Trends Identified
Smart dust
Example of Organizationsactive in the area: MOOG (US), Darpa (US).
2018
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Low-cost space travel
Example of Organizationsactive in the area: Space X/Elon Musk (US), Blue Origin (US), Virgin Galactic (UK), Rocket Lab (US), Axiom Space (US), SpaceIL (Israel), Firefly Aerospace (US).
2018
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Planet colonization
Example of Organizationsactive in the area: Space X (US), UAE Mars Mission (UAE), NASA (US).
2018
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Shape-shifting matter
Example of Organizationsactive in the area: Intel (US).
2018
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Predictive gene-based healthcare
Example of Organizationsactive in the area: Kite Pharma/Gilead Sciences (US), 2andMe (US), Phenogen Sciences (US), Regeneron (US), Veritas Genetics (US).
2018
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Automated knowledge discovery
Example of Organizationsactive in the area:2 IBM (US).
2018
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Autonomous robotic surgery
Example of Organizationsactive in the area: Intuitive Surgical (US), Verb Surgical/Alphabet/Johnson & Johnson (US), Da Vinci Surgery (US).
2018
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Emotionally aware machines
Example of Organizationsactive in the area: IBM (US), Toyota (Japan), Mimosys (Japan), Persado (US), Joy AI (US).
2018
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Humanoid sex robots
Example of Organizationsactive in the area: Realbotix (US), True Companion (US).
2018
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Human bio-hacking
Example of Organizationsactive in the area: BioTeq (UK), Grindhouse Wetwear (US), Dangerous Things (US), see also The Eyeborg Project and the Cyborg Foundation.
2018
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