Professor Reynolds, a member of the board of directors of the Foresight Institute, agreed.

The Foresight Institute remains active.

Drexler is no longer with the Foresight Institute.

The Foresight Institute also recommended embedding controls in the molecular machines.

The Foresight Institute has published guidelines for researchers in mechanical self-replication.

In February 2009, Hall was appointed president of the Foresight Institute.

The Foresight Institute has offered a number of additional awards as well.

Drexler founded the Foresight Institute in 1986 with the mission of "Preparing for nanotechnology."

For information on the availability of technical papers, please contact the Foresight Institute at the address given in the Afterword.

Drexler is no longer a member of the Foresight Institute.