Editing Foresight Institute (section)

==History==
The Foresight Institute was founded in 1986 by [[Christine Peterson]],<ref name="oliver" /> [[K. Eric Drexler]], and [[James C. Bennett]] to support the development of nanotechnology. Many of the institute's initial members came to it from the [[L5 Society]], who were hoping to form a smaller group more focused on nanotechnology.<ref name="McCray">{{cite book|last1=McCray|first1=W. Patrick|title=The visioneers: how a group of elite scientists pursued space colonies, nanotechnologies, and a limitless future|date=2012|publisher=[[Princeton University Press]]|location=Princeton|isbn=978-0691139838|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/visioneershowgro0000mccr}}</ref> In 1991, the Foresight Institute created two suborganizations with funding from tech entrepreneur [[Mitch Kapor]]; the Institute for Molecular Manufacturing and the Center for Constitutional Issues in Technology.<ref name="McCray" /> In the 1990s, the Foresight Institute launched several initiatives to provide funding to developers of nanotechnology.<ref name="Berube">{{cite book|last1=Berube|first1=David M.|title=Nano-Hype: The Truth Behind the Nanotechnology Buzz|publisher=[[Prometheus Books]]|isbn=9781615922369|date=2009-12-04}}</ref> In 1993, it created the [[Foresight Institute Feynman Prize in Nanotechnology|Feynman Prize in Nanotechnology]], named after physicist [[Richard Feynman]].<ref name="marcovich">{{cite book|last1=Marcovich|first1=Anne|last2=Shinn|first2=Terry|title=Toward a New Dimension: Exploring the Nanoscale|date=2014|publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]|isbn=978-0198714613}}</ref> In May 2005, the Foresight Institute changed its name to "Foresight Nanotech Institute",<ref name="milburn" /> though it reverted to its original name in June 2009.
 
In 2020, following the [[COVID-19 pandemic]], the institute moved its programs online.