- Robot dexterity (“to help Grandma out of bed”)
- New-wave nuclear power (so anyone can trigger Judgement Day)
- Predicting premature births (and worry about falling birth rates another time)
- Gut probes in a pill (for those who cannot stomach Anesthesia)
- Custom cancer vaccines (though you still need to go through a biopsy)
- The cow-free burger (which will make Bill richer than he needs to be)
- Carbon dioxide catcher (so we can all make our own sugary soda drinks at home)
- An ECG on your wrist (puts the Swiss watch industry on life support)
- Sanitation without sewers (which can fit in a backpack next to the nuclear power bank)
- Smooth-talking AI assistants (whose eyes are like angels but the heart is cold)
MIT Technology Review: 10 Breakthrough Technologies 2019, curated by Bill Gates