Foresight Institute Announces Feynman Finalists

From: Foresight Institute (foresight_at_foresight.org)
Date: 09/15/04 

Date: 15 Sep 2004 18:47:21 GMT

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

FORESIGHT INSTITUTE ANNOUNCES FEYNMAN PRIZE FINALISTS
NANOTECHNOLOGY THINK TANK INCREASES PRIZE PURSE

Palo Alto, CA -- September 15, 2004 - Foresight Institute, a nanotechnology
education and public policy think tank, announced the finalists for the 2004
Foresight Feynman Prize. Established in 1993 in honor of Nobel Prize winner
Richard Feynman, the Foresight Institute Feynman Prize is awarded in two prize
categories, theory and experimental. These prizes recognize researchers whose
recent work has most advanced the field toward the achievement of Feynman's
vision for nanotechnology: molecular manufacturing, defined as the construction
of atomically-precise products through the use of molecular machine systems.

The winners of this year's prizes will be honored at a gala banquet at the
1st Conference on Advanced Nanotechnology: Research, Applications,
and Policy, October 22-24, 2004 at the Crystal City Marriott Hotel,
Washington DC area. Please see http://www.foresight.org/feynman2004
for more information. This year's recipients will also receive a prize
purse of $10,000 each, which is twice the amount of previous prize
purses.

"Foresight Institute is increasing the size of the Feynman prizes
as part of a new ongoing initiative to enhance the prizes so that they will
play an even greater role in motivating research in the area of molecular
machine systems," said Scott Mize, newly appointed President of
Foresight Institute.

The 2004 finalists for the Experimental prize are: Angela Belcher from MIT
Department of Materials; Homme Hellinga, Duke University Medical Center;
William Shih, Dana Farber Research Laboratory, and the team of David Baker
and Gautum Dantas from the University of Washington and Brian Kuhlman,
University of North Carolina.

The 2004 finalists for the Theory prize: Homme Hellinga, Duke University
Medical Center; Robert Freitas, Institute for Molecular Manufacturing; Christan
Joachim, CNRS Nanoscience Group; and the team of David Baker, University
of Washington and Brian Kuhlman, University of North Carolina.

"Foresight Institute's goal is to steer the development of molecular
nanotechnology. The Foresight Institute Feynman Prize is awarded to
those making significant advances towards that end," said Christine
Peterson, Vice President and founder of Foresight Institute. "Molecular
nanotechnology will be the ultimate manufacturing technology. It will
enable us to tackle many environmental problems, combat diseases such
as HIV/AIDS, and enable zero-waste manufacturing."

The deadline for 2005 nominations for the
Foresight Institute Feynman Prize is June 30, 2005.

About Foresight Institute

Foresight Institute is the leading think tank and public interest
organization focused on nanotechnology. Formed in 1986 by K. Eric
Drexler and Christine Peterson, Foresight dedicates itself to providing
education, policy development, and networking to maximize benefits and
minimize downsides of molecular manufacturing.
For more information:
www.foresight.org

About the 1st Conference on Advanced Nanotechnology, Research, Applications,
and Policy

The 1st Conference on Advanced Nanotechnology will examine three
different perspectives of nanotechnology, research, applications, policy
and funding. Friday, October 22nd, is designed for researchers and
technologists, Saturday and Sunday, October 23rd and 24th, will make this
revolution accessible to public policy professionals, public interest
representatives, professional association representatives, investors, the
media, students, the general public, and those seeking a career in the field.

For complete program go to:
http://www.foresight.org/conference/AdvNano2004/index.html
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