Summary of 10 innovative technologies to notice in MIT's 2016 choice

The MIT Technology Review published by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) announces the top ten innovative technologies that should be noted annually10 Breakthrough Technologies"Has been announced. The next generation technology of expectation announced at 10 Breakthrough Technologies 2016 of the 2016 edition will be summarized mainly in the past article of GIGAZINE.

10 Breakthrough Technologies 2016
https://www.technologyreview.com/lists/technologies/2016/

◆ 01: Precise Gene Editing in Plants (Genome editing of plants)
Genome editing "designing" plants and animals that are convenient to humans by genetic manipulation is expected to be able to compete with food crisis due to population explosion by creating plants that can be raised even in harsh environments such as desert I will.

You can see how the technology "genome editing" is by looking at the following article.

What technology is "genome editing" in God's domain that can freely design genes and change the characteristics of living things? - GIGAZINE


In addition, genome editing has attracted attention as a key technology for establishment of "chimeric technology" which makes xenotransplantation of porcine organs to humans and pig or sheep to make human organs.

Successfully alter swine gene, the path of transplanting porcine organs to human beings can be widely opened - GIGAZINE


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However, it is pointed out that there is a possibility that jika fever has become popular due to the mosquito artificially created by genome editing, and there is much debate over how to use it.

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◆ 02: Immune Engineering (Immunology)
Attempts are also being made to apply genome editing to humans. In England, it is a program to take T cells which are immune cells from the blood of a girl diagnosed with acute lymphocytic leukemia in 3 months old and attack cancer cells by genome editing. Baby has successfully recovered from leukemia by infusing genetically engineered T cells into blood by this genome editing.

Genome editing to save the life of a leukemia girl for the first time in the world - GIGAZINE


Techniques for overcoming diseases and helping health promotion by adding genetic manipulation to the human immune system are being extensively studied as immune engineering. However, the ethical aspect of "how to artificially create a human being" such as adding genetic manipulation to the human body including genome editing is coextensive and discussions are divided.

Moving towards formulating guidelines for manipulating human genes, stopping at "human genetic manipulation" that entered the taboo area - GIGAZINE


◆ 03: Conversational Interfaces (interactive interface)
Interactive interfaces such as voice operations and biometrics authentication technologies are expected to evolve more and more with a focus on mobile terminal usage scenarios in the future.

Mobile devices and PCs such as Siri on iOS, Google Now on Google, Cortana on Windows 10, etc. have established content called "Personal Assistant" through improvement of speech recognition technology.

How is Siri's machine voice made and making conversation possible? - GIGAZINE


An unexpected use method is ant.

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Speech recognition accuracy is improved by competition.

"Siri" vs. "Google Now" vs. "Cortana", if you can correctly answer the question Whether the winner of the confrontation? - GIGAZINE


For Windows 10, the biometric authentication function "Windows Hello" was adopted.

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It boasts high precision enough to distinguish identical twins.

Verification experiment on whether Windows 10 face authentication login can distinguish identical twins - GIGAZINE


◆ 04: Reusable Rockets (reusable rocket)
"Reusable rocket" which can be launched many times, not disposable, can greatly reduce manufacturing costs of rockets which account for the majority of rocket launch costs, so it is a great deal of technology to dramatically reduce the cost of moving to space It is expected.

Amazon's Jeff Bezos CEO who develops rockets to realize affordable space travel Start up investing "Blue OriginSucceeded in experiments to landing on the ground in a vertical state.

Amazon's Bezos CEO's space company succeeded in causing the launched rocket to "landing" vertically - GIGAZINE


In addition, SpaceX, which carries goods to the International Space Station in cooperation with NASA,Falcon 9Successfully returning to the earth safely. Furthermore, we are stepping up the technology to the next step towards successful landing at sea.

Falcon 9's offshore landing failure is found to be a single sheet of paper, mask CEO confident in succeeding success Ali - GIGAZINE


In addition, the ultimate purpose of SpaceX is migration to Mars, there is also a concept of the Internet that can be used on Mars.

"Space X", a private space development venture, plans to build an Internet environment that can communicate on Mars using hundreds of communication satellites - GIGAZINE


We are steadily planning on manned space flight crew "Crew Dragon" as well.

Crew member of a private manned spacecraft "Crew Dragon" Inside the capsule is released, to the first flight of 2017 - GIGAZINE


◆ 05: Robots That Teach Each Other (Robot Education by Robots)
Development of robots that evolve by sharing the knowledge experience gained by other robots from robots that move according to programming is proceeding. Research and development of such self-learning type robot is underpinned by the development of artificial intelligence technology which achieves remarkable evolution with technology of cloud sharing information.

Robots and artificial intelligence learn by themselves much more than human programming ability, so it is predictable that robots once acquired learning skills will accelerate.

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We are beginning to hear fears that if robots evolve it might deprive human occupation.

Does evolution of robots and artificial intelligence deprive human work by 2025? - GIGAZINE


Furthermore, it is pointed out that evolution of robots is a threat to human beings like Dr. Steven Hawking.

