Ten emerging technologies from MIT

Each year, Technology Review selects what it believes are the 10 most important emerging technologies. Some of these changes are on the largest scale possible: better biofuels, more efficient solar cells, and green concrete all aim at tackling global warming in the years ahead. Other changes will be more local and involve how we use technology: for example, 3-D screens on mobile devices, new applications for cloud computing, and social television. And new ways to implant medical electronics and develop drugs for diseases will affect us on the most intimate level of all.

Real-Time Search Social networking is changing the way we find information. Mobile 3-D Smart phones will take 3-D mainstream.  Engineered Stem Cells Mimicking human disease in a dish.  Solar Fuel Designing the perfect renewable fuel.  Light-Trapping Photovoltaics Nanoparticles boost solar power's prospects.

Social TV Relying on relationships to rebuild TV audiences.  Green Concrete Storing carbon dioxide in cement. Implantable Electronics­ Dissolvable devices make better medical implants. Dual-Action Antibodies Fighting cancer more efficiently. Cloud Programming A new language will improve online applications.