10 Breakthrough Technologies, 2014

Relatively cheap drones with advanced sensors and imaging capabilities are giving farmers new ways to increase yields and reduce crop damage.

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New models built with security and privacy in mind reflect the Zeitgeist of the Snowden era.

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A new map, a decade in the works, shows structures of the brain in far greater detail than ever before, providing neuroscientists with a guide to its immense complexity.

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Microprocessors configured more like brains than traditional chips could soon make computers far more astute about what's going on around them.

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The ability to create primates with intentional mutations could provide powerful new ways to study complex and genetically baffling brain disorders.

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Inks made from different types of materials, precisely applied, are greatly expanding the kinds of things that can be printed.

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The smartphone era is finally getting the productivity software it needs.

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Thirty years after virtual-reality goggles and immersive virtual worlds made their debut, the technology finally seems poised for widespread use.

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Computer scientists have created machines that have the balance and agility to walk and run across rough and uneven terrain, making them far more useful in navigating human environments.

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Big data and artificial intelligence are producing ultra-accurate forecasts that will make it feasible to integrate much more renewable energy into the grid.

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