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10 Life-Changing Innovations

Posted Jan 20, 08 12:33 PM CST in Science & Health,  Technology    Editor's Choice

(Newser) – From omnipresent Internet to cloned donor organs, LiveScience picks 10 new technologies that, when fully developed, will transform our lives.

  1. Digital libraries: When all of humanity's texts are digitized, any factual question will be answerable online.
  2. Gene therapy/stem cells: The key to curing some of our nastiest afflictions.
  3. Ubiquitous wireless Internet: WiMAX and 3G point the way to a future where communication between any two devices is possible.
  4. Mobile robots: Too lazy to go to the store? Just send your car!

  1. Cheap solar cells: The cost is finally dropping—will your house soon power itself?
  2. Location-based computing: Point your cell phone at a business to visit their website? It's not that far away.
  3. Desktop 3-D printing: Download a mug design from Pottery Barn and run yourself off a couple.
  4. Confirmation of Moore's Law: The Intel co-founder said computing power will double every other year—and he's been proven right so far.
  5. Therapeutic cloning: Dolly and dairy cows aside, cloning's real goal has the provision of accessible spare body parts.
  6. A hydrogen economy: This fuel whose only byproduct is water may help reverse global warming and foster energy independence.

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Solar panels on the roof of one of Rockefeller Center's buildings are unveiled on Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2007 in New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)   (Associated Press)
Stem cell research and gene therapies are poised to become one of the most influential technologies of the coming decade.   (Shutterstock.com)
Pervasive wireless internet is set to transform society in the coming years. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)   (Associated Press)
Toyota Motor Corp.'s new violin robot performs during a press unveiling in Tokyo Thursday, Dec. 6, 2007. (AP Photo/Katsumi Kasahara)   (Associated Press)
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