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Based at California Polytechnic State University (Cal Poly), San Luis Obispo, the Ethics + Emerging Sciences Group is a non-partisan organization focused on the risk, ethical, and social impact of emerging sciences and technologies.
 
  Human Enhancement Ethics Report

Aug 2009: We released a new report, "Ethics of Human Enhancement: 25 Questions & Answers", funded by the US National Science Foundation. Please click here for the press release and here for the full report (0.9 MB).

In collaboration with Dartmouth College, Western Michigan University, and CAPPE (Australia), this work is sponsored by NSF award # 0620694 and 0621021.
  Military Robot Ethics Report

Dec 2008: We completed a preliminary report that examines issues of risk and ethics related to autonomous military robots. 

Please click here for the full report (1.9MB) and here for the press release.  Authored by Patrick Lin, George Bekey, and Keith Abney, this report is
sponsored by the US Department of Navy, Office of Naval Research, under award # N00014-07-1-1152 and N0014-08-1-1209.
         
         
         
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