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The Day After Tomorrow: Information Meets Biology (page 455)


Our future is technological; but it will not be a world of gray steel. Rather our technological future is headed toward a neo-biological civilization.

- Kevin Kelly, in Out of Control


Artificial life. Biological computers. Nanotechnology. This is heady, thought-provoking material, with all kinds of implications for our future.

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Computational Nanotechnology.
The purpose of this page is to help facilitate access to information on the emerging science of nanotechnology.

Introduction to Artificial Life.
Artificial Life is the study of biological processes through computer simulation. This site provides an introduction to this hot new field of research.

John Conway's Game of Life.
The original life and evolution simulation, in an online format.

Scientists say tiny sensor has giant potential.
This CNN (Nov. 20, 1996) article discusses a potentially revolutionary new sensor technology.

Microtechnology Laboratory.
The Minnesota Microtechnology Laboratory has an excellent site that describes current and future applications of the technology.

Foresight Institute.
The Foresight Institute concentrates on nanotechnology, the ability to build materials and products with atomic precision.

Why the Future Doesn't Need Us.
Our most powerful 21st-century technologies - robotics, genetic engineering, and nanotech - are threatening to make humans an endangered species...from WIRED.






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