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Roco and William Sims Bainbridge, National Science Foundation  \nJune 2002  \nArlington, Virginia  \nAny opinions, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the United States Government.  \nCopyrights reserved by individual authors or their assignees except as noted herein. Reproduced by permission. The U.S. Government retains anonexclusive and nontransferable license to all exclusive rights provided by copyright. This work relates to NSF Grant CTS-0128860, awarded to the World Technology Evaluation Center (WTEC), Inc.  \niii  \nCONVERGING TECHNOLOGIES FOR IMPROVING  \nHUMAN PERFORMANCE:  \nNANOTECHNOLOGY, BIOTECHNOLOGY, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND COGNITIVE SCIENCE  \nTable of Contents  \nEXECUTIVE SUMMARY .................................................................................... ix  \nOVERVIEW............................................................................................................. 1  \n1. Background .................................................................................................. 1  \n2. Timely and Broad Opportunity .................................................................... 2  \n3. Vision for Enhancing Human Abilities and Societal Performance .............. 4  \n4. Strategies for Transformation....................................................................... 7  \n5. Towards Unifying Science and Converging Technology........................... 10  \n6. Major Themes ............................................................................................ 13  \n7. Future Prospects ......................................................................................... 16  \n8. Recommendations ...................................................................................... 22  \nGENERAL STATEMENTS AND VISIONARY PROJECTS .......................... 29  \nA. MOTIVATION AND OUTLOOK .................................................................. 29  \nTheme A Summary  \nPanel: P. Bond, J. Canton, M. Dastoor, N. Gingrich, M. Hirschbein, C.H. Huettner, P. Kuekes, J. Watson, M.C. Roco, S. Venneri, R.S. Williams .................................................................................................... 29  \nStatements  \nNational Strategy towards Converging Science and Technology (C.H. Huettner).......................................................................................... 31  \nConverging Technologies and Competitiveness (P. Bond) ............................ 33  \nVision for the Converging Technologies (N. Gingrich) ................................. 36  \nZone of Convergence Between Bio/Info/Nano Technologies: NASA’s Nanotechnology Initiative (S. Venneri, M. Hirschbein, M. Dastoor)........55  \nBiomedicine Eyes 2020 (J. Watson) .............................................................. 60  \nBalancing Opportunities and Investments for NBIC (R.S. Williams, P. Kuekes) ................................................................................................. 67  \nThe Impact of Convergent Technologies and the Future of Business and the Economy (J. Canton,) ................................................................... 71  \nCoherence and Divergence of Megatrends in Science and Engineering (M.C. Roco)............................................................................................... 79  \nB. EXPANDING HUMAN COGNITION AND COMMUNICATION ............ 97  \nTheme B Summary  \nPanel: W.S. Bainbridge, R. Burger, J. Canton, R. Golledge, R.E. Horn, P. Kuekes, J. Loomis, C.A. Murray, P. Penz, B.M. Pierce, J. Pollack, W. Robinett, J. Spohrer, S. Turkle, L.T. Wilson...................... 97  \niv Contents  \nStatements  \nNBICS (Nano-Bio-Info-Cogno-Socio) Convergence to Improve Human Performance: Opportun","cbCaisd11XbFxIma","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaisd11XbFxIma","pdf",5890915,482,"English","# EXECUTIVE SUMMARY\n# OVERVIEW\n## Background\n## Timely and Broad Opportunity\n## Vision for Enhancing Human Abilities and Societal Performance\n## Strategies for Transformation\n## Towards Unifying Science and Converging Technology\n## Major Themes\n## Future Prospects\n## Recommendations\n# GENERAL STATEMENTS AND VISIONARY PROJECTS\n## MOTIVATION AND OUTLOOK\n## EXPANDING HUMAN COGNITION AND COMMUNICATION\n## IMPROVING HUMAN HEALTH AND PHYSICAL CAPABILITIES","[{\"question\":\"What is the report’s main focus?\",\"answer\":\"The report focuses on improving human performance by converging nanotechnology, biotechnology, information technology, and cognitive science (NBIC).\"},{\"question\":\"Who edited the NSF/DOC-sponsored report?\",\"answer\":\"The report is edited by Mihail C. 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