About

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.

Events

20-21 May 2013
We're co-sponsoring the first annual conference "Governance of Emerging Technologies: Law, Policy and Ethics", organized by Arizona State University's law school. Deadline for speaking abstracts is 1 March 2013.

The Latest News

15 April 2013
The Atlantic
Pain Rays and Robot Swarms: The Radical New War Games the DOD Plays

27 March 2013
Deutsche Welle (Germany)
Game of Drones

22 January 2013
io9: Futurism
It Could Be a War Crime to Use Biologically Enhanced Soldiers

4 January 2013
The Atlantic
Could Human Enhancement Turn Soldiers Into Weapons That Violate International Law? Yes

1 January 2013
Press Release
New report on military human enhancements tackles ethical dilemmas

31 December 2012
Wired's Danger Room
Military Must Prep Now for ‘Mutant’ Future, Researchers Warn

26 December 2012
Wired's Danger Room
This Scientist Wants Tomorrow’s Troops to Be Mutant-Powered

13 December 2012
Exhibit
Robot Ethics: What's Morals Gotta Do With Machines

Military Enhancement Report

January 2013:  We released a new report on enhancement technologies in the military. Click here for related links.

Jan 2012:  We published a new book with MIT Press, Robot Ethics: The Social and Ethical Implications of Robotics, the first volume of its kind. Please click here for some reviews.

Nanoethics Book

Mar 2010:  We published a new book with Wiley-Blackwell, What Is Nanotechnology and Why Does It Matter?: From Science to Ethics. Please click here for some reviews.

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.

Military Robot Ethics Report

Dec 2008: We released a new report, Autonomous Military Robotics: Risk, Ethics, and Design, funded by the US Office of Naval Research.