10 Breakthrough Technologies 2017
These technologies all have staying
power. They will affect the economy and our politics, improve medicine, or
influence our culture. Some are unfolding now; others will take a decade or
more to develop. But you should know about all of them right now.
1.Reversing Paralysis
2.Self-Driving Trucks
Tractor-trailers without a human
at the wheel will soon barrel onto highways near you. What will this mean for
the nation’s 1.7 million truck drivers?...
3.Paying with Your Face
Face-detecting systems in China
now authorize payments, provide access to facilities, and track down criminals.
Will other countries follow? ...
4.Practical Quantum Computers
Advances at Google, Intel, and
several research groups indicate that computers with previously unimaginable
power are finally within reach...
5.The 360-Degree Selfie
Inexpensive cameras that make
spherical images are opening a new era in photography and changing the way
people share stories...
6.Hot Solar Cells
By converting heat to focused
beams of light, a new solar device could create cheap and continuous power...
7.Gene Therapy 2.0
Scientists have solved
fundamental problems that were holding back cures for rare hereditary
disorders. Next we’ll see if the same approach can take on cancer, heart
disease, and other common illnesses...
8.The Cell Atlas
Biology’s next mega-project will
find out what we’re really made of...
9.Botnets of Things
The relentless push to add
connectivity to home gadgets is creating dangerous side effects that figure to
get even worse...
10.Reinforcement Learning
By experimenting, computers are
figuring out how to do things that no programmer could teach them...
Some Images By,
S.SANGEETHA
CA Dept.Staff
