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Ten entries. First edition found with an Availability field on every entry (read per article page). Quote is the Breakthrough line. horizon is a parsed band. Person names dropped from key players.
Wireless brain-body electronic interfaces to bypass damage to the nervous system.
available: 10 to 15 years · rank 1mit-tr-10-breakthrough-2017-001
Long-haul trucks that drive themselves for extended stretches on highways.
available: 5 to 10 years · rank 2mit-tr-10-breakthrough-2017-002
Face recognition technology that is finally accurate enough to be widely used in financial transactions and other everyday applications.
available: Now · rank 3mit-tr-10-breakthrough-2017-003
The fabrication of stable qubits, the basic unit of quantum computers.
available: 4-5 years · rank 4mit-tr-10-breakthrough-2017-004
Consumer cameras that produce 360° images, providing a realistic sense of events or places.
available: Now · rank 5mit-tr-10-breakthrough-2017-005
A solar power device that could theoretically double the efficiency of conventional solar cells.
available: 10 to 15 years · rank 6mit-tr-10-breakthrough-2017-006
First gene therapies on track for approval in the U.S. More are on the way.
available: Now · rank 7mit-tr-10-breakthrough-2017-007
A master catalog of every cell type in the human body.
available: 5 years · rank 8mit-tr-10-breakthrough-2017-008
Malware that takes control of webcams, video recorders, and other consumer devices to cause widespread Internet outages.
available: Now · rank 9mit-tr-10-breakthrough-2017-009
An approach to artificial intelligence that gets computers to learn like people, without explicit instruction.
available: 1 to 2 years · rank 10mit-tr-10-breakthrough-2017-010