Convergence 08, Best of TWT

Published: July 31, 2017, 11:30 p.m.

Phil, Stephen, and Michael D. welcome PJ Manney and Christine Peterson to discuss Convergence '08 an unconference that evolved from the Foresight Nanotech Institute's\n\nTopics for the unconference: nanotech, biotech, cogtech, and infotech.\n\nThe gang brainstorms possible unconference topics:\n\nA discussion room in which participants stand up to speculate about how/when their own jobs will be made obsolete.\n\nNetworking opportunities\n\nFab lab printing of human organs\n\nThe versatility of buckypaper\n\nProgrammable matter\n\nVirology -- both fighting viruses and using viruses to our ends.\n\n[First aired November 2, 2008.]