10 world-changing technologies

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10 world-changing technologies

Here are ten emerging technologies with the potential to shape the way we live.

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Here're ten emerging technologies with the potential to shape the way we live and do business. The editors of Technology Review, MIT's magazine of innovation, have announced their annual list (2009 TR10) of emerging technologies that have the promise to make fundamental shifts in areas from energy to health care, computing to communications.

The list includes some technologies that should reach the market within a year, such as paper-based medical tests and virtual personal-assistant software. Others, like biological machines and traveling-wave reactors, could take a few years longer.

The list includes technologies miniature and massive—from fast, cheap, capacious computer memory to batteries that can store enough energy to power a city.

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Traveling-wave reactor

John Gilleland, manager of nuclear programs at Intellectual Ventures, is leading the development of a reactor that would run on depleted uranium, making nuclear power safer and less expensive.

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Paper diagnostic test

George Whitesides, a professor at Harvard University, is using paper to create easy-to-use medical tests that could make it possible to quickly and cheaply diagnose a range of diseases in the developing world.

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Biological machines

Michel Maharbiz, an assistant professor at the University of California, Berkeley, has developed a wirelessly controlled beetle that could one day be used for surveillance or search-and-rescue missions.

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$100 genome

Han Cao, founder of BioNanomatrix, has designed a nanofluidic chip that could dramatically lower the cost of genome analysis.

Combined with the right sequencing technology, Cao's chip could allow doctors to tailor medical treatment to a patient's unique genetic profile, map new genes linked to specific diseases, and quickly identify new viruses and outbreaks.

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Racetrack memory

IBM fellow Stuart Parkin has created an entirely new type of data storage using magnetic nanowires.

This "racetrack memory" could eventually replace all other forms of computer memory and lead to tiny, rugged, and inexpensive portable devices.

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Intelligent software assistant

Adam Cheyer, cofounder of the Silicon Valley startup Siri, is leading the design of powerful new software that acts as a personal aide.

This virtual personal-assistant software helps users interact more effectively with Web services to complete tasks such as booking travel or finding entertainment.

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Software-defined networking

Stanford computer scientist Nick McKeown developed a standard called OpenFlow that allows researchers to tap into Internet switches and routers to easily test new networking technologies with the click of a mouse.

All this, without interrupting normal service.

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Nanopiezotronics

Zhong Lin Wang, a materials scientist at Georgia Tech, is pioneering the field of nanopiezotronics.

Wang is creating piezoelectric nanowires that generate electricity using tiny environmental vibrations; he believes they could power implantable medical devices and serve as tiny sensors.

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