This book describes the vast opportunity created by unifying  science and integrating technology, and recommends transforming ideas  for individuals and society. We stand at the threshold of a new  renaissance in knowledge based on the structure and behavior of matter  from the nanoscale up to the most complex system yet discovered, the  human brain. Unification of science based on unity in nature and its  holistic investigation will lead to technological convergence and a  more efficient societal structure for reaching human goals. In the  early decades of the twenty-first century, concentrated effort can  bring together nanotechnology, biotechnology, information technology,  and new humane technologies based in cognitive science. With proper  attention to ethical issues and societal needs, rapid advances in  convergent technologies have the potential to enhance both human  performance and productivity. Examples of payoffs will include  improving work efficiency and learning, enhancing individual sensory  and cognitive capabilities, revolutionary changes in healthcare,  improving both individual and group efficiency, highly effective  communication techniques including brain to brain interaction,  perfecting human-machine interfaces, enhancing human capabilities for  defense purposes, reaching sustainable development using NBIC tools,  and ameliorating the physical and cognitive decline that is common to  the aging mind. This is the first book addressing the convergence of  technologies in coherence with social sciences, with a focus on  people. Science and technology will increasingly dominate the world,  as population, resource exploitation, and potential social conflict  grow. Therefore, the success of this convergent technologies priority  area is seen as crucial to the future of humanity.

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