Artificial intelligence is potentially dangerous than nuclear weapons, Dr. Hawking warns that "Artificial intelligence exceeds humans within 100 years" - GIGAZINE


◆ 06: DNA App Store (DNA application store)
A business model "DNA App Store" that sells genetic information as information online has appeared.

A service that can search DNA information of every living thing appeared.

"Helix I / O" to search and display what living things as soon as DNA sequence is entered - GIGAZINE


We plan to introduce customized medical care according to genes.

Google-supported genetic analysis service "23 and Me" develops new drugs with customer's genetic information - GIGAZINE


However, management of extremely sensitive information such as genetic information is likely to be a big problem.

Possibility of genetic information being used for advertisement after DNA inspection - GIGAZINE


It seems that services that can not be accepted by genetic information are also available.

Life insurance subscription may be refused as a result of genetic testing - GIGAZINE


◆ 07: SolarCity's Gigafactory (SolarCity's Giga Factory)
Manufacturer that produces solar panels with low power and high power generation efficiency in the USA "SolarCity(Solar City) "is famous. By the way, Solar City was founded by Mr. Ellon Mask's cousin Lyndon Live and Mr. Peter Live and is currently building a gigantic photovoltaic panel manufacturing plant "Giga Factory" in New York State, USA.

A low-cost, highly efficient solar panel that generates 1 W of electricity at only 66 yen will be announced - GIGAZINE


Attempts to utilize renewable energy such as sunlight and wind power have attracted attention as energy demand rises. Electric power generated by renewable energy is considered to be able to greatly reduce the electricity cost as a whole by storing it in a battery and utilizing it when the power supply becomes tight, and it is thought that the construction concept of a huge electric storage facility Has been raised.

What is the prospect of "energy storage" technology that dramatically reduces electricity bills and can greatly change the future life? - GIGAZINE


In addition, Tesla's mask CEO sells household electricity storage to cover the electricity of EV and home appliances.

What is great about home power battery "Powerwall" where Tesla makes a leap to an energy innovator? - GIGAZINE


◆ 08: Slack
Photo sharing service flickr The message tool "Slack" created by Mr. Stewart · Butterfield of the founder is spreading mainly in North America since it was released in August 2013.

Slack: Be less busy
https://slack.com/


In addition to messenger service, you can also voice chat like Skype, and you can also send files and documents Slack is popular not only for individual use but also for corporate internal communication tool, Adobe, Airbnb, eBay It is utilized in such as.

Slack can be used regardless of PC or mobile terminal, can browse sent images without downloading them locally, can manage third party services such as Google Calendar in the application, search for posts crossing the group etc Possible, multi-function like pinning posts you care about and checking back later. Especially user-friendliness as a tool that can easily and instantly communicate without being bound by a format like e-mail is appreciated.

Slack is also used for remote work that does not have an office and works remotely.

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◆ 09: Tesla Autopilot (Tesla's automatic driving function)
Tesla Motors updated the model S in October 2015 and added an automatic operation mode.

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Tesla's Eulon Mask CEO will finally draw a blueprint for the future that an automated driving car will become commonplace and will not be allowed to grasp the steering wheel.

"A future where vehicles other than fully automatic driving cars become illegal will come", Tesla mask CEO says - GIGAZINE


Tesla and other technology companies are participating one after another for the development of automatic driving cars. Baidu in China succeeded in running road test.

Fully automated driving car of Baidu development succeeded in public road driving test in Beijing city - GIGAZINE


Awesome hacker also succeeded in public road test.

Legendary hacker made his own car in just one month, already already run on public road - GIGAZINE


Nevertheless, Mask CEO is evaluating suspicious automatic hacker cars.

Tesla Announces Statement by Legendary Hacker's "Suspicious" in Autonomous Motor Car Owned In Only One Month - GIGAZINE


Meanwhile, Google is going one step ahead with overwhelming technology, Google's automatic driving car has no handles or pedals.

Movie summary overwhelmed by the performance of automatic driving car without Google's handle / pedal Summary - GIGAZINE


In addition, Google's automatic driving car has acquired the ability to run safely at tremendous speed by running a virtual 4.8 million km daily.

Google's automatic driving car drives 4.8 million km daily in virtual space and checks safety - GIGAZINE


◆ 10: Power from the Air (Air Feed)
As mobile terminals such as smartphones and IoT terminals evolve, the demand for electric power is getting stricter. As a technology that responds to such demands, it is expected that not only a terminal with extremely low power consumption or a battery with huge storage performance but also an air power feeding technology that obtains electric power from radio waves flying through the air.

What is the technology "WiFi Backscatter" that is optimal for IoT capable of wireless communication without battery? - GIGAZINE


Airborne power supply is a technology to take in electromagnetic waves generated near the Wi-Fi, portable radio wave, TV, radio, etc. as energy and use it for communication, researchers at the University of Washington himself / We have successfully developed a terminal that uses data from terminals to transmit data.

Passive Wi - Fi, a new technology that reduces the power consumption of Wi - Fi to 1/10 thousand It is likely that the battery will last longer · the Internet 's approaching - GIGAZINE


As airborne power supply technology evolves, there is a possibility that a cell phone that does not require charging will be born.

Which is unnecessary to charge, mobile phones that can be charged using any radio waves will be developed - GIGAZINE