[ExI] 10 Breakthrough Technologies 2017

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These technologies all have staying power. They will affect the
economy and our politics, improve medicine, or influence our culture.
Some are unfolding now; others will take a decade or more to develop.
But you should know about all of them right now.

<https://www.technologyreview.com/s/603495/10-breakthrough-technologies-2017-practical-quantum-computing/>

Reversing Paralysis

Driverless Trucks

Paying with Your Face

Practical Quantum Computing

The 360-Degree Selfie

Hot Solar Cells

Gene Therapy 2.0

The Cell Atlas

Botnets of Things

Reinforcement Learning

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Most items on the list will be familiar, though they may be arriving
sooner than expected.  :)

Re: Practical Quantum Computing
Advances at Google, Intel, and several research groups indicate that
computers with previously unimaginable power are finally within reach.
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Quantum computers have to run at near absolute zero temperatures.
Space is already very cold (away from the sun). How does this change
the M-Brain cooling calculations? Does the heat dispersal problem
disappear altogether?


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