• 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