There were several articles over the last four days here about
addressable quantum dots [nanotechnology and quantum computers]
Molecular electronics via conducting DNA
Complex 3D structures are being built from DNA.
New levels of machine Intelligence by understanding cortical structures.
Details on the superconducting computer research at IARPA and making better superconducting qubits at IARPA
AI image recognition, voice recognition and robotic automation are about to make new leaps in capability. The improved quantum computing will also boost the capabilities of machine learning
Google and others will be leveraging this for major new industries and economic impact.
In biotechnology, there are legal fights, multi-billion companies, and startups with tens to hundreds of millions of investment fighting over genetic engineering breakthroughs and getting disease cures through clinical trials and FDA approvals.
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