Science 163Conclusion 168References 169Chapter 7 Unity in Diversity 175 Critics of Convergence 175Looking Forward 180Family and Reproduction 181Culture and Personality 183Societal Institutions 186Science, Health, and Environment 188How Will the World Be Governed? 189A New Science of Services 195Conclusion 200References 201Chapter 8 The Final Frontier 207 The Giant Leap 207The Realities of Interplanetary Travel 211The Solar System 215Personality Transfer 222What Is to Be Done? 228Conclusion 231References 232Index 239
