NSF report on "Managing Nano-Bio-Info-Cogno Innovations: Converging Technologies in Society" 2006
Abstract: This introductory chapter briefly defines the "NBIC" unification
that is rapidly taking place today among Nanotechnology, Biotechnology,
Information technology, and Cognitive science. It then describes how the
other chapters address the potential impacts of converging technologies,
considers how innovation can be stimulated and steered, and provides a basis
for an understanding of the societal implications of NBIC.