J. Storrs Hall

J. Storrs Hall should not be confused with John Storrs the sculptor John Storrs Hall is regarded as one of the most significant thinkers in the field of molecular nanotechnology. He founded the sci.nanotech Usenet newsgroup and moderated it for ten years, and served as the founding chief scientist of Nanorex Inc. for two years. He has written several papers on nanotechnology and developed several ideas such as the Utility fog, the space pier and ... more

J. Storrs Hall should not be confused with John Storrs the sculptor John Storrs Hall is regarded as one of the most significant thinkers in the field of molecular nanotechnology. He founded the sci.nanotech Usenet newsgroup and moderated it for ten years, and served as the founding chief scientist of Nanorex Inc. for two years. He has written several papers on nanotechnology and developed several ideas such as the Utility fog, the space pier and a novel flying car. Dr. Hall is the author of Nanofuture: What's Next for Nanotechnology (ISBN 1-59102-287-8), fellow of the Molecular Engineering Research Institute and Research Fellow of the Institute for Molecular Manufacturing. Hall was also a computer systems architect at the Laboratory for Computer Science Research at Rutgers University from 1985 until 1997. In February 2009, Hall was appointed president of the Foresight Institute. Though he refers to himself as Josh or JoSH online, his name is not Josh Hall. Josh is a contraction. Dr.... less