Ultraprivate Smartphones

8/11/2019 Ultraprivate Smartphones

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Ultraprivate Smartphones

New models built with security and privacy in mind reflect the Zeitgeist of the Snowdenera.

Breakthrough

Mobile phones for the consumer market that transmit minimal personal information.

Why It Matters

Governments and advertisers gather intimate details from cell phones.

Key Players

Blackphone

CryptoPhone

Open Whisper Systems


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Agricultural Drones

Relatively cheap drones with advanced sensors and imaging capabilities are givingfarmers new ways to increase yields and reduce crop damage.

Breakthrough

Easy-to-use agricultural drones equipped with cameras, for less than $1,000.

Why It Matters

Close monitoring of crops could improve water use and pest management.

Key Players

3D Robotics

Yamaha PrecisionHawk


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Brain Mapping

A new map, a decade in the works, shows structures of the brain in far greater detailthan ever before, providing neuroscientists with a guide to its immense complexity.

Breakthrough

A high-resolution map that shows structures of the human brain as small as 20micrometers.

Why It Matters

As neuroscientists try to understand how the brain works, they need a detailed map ofits anatomy.

Key Players

Katrin Amunts, Jlich Research Centre

Alan Evans, Montreal Neurological Institute

Karl Deisseroth, Stanford University


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Neuromorphic Chips

Microprocessors configured more like brains than traditional chips could soon makecomputers far more astute about whats going on around them.

Breakthrough

An alternative design for computer chips that will enhance artificial intelligence.

Why It Matters

Traditional chips are reaching fundamental performance limits.

Key Players

Qualcomm

IBM HRL Laboratories

Human Brain Project


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Genome Editing

The ability to create primates with intentional mutations could provide powerful newways to study complex and genetically baffling brain disorders.

Breakthrough

The use of a genome-tool to create two monkeys with specific genetic mutations.

Why It Matters

The ability to modify targeted genes in primates is a valuable tool in the study of humandiseases.

Key Players

Yunnan Key Laboratory Jennifer Doudna, UC Berkeley Feng Zhang, MIT

George Church, Harvard


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Microscale 3-D Printing

Inks made from different types of materials, precisely applied, are greatly expanding thekinds of things that can be printed.

Breakthrough

3-D printing that uses multiple materials to create objects such as biological tissue withblood vessels.

Why It Matters

Making biological materials with desired functions could lead to artificial organs andnovel cyborg parts.

Key Players

Jennifer Lewis, Harvard University

Michael McAlpine, Princeton University

Keith Martin, University of Cambridge


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Mobile Collaboration

The smartphone era is finally getting the productivity software it needs.

Breakthrough

Services that make it fruitful to create and edit documents on mobile devices.

Why It Matters

Much of todays office work is done outside an office.

Key Players

Quip

Quickoffice

Box

Dropbox Microsoft Google

CloudOn


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Oculus Rift

Thirty years after virtual-reality goggles and immersive virtual worlds made their debut,the technology finally seems poised for widespread use.

Breakthrough

High-quality virtual-reality hardware that is cheap enough for the consumer market.

Why It Matters

Visually immersive interfaces will lead to new forms of entertainment andcommunications.

Key Players

Oculus Vry Sony Vuzix

Nvidia


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Agile Robots

Computer scientists have created machines that have the balance and agility to walkand run across rough and uneven terrain, making them far more useful in navigating

human environments.

Breakthrough

Legged machines that stride over uneven or unsteady terrain.

Why It Matters

Much of the world is inaccessible to wheeled machines but not legged ones.

Key Players

Boston Dynamics Schaft Honda


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Smart Wind and Solar Power

Big data and artificial intelligence are producing ultra-accurate forecasts that will make itfeasible to integrate much more renewable energy into the grid.

Breakthrough

Ultra-accurate forecasting of wind and solar power.

Why It Matters

Dealing with the intermittency of renewable energy will be crucial for its expansion.

Key Players

Xcel Energy

GE Power National Center for Atmospheric Research

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