Trends Identified
3-D Metal Printing
Now printers can make metal objects quickly and cheaply.
2018
10 Breakthrough Technologies 2018
MIT Technology Review
Artificial Embryos
Without using eggs or sperm cells, researchers have made embryo-like structures from stem cells alone, providing a whole new route to creating life.
2018
10 Breakthrough Technologies 2018
MIT Technology Review
Sensing City
A Toronto neighborhood aims to be the first place to successfully integrate cutting-edge urban design with state-of-the-art digital technology.
2018
10 Breakthrough Technologies 2018
MIT Technology Review
AI for Everybody
Cloud-based AI is making the technology cheaper and easier to use.
2018
10 Breakthrough Technologies 2018
MIT Technology Review
Dueling Neural Networks
Two AI systems can spar with each other to create ultra-realistic original images or sounds, something machines have never been able to do before.
2018
10 Breakthrough Technologies 2018
MIT Technology Review
Babel-Fish Earbuds
Near-real-time translation now works for a large number of languages and is easy to use.
2018
10 Breakthrough Technologies 2018
MIT Technology Review
Zero-Carbon Natural Gas
A power plant efficiently and cheaply captures carbon released by burning natural gas, avoiding greenhouse-gas emissions.
2018
10 Breakthrough Technologies 2018
MIT Technology Review
Perfect Online Privacy
Computer scientists are perfecting a cryptographic tool for proving something without revealing the information underlying the proof.
2018
10 Breakthrough Technologies 2018
MIT Technology Review
Genetic Fortune Telling
Scientists can now use your genome to predict your chances of getting heart disease or breast cancer, and even your IQ.
2018
10 Breakthrough Technologies 2018
MIT Technology Review
Materials' Quantum Leap
IBM has simulated the electronic structure of a small molecule, using a seven-qubit quantum computer.
2018
10 Breakthrough Technologies 2018
MIT Technology Review