Nanotechnology: The Technology of the Future
Eric Drexler
Saturday, 03 Mar 1990 at 12:00 am – South Ballroom, Memorial Union
Eric Drexler is a researcher in nanotechnology, a technology based on self-replicating molecular machines, computers smaller than living cells and microscopic machines. He is a visiting scholar in the Department of Computer Science at Stanford University and President of the Foresight Institute. He is author of "Engines of Creation: The Coming Era of Nanotechnology" and co-author of "The Ecology of Computation." From the University Lectures Program archive.
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