12 Tech Breakthroughs For A Different 2014
#5 3D printing (Manufacturing)
3D printing is expected to make huge changes in the coming years. As technology has advanced rapidly, gun models for printing were downloaded over 100,000 times. Big players around the world have decided to switch to 3D printing to enhance their business. Companies indulged in 3D printing make good revenues and profits with stocks riding high. This idea has now expanded to different arenas like life sciences, as biotech firms are working on printing body parts.
#4 The dark horses: Graphene chip
Discovered in 2004, Graphene is a single layer of carbon atoms with extraordinary properties .Some of its useful properties like thinness and strength make it suitable for computing. Computing needs a breakthrough soon: the copper wiring inside the chip cannot be shrunk for too long. An all-graphene chip will be a great development or idea, as MIT and IBM have already shown that the idea can work, in photo detectors to begin with.
