Break the market balance and improve the quality of life. This is the fundamental characteristic of the "magnificent ten", i.e. the top ten technologies ready to revolutionize the market. Some of these are engineering breakthroughs, others are the result of thinking about structural problems such as deep learning and solar energy.
The first of the 10 revolutionary technologies sees the aeronautical division of General Electrics as the protagonist, which is preparing to produce a fuel nozzle for a jet engine using 3D printing. This will make it possible to mass produce a critical component for installation in thousands of engines. Technological innovations also include the worker robot, the smartwatch (a watch that allows you to surf the internet and receive messages) and an application for mobile devices that allows the user to take photographs and short videos and decide for how long they can remain visible to the recipient.
Also in the field of technology and innovation, Google is developing a deep learning system capable of best replicating brain activity by recognizing sounds, surveys and other data. Brain activity that is at the center of another of the magnificent 10. Theodore Berger, biomedical engineer and neuroscientist at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, has designed a neural prosthesis, or a silicon chip capable of restoring the ability to create long-term memories once implanted in the brain.
In the top ten we also find an inexpensive device capable of producing more than double the solar energy generated by today's panels and the supergrid, or a high-power circuit breaker that could make direct current grids practical. In this way it will be possible to connect distant renewable energy sources, allowing operators to balance local variations in energy and bring electricity to regions less affected by the sun or winds: solar energy from the Sahara could thus, for example, power Germany.
However, we are not only talking about new technologies but also about using what is already available in an innovative way. Caroline Buckee, a Harvard epidemiologist, is using detailed data collected from cell phones on population movements to build new tools to fight the spread of malaria. Using cellular data could help health care providers and governments monitor outbreaks and build models to avoid future disasters.
