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7 Days Of Technology
By: Donna Murdoch
1) Computing: A new quantum computer that “computes without running” set a record for counterfactual computation
efficiency.
2) Communication: By 2016, China will complete a 2000 km – long quantum communications network that could be
impossible to hack.
3) Medical: A device that can keep a heart beating outside the human body has proven successful. This device will lead to more successful
heart transplants.
4) Space
A company is working with NASA to develop “tractor beams” for small
satellites. This same company
developed a magnetic hover-
board.
5) Robotics
Thanks to a robotic
exoskeleton a 39-year-old
man, who had been
paralyzed for 4 years, can now control
his leg muscles.
6) Space: Construction will begin on the world’s largest digital camera (3.2 gigapixels) for photographing the night sky.
7) Material
A polymer made with proteins
derived from squid teeth can repair
itself to be as strong as
before using only water.
8) Robotics: A robot that has been trained to spot and assassinate coral-killing starfish will soon begin trials in the
Great Barrier Reef.