In IEEE Spectrum’s ‘Top Tech 2022,’ learn more about two dozen exciting technical developments that are in the pipeline for the coming year.
First Win for the Neurorights Campaign
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“The government of Chile is taking a stand: Its citizens must be protected from technologies that are capable of mind control, mind reading, or any other nefarious interference with their brains. While such concerns used to be relegated…” |
Flying Pallets Without Pilots
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“Delivering things by drone began as a stunt in 2012, when a model airplane dropped a burrito by parachute to a hungry customer waiting below. The concept then graduated, first to a proof-of-principle venture in Iceland…” |
Brakes that Slam Themselves
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“In 2022, cars in many countries must start carrying automatic emergency braking. The technology has been around for years, but requiring it marks a major safety milestone for active safety. That's the sort that prevents a crash…“ |
The Exascale Era is Upon Us
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“In 2018, a new supercomputer called Summit was installed at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, in Tennessee. Its theoretical peak capacity was nearly 200 peta-flops-that's 200 thousand trillion floating-point operations per second…“ |
Nasa's Space Launch System Will Lift Off
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“Inside the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida―a cavernous structure built in the 1960s for constructing the Apollo program's Saturn V rockets and, later, for preparing the space shuttle…“ |
AI Computing Comes to Memory Chips
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“John von Neumann's original computer architecture, where logic and memory are separate domains, has had a good run. But some companies are betting that it's time for a change…“ |
A Bitcoin Wallet for the Masses
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“A Wallet to hold bitcoins―or other cryptocurrencies―is not at all a new idea. Basically a souped-up flash drive, these gadgets hold a private key, protected by a pin or passcode, that allows a user to securely access cryptocurrency data…“ |
China's Green Winter Olympics
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“About 160 kilometers northwest of Beijing, the city of Zhangjiakou with its rugged terrain boasts some of the richest wind and solar resources in China. Renewables account for nearly half of the city's electricity output―and that's with less…“ |
A Robot for the Worst Job in the Warehouse
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“As COVID-19 stresses global supply chains, the logistics industry is looking to automation to help keep workers safe and boost their efficiency. But there are many warehouse operations that don't lend themselves to traditional…“ |
Quantum Dots + OLED = Your Next TV
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“For more than a decade now, OLED (organic light-emitting diode) displays have set the bar for screen quality, albeit at a price. That's because they produce deep blacks, offer wide viewing angles, and have a broad color range…“ |
A Pinch of Fusion
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“Tokamaks, which use magnets to contain the high-temperature plasma in which atomic nuclei fuse and release energy, have captured the spotlight in recent months, due to tremendous advances in superconducting magnets…“ |
Deep-Sea Mining Stirs Up Muddy Questions
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“Last March, BMW and Volvo joined other companies calling for a moratorium on deep-sea mining, one spearheaded by the World Wildlife Fund. The addition of these two carmakers' names was significant because the battery…“ |
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