Technology in Perspective 01.20.24 | 10 technologies and their impact on the world
Every year, our reporters and editors survey a wide range of topics, from AI to medicine to energy to find advances that will affect our lives in meaningful ways. In our annual list of 10 Breakthrough Technologies 2024, we highlight the 10 technological advances that matter the most right now.
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Weight-loss drugs are wildly popular and effective, but their long-term health impacts remain unknown. The global rise in obesity has been called an epidemic by the World Health Organization. Medications like Mounjaro and Wegovy are now among the most powerful tools that patients and physicians have to treat it.
Chipmakers are betting that smaller, more specialized chips can extend the life of Moore's Law. Engineers must now find new ways to make computers faster and more efficient. Chiplets are small, specialized chips that can be linked together to do everything a conventional chip does, and more.
Computers capable of crunching a quintillion operations per second are expanding the limits of what scientists can simulate. New machines that can crunch scientific data at these speeds will enable scientists to perform more sophisticated simulations of the climate, nuclear fission, turbulence, and more.
Solar cells that combine traditional silicon with cutting-edge perovskites could push the efficiency of solar panels to new heights. But most of the sunlight that hits today's panels isn't being converted into electricity. Adding a layer of tiny crystals could make solar panels more efficient.
Micro-OLED technology has been in development for more than a decade, but the Vision Pro will be the highest-profile demonstration of its abilities to date. Apple will start shipping its first mixed-reality headset, the Vision Pro, this year. Its killer feature is the highest-resolution display ever made for such a device. Will there be a killer app?
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