{"id":9220,"date":"2019-04-15T07:00:55","date_gmt":"2019-04-15T15:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/?p=9220"},"modified":"2019-03-05T10:20:11","modified_gmt":"2019-03-05T18:20:11","slug":"technology-on-the-edge-of-breakthrough-in-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/technology-on-the-edge-of-breakthrough-in-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Technology: On the Edge of Breakthrough in 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bill_Gates\">Bill Gates<\/a> recently presented the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.technologyreview.com\/lists\/technologies\/2019\/\">top 10 technologies for MIT Technology<\/a> Review that have been simmering for some time and are edging toward major breakthroughs in the very near term.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Robot Dexterity<\/strong> &#8211; Industrial robots are getting better at picking up, grasping and manipulating arbitrary objects.<\/li><li> <strong>New-Generation Nuclear<\/strong> &#8211; Advances in fusion and fission reactors are leading to realizing safer and cheaper nuclear energy<\/li><li> <strong>Predicting Premature Babies<\/strong> &#8211; Tests of genetic material from blood samples will help predict women at risk to giving premature birth.<\/li><li> <strong>Swallowable Body Probes<\/strong> &#8211; Noninvasive probes to detect diseases, like EED, in the digestion system.<\/li><li><strong>Custom Cancer Vaccines<\/strong> &#8211; Personalized vaccines that can trigger the immune system to prevent and destroy cancer tumors.<\/li><li> <strong>Lab-grown Meat at Scale<\/strong> &#8211; Meat raised in the lab in an environmentally friendly way.<\/li><li> <strong>Carbon Dioxide Vacuum<\/strong> &#8211; Techniques to suck and clean carbon-dioxide greenhouse emissions from the air.<\/li><li> <strong>ECG Monitoriing Wristwatches<\/strong> &#8211; More advanced fitness trackers will be able to better monitor vital signs<\/li><li> <strong>Sewerless Toilets<\/strong> &#8211; Toilets that dispose of and treat waste without dumping wastes into sewers.<\/li><li> <strong>More Conversant AI Assistants<\/strong> &#8211; Natural Language Processing Advances will make digital assistants smarter and easier to communicate with.<\/li><\/ul>\n<div class=\"lightsocial_container\"><div class=\"lightsocial_element\"><a class=\"lightsocial_a\" href=\"http:\/\/digg.com\/submit?url=https%3A%2F%2Fformtek.com%2Fblog%2Ftechnology-on-the-edge-of-breakthrough-in-2019%2F&amp;title=\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lightsocial_img\" src=\"https:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/light-social\/digg.png\" alt=\"Digg This\" title=\"Digg This\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"lightsocial_element\"><a class=\"lightsocial_a\" href=\"http:\/\/www.reddit.com\/submit?url=https%3A%2F%2Fformtek.com%2Fblog%2Ftechnology-on-the-edge-of-breakthrough-in-2019%2F&amp;title=\" 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