这些技术都有着持久的生命力。它们中有的能够提升药物治疗效果,有的甚至影响着我们的政治,经济和文化。有一些技术现在已经延伸到我们的生活中了,而其他的也会在未来十年取得长足发展。不过你现在就应该了解他们。
治愈瘫痪 /Reversing Paralysis
科学家在使用脑植入技术恢复由脊髓损伤造成的运动能力丧失方面取得了显着的进展。
Scientists are making remarkable progress at using brain implants to restore the freedom of movement that spinal cord injuries take away.
自动驾驶汽车 /Self-Driving Trucks
无人驾驶汽车不久将会出现在高速公路上,就在的你身边。这对全国170万拖车驾驶员来说会意味着什么呢(失业 or 新的机遇)?
Tractor-trailers without a human at the wheel will soon barrel onto highways near you. What will this mean for the nation’s 1.7 million truck drivers?
刷脸支付(生物认证) /Paying with Your Face
中国的面部识别系统现在可以用于支付认证,服务接入授权,还可以追踪不法之徒。其他国家未来也会使用这一技术吗?
Face-detecting systems in China now authorize payments, provide access to facilities, and track down criminals. Will other countries follow?
实用型量子计算机 /Practical Quantum Computers
Google,Intel以及其他研究机构早就预测,不久的将来,计算机将拥有之前不可想象的计算能力。
Advances at Google, Intel, and several research groups indicate that computers with previously unimaginable power are finally within reach.
360° 自拍 /The 360-Degree Selfie
可拍摄全景相片的相机价格变得亲民,这将将开创摄影的新纪元,并重新定义人分享故事的方式。
Inexpensive cameras that make spherical images are opening a new era in photography and changing the way people share stories.
太阳能热光伏电池 /Hot Solar Cells
这是一种新的可以产生廉价、连续电力太阳能设备。先将太阳光变成热能,然后将其重新变成聚集在太阳能电池可以使用的光谱范围内的光。
By converting heat to focused beams of light, a new solar device could create cheap and continuous power.
基因疗法2.0 /Gene Therapy 2.0
科学家们已经解决了治愈罕见的遗传性疾病的根本问题。下一步我们将会试验同样的方法是否对癌症、心脏疾病以及其他常见疾病依然有效。
Scientists have solved fundamental problems that were holding back cures for rare hereditary disorders. Next we’ll see if the same approach can take on cancer, heart disease, and other common illnesses.
细胞图谱 /The Cell Atlas
- 医学中 Atlas,译为“图谱集”
- 人体的第一颈椎被称为“寰椎”(atlas),原因自然是寰椎支撑头部“身背地球的巨人”。
探究人体究竟由什么构成?这将是生物界下一个超大工程。
Biology’s next mega-project will find out what we’re really made of.
僵尸物联网 /Botnets of Things
越来越多的家用设备被连接到网络中。这给人们带来便利的同时也产生危险的副作用,并且可能会变得更糟。
The relentless push to add connectivity to home gadgets is creating dangerous side effects that figure to get even worse.
增强机器学习 /Reinforcement Learning
计算机正试图通过实验解决无监督自主学习问题,这些问题是程序设计者无法教给它的。
By experimenting, computers are figuring out how to do things that no programmer could teach them.