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Foresight Nanotech Institute
ORGANIZATION
Founded 1986.
Official Website:
http://www.foresight.org/
Location:
Palo Alto, CA
Founding Date:
1986
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
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| Stewart Brand |
Business |
14-Dec-1938 |
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Founder, Whole Earth Catalog |
| Peter Diamandis |
Activist |
20-May-1961 |
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Chairman of the X-Prize Foundation |
| K. Eric Drexler |
Scientist |
25-Apr-1955 |
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Nanotechnology primer Engines of Creation |
| Doug Engelbart |
Computer Programmer |
30-Jan-1925 |
2-Jul-2013 |
Pioneer of human-computer interaction |
| John Gilmore |
Activist |
Aug-1955 |
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Cofounder: EFF, Cypherpunks |
| Ray Kurzweil |
Inventor |
12-Feb-1948 |
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Age of Spiritual Machines |
| Lawrence Lessig |
Attorney |
3-Jun-1961 |
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Constitutional and internet law |
| Marvin Minsky |
Scientist |
9-Aug-1927 |
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Father of Artificial Intelligence |
| Brad Templeton |
Computer Programmer |
20-Apr-1960 |
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Chairman, Electronic Frontier Foundation |
| James Von Ehr |
Business |
c. 1950 |
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Nanotech entrepreneur |
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