Advancing Beneficial Nanotechnology

Foresight is the leading think tank and public interest institute on nanotechnology. Founded in 1986, Foresight was the first organization to educate society about the benefits and risks of nanotechnology. At that time, nanotechnology was a little-known concept.

Today, with the basic framework of public understanding in place, we are refocusing our efforts on guiding nanotechnology research, public policy and education to address the critical challenges facing humanity.

Foresight’s new mission is to ensure the beneficial implementation of nanotechnology.

Foresight is accomplishing this by providing balanced, accurate and timely information to help society understand and utilize nanotechnology through public policy activities, publications, guidelines, networking events, tutorials, conferences, roadmaps and prizes.

Foresight is a member-supported organization. Our membership, including over 14,000 individuals and a growing number of corporations, is diverse demographically and geographically. They are interested in ensuring that the future of nanotechnology unfolds for the benefit of all. These concerned individuals include scientists, engineers, business people, investors, publishers, artists, ethicists, policy makers, interested laypersons, and students from grammar school to graduate level.

Foresight ® is a 501c3 nonprofit organization. Donations are tax-deductible in the US to the full extent provided by law.

Foresight Making News

Save the date: Foresight Vision Weekend Nov. 15-16, 2008

Convergence technologies to be explored

On November 15-16, 2008, Foresight and other advanced-technology groups will delve into the present and future of convergence technologies: Nanotech, Biotech, Infotech, and Cognitive technologies (NBIC).

Like our popular 2007 Vision Weekend, this fall's meeting will be largely "unconference" in format — where you the participants determine the agenda.

Join us at the Computer History Museum in Silicon Valley, California, for a weekend that will change your view of what's coming and how it will impact your industry, your family, and your lifespan.

Conference website coming soon. (Graphic credit: J.L. Cordeiro)

From Here to There: Nanotechnology Roadmap

Foresight Nanotech Institute and Battelle Unveil a Technology Roadmap for Productive Nanosystems

Menlo Park, CA – The potential for nanotechnology to "build molecule-by-molecule" has been greatly discussed with one question invariably being asked: How do we get from here to there?

Foresight Nanotech Institute, a leading nanotechnology think tank and public interest organization, and Battelle, a leading global research and development organization, have officially unveiled "Productive Nanosystems: A Technology Roadmap." Productive nanosystems are molecular-scale systems that make other useful materials and devices that are nanostructured.

What Industry Experts are Saying

To download Roadmap for Productive Nanosystems files: http://www.foresight.org/roadmaps.

Foresight Nanotechnology Challenges

While nanotechnology has made great advances in the last two decades, it has yet to fulfill its ultimate potential. Foresight is dedicated to fostering nanotechnologies that can make a significant contribution to solving critical challenges which humanity faces— Foresight Nanotechnology Challenges. These challenges are: