https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/sites/default/files/microsites/ostp/bioecon-%28%23%20023SUPP%29%20NSF-NBIC.pdf
Obama initiative - Changing the societal “fabric” towards a new structure
The integration and synergy of the four technologies (nano-bio-info-cogno)
originate from the nanoscale, where the building blocks of matter are established.
This picture symbolizes the confluence of technologies that now offers the promise
of improving human lives in many ways, and the realignment of traditional
disciplinary boundaries that will be needed to realize this potential. New and more
direct pathways towards human goals are envisioned in working habits, in economic
activity, and in the humanities.