Since 1989, Foresight Institute has sponsored conferences on molecular nanotechnology. Foresight publishes a quarterly newsletter, the Foresight Update, to inform a wide audience about both technical and non-technical developments in nanotechnology.
Foresights' sister organizations are ;The Institute for Molecular Manufacturing ;;a non-profit research organization founded to promote research in nanotechnology and molecular manufacturing. The goal of this organization is that nanotechnology be developed faster. ;The Center for Constitutional Issues in Technology (CCIT) ;;created to pursue public policy issues arising from the emergence of new technologies
Among Foresights projects are the Web Enhancement Project, which has a its goal making the World Wide Web connect in multiple directions and in multiple ways.
See also: Ralph Merkle