10 Breakthrough Technologies 2016

MIT Technology Review’s recently published top 10 list of technology breakthroughs of 2016. According to the MIT, the list “identifies innovations from the past year that solve difficult problems or create powerful new ways of using technology”.

These are the 10 technologies that could possibly change paradigms this year 2016:

• Immune Engineering

  Genetically engineered immune cells are saving the lives of cancer patients. That may be just the start.

• Precise Gene Editing in Plants

  CRISPR offers an easy, exact way to alter genes to create traits such as disease resistance and drought tolerance.

• Conversational Interfaces

  Powerful speech technology from China’s leading Internet company makes it much easier to use a smartphone.

  

• Reusable Rockets

  Rockets typically are destroyed on their maiden voyage. But now they can make an upright landing and be refueled for another trip, setting the stage for a new era in spaceflight.

• Robots That Teach Each Other

  What if robots could figure out more things on their own and share that knowledge among themselves?

• DNA App Store

  An online store for information about your genes will make it cheap and easy to learn more about your health risks and predispositions.

• SolarCity’s Gigafactory

  A $750 million solar facility in Buffalo will produce a gigawatt of high-efficiency solar panels per year and make the technology far more attractive to homeowners.

• Slack

  A service built for the era of mobile phones and short text messages is changing the workplace.

  

• Tesla Autopilot

  The electric-vehicle maker sent its cars a software update that suddenly made autonomous driving a reality.

• Power from the Air

  Internet devices powered by Wi-Fi and other telecommunications signals will make small computers and sensors more pervasive.

Via MIT.

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