[PLUG-TALK] Eric Drexler at PSU noon Wednesday 11/20

[Keith Lofstrom]

Eric Drexler is a long-time friend.  He wrote the book "Engines of Creation"
and invented the term nanotechnology.  The term has been coopted, so how he
calls what he writes about "Atomically Precise Manufacturing". 

Eric is in Portland to present the Wednesday night ISEPP lecture, and will be
giving a similar presentation at Portland State University at noon Wednesday:

> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Linda Wasson <lwasson at pdx.edu>
> Date: Fri, Nov 15, 2013 at 3:56 PM
> Subject: Special Lecture: Dr. K. Eric Drexler, Nov 20 @ 12pm
> To: all-cecs-faculty-staff at cecs.pdx.edu
> 
> *Maseeh College of Engineering and Computer Science invites you to a
> Special Lecture by:*
> 
> *Dr. K. Eric Drexler *
> 
> *Wednesday, November 20, 2013  12pm *
> *Smith Memorial Student Union 238*
> 
> *Special Lecture: From Macromolecular Engineering to Atomically Precise
> Manufacturing *
> Developments in nanotechnology and macromolecular systems engineering have
> opened a path to atomically precise manufacturing (APM), a prospective
> high-throughput production technology that can apply the principles of
> noise-tolerant digital systems to molecular processes. The basic
> characteristics of APM-level technologies can be described and quantified
> through exploratory engineering analysis based on current knowledge in the
> physical sciences. Development of APM-level technologies will be a
> multi-stage process that can be greatly accelerated by focused research and
> development. Incremental steps are open to researchers in diverse fields of
> science and technology today.
> 
> *About Dr. K. Eric Drexler, Oxford Martin Programme *
> 
> *on the Impacts of Future Technology, University of Oxford *Often described
> as “the founding father of nanotechnology”, K. Eric Drexler introduced the
> concept in his seminal *1981 paper* in the *Proceedings of the National
> Academy of Sciences,* which established fundamental principles of molecular
> engineering and outlined development paths to advanced nanotechnologies. In
> his 1986 book,*Engines of Creation: The Coming Era of Nanotechnology*, he
> introduced a broad audience to the fundamental technology objective: using
> machines that work at the molecular scale to structure matter from the
> bottom up. Drexler’s research has been the basis for numerous journal
> articles and a comprehensive, physics-based analysis in* Nanosystems:
> Molecular Machinery, Manufacturing, and Computation*. In his publications
> and lectures, Dr. Drexler describes the implementation and applications of
> advanced nanotechnologies and shows how they can be used solve, not merely
> delay, large-scale problems such as global warming.
> 
> -- 
> 
> Linda Wasson
> Executive Assistant to the Dean
> Maseeh College of Engineering and Computer Science
> Portland State University
> 
> 503-725-8398 phone
> 503-725-2825 fax
> lwasson at pdx.edu <lwasson at cecs.pdx.edu>
> http://www.pdx.edu/cecs/ <http://www.cecs.pdx.edu>
> 
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Keith Lofstrom          keithl at keithl.com