Smartwatches are moving from science fiction to reality, but there are questions on whether they will become a part of mainstream computing.
Samuel Greengard
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Autonomous Vehicles Roll Forward
Self-driving vehicles will likely provide substantial benefits, and introduce new challenges.
Mobile apps are redefining and reinventing the modern museum, ushering in a new era of interactivity and immersion.
A New Approach to Information Storage
Disk drives and solid-state drives have long served as the foundation for computer storage, but breakthroughs in molecular and DNA science could revolutionize the field.
3-D printing has come of age. It promises to revolutionize a wide range of industries and profoundly change the way people buy and consume.
Therapists and researchers are experimenting with robots to interact with children with autism; the technology, and the technique, could revolutionize the field.
Commercial drones are poised to revolutionize a wide range of industries, though regulatory and privacy concerns have created some resistance.
Engineers are reinventing electronics by building safe devices that dissolve in the body or within the environment. The technology could redefine everything from medicine to computing.
Computer modeling is radically redefining healthcare and epidemiology by providing new tools for understanding the impact of different intervention strategies.
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