In July 2012, the famous mechanical intelligence scientist Ray Kurzweil (Ray Kurzweil) met with the then president of Google Larry Page (Larry Page ), and he told Page that he was preparing to start a company and build a fully intelligent computer. His vision is to make computers that can understand language, make inferences and make decisions on their own.
At the suggestion of Page, Kuzwell joined Google. With the dual support of a powerful database and supercomputer, he started research and development in the company's "deep learning" artificial intelligence branch department, making a lot of contributions to the development of brain science , such as deep learning neural network .
Later, With the help of deep learning, scientists have made leaps and bounds in the fields of speech, image, molecular recognition, etc., and artificial intelligence has ushered in a big explosion at the commercial application level.
In the field of life sciences, genome editing has a wide range of applications and great potential. CRISPR gene editing technology , as the most powerful tool, has brought unlimited possibilities to the development of this field. In 2011, Professor Emmanuelle Marie Charpentier, a professor at the Max Planck Society in Germany, and Professor Jennifer Anne Doudna of the University of California, Berkeley, met at an academic conference and decided to jointly study CRISPR/Cas9 technology.
They found that when bacteria are invaded, pre-crRNA and tracrRNA transcribed from the CRISPR sequence will bind and form a complex. After processing, pre-crRNA becomes mature crRNA (CRISPR-derived RNA), and together with Cas9, the shear protein, form natural gene scissors to complete the identification and precise cutting of viral infection. This technology can effectively help researchers to identify mutations that cause diseases and apply them to a range of gene therapy fields. The two scientists who discovered this technology also won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for this.
All mobile or wireless devices need to overcome the challenges of battery life. Researchers at the University of Washington have joined forces with several universities to propose a technology called Power from the Air , which uses the principle of "backscattering" to help wireless devices obtain electricity from nearby radio signals and complete communication. Test results show that the device can work normally only by one ten thousandth of the current Wi-Fi chip. only needs to invest less than $1 in application costs, and this technology can help wireless devices accessing the Internet fully release battery life anxiety.
As a microcosm of their respective industries, the above technologies of were selected into the "Top Ten Breakthrough Technologies" in 2013, 2014 and 2016 respectively. As the MIT Technology Review accurately predicts, their development has driven the rapid progress of life sciences, artificial intelligence, smart life and even new energy technology. The commercialization process within a few years after being selected has also allowed them to penetrate into our lives and in all aspects, with a profound impact.
"MIT Technology Review" has been published in 1899. It has always focused on cutting-edge technology and its commercialization with a professional spirit. Since 2001, it has selected the "Top Ten Breakthrough Technologies" every year. Many technologies that first emerged in the past are now well-known by the public and have profoundly changed our lives and cognition from many aspects, reshaping countless diverse industrial fields and tracks. Historical verification is the best proof of the forward-looking nature of the "Top Ten Breakthrough Technologies", and the professionalism and authority of the selection have also been unanimously recognized by the industry. core journal " China Science Foundation " is headed and sponsored by the National Natural Science Foundation of China. It said that "the science and technology breakthroughs on the list represent the frontier and future direction of the development of science and technology in the current era." After the annual selection results are announced, famous scientists from various fields are invited to provide in-depth interpretation of the "Top Ten Breakthrough Technologies".
Now, on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the "Top Ten Breakthrough Technologies", the world's science and technology landscape is undergoing profound changes, and the track of scientific and technological innovation is becoming increasingly segmented. The trend of multi-disciplinary interdisciplinary and interdisciplinary integration in the development of science and technology has been further enhanced. The deep collision and integration between different disciplines usually means new possibilities and growth points, and are often concentrated burst points for major scientific breakthroughs, thereby promoting leap forward in multiple professional fields. At this critical node, reviewing the historical evolution of science and technology development and paying attention to the intersection, integration and symbiotic development of multiple disciplines is crucial for us to understand the overall industry context and look forward to the development trend of science and technology.
For this reason, after the successful release of the "Top Ten Breakthrough Technologies" in Hangzhou in 2021, "MIT Technology Review" China will join forces with the Hangzhou Future Science and Technology City (Haichuang Park) Management Committee this year to launch the 20th anniversary theme summit of the "Top Ten Breakthrough Technologies" of the Top of Science and Technology·" MIT Technology Review" "Top Ten Breakthrough Technologies" in Hangzhou, inviting academic experts, industry leaders, well-known investors and representatives from the fields of life sciences, energy and climate, artificial intelligence, information technology, new materials, smart life, etc. to gather in , Hangzhou Future Science and Technology City, one of the four major science and technology cities in the country, in 20 Based on annual accumulation and summary, we analyze the development history, jointly discuss future technological development trends, and bring both professional and forward-looking analysis.
If the summit is based on points and is a large-scale scene where technology collisions and disciplines intersect, we are not satisfied with this. To this end, we systematically sorted out and summarized the 200 "Top Ten Breakthrough Technologies" published by "MIT Science and Technology Review", and analyzed them according to the five major fields of "life science, information engineering , resource and energy, engineering manufacturing, and smart life", which almost covers the most cutting-edge and most exquisite content in all disciplines in the science and technology field in the past 20 years. At the same time, invited the academic, industry and capital circles to provide in-depth interpretation and professional comments on the characteristics of technology, current industrial application status, future development trends and investment potential in some fields. sorted these into "The Top of Science and Technology: Global Breakthrough Innovation and the Future of Humanity (20th Anniversary Edition)", which may be the best way to understand various disciplines and understand the development of science and technology in a book. "The Top of Technology: Global Breakthrough Innovation and the Future of Humanity (20th Anniversary Edition)" will be launched at the summit at the same time. At that time, there will be more big names to interpret it. Whether you are a broader subject or specialized in one subject, I believe it will bring you different thinking and inspiration! More information about will be released one after another, welcome to continue to follow.
Twenty years of hard work. Here, we sincerely invite everyone to gather in Hangzhou Future Science and Technology City to witness the vicissitudes of technological development with us at this wonderful ideological exchange event and a glimpse of the future of the world.
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