Trends Identified
Data uploading from the brain
Example of Organizationsactive in the area: Kernel (US), Neuralink/Elon Musk (US), 2 Initiative (Russia), Darpa (US), General Electric/Braingate (US), possibly Facebook (US).
2018
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Reactionless drive
Example of Organizationsactive in the area: NASA (US), Cannae (US).
2018
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Conversational machine interfaces
Example of Organizationsactive in the area: Apple (US), Amazon (US), Alphabet/Google (US), Microsoft (US).
2018
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Life-expectancy algorithms
Example of Organizationsactive in the area:2 No example found.
2018
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Stratospheric aerosols
Example of Organizationsactive in the area: CIA (US).
2018
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Battlefield robotics
Example of Organizationsactive in the area: Lockheed Martin (US), QinetiQ (UK), Boston Dynamics/Softbank (US/Japan).
2018
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AI advisors & decision-making machines
Example of Organizationsactive in the area: Woebot (US), Pefin (US), LV (UK).
2018
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AI board members & politicians
Example of Organizationsactive in the area: Deep Knowledge Ventures (Hong Kong), Tieto (Finland).
2018
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Invisibility shields
Example of Organizationsactive in the area: BAE Systems (UK), Toyota (Japan). NB. Big difference between optical camouflage and bending light to make things disappear.
2018
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Factory photosynthesis
Example of Organizationsactive in the area: Breakthrough Energy (US), RIPE (US), Joint Centre for Artificial Photosynthesis (US).
2018
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