5 January 2014

SPECIAL REPORT: 2014 TOP TECH TO WATCH

SPECIAL REPORT: 
2014 TOP TECH TO WATCH
We predict the technologies that will make headlines this year so you'll never be surprised

Introduction

NEWS COMES UNEXPECTEDLY, unless it’s tech news. Most project information dribbles out over long periods, draining the surprise and delight from the event by the time it occurs.

It’s like watching a recorded football game when you already know the result. So we at IEEE Spectrum have trained our critical eye on the top 10 headlines of the next 12 months. These include a superfast wireless system, Chinese space launches, eerily silent electric race cars, and that recurring chestnut of tech news, the jet pack. By giving you the surprise and the delight now, we allow you to show the proper degree of detachment later on.


As civilian UAVs take to U.S. skies, they’ll face pushback—and perhaps a few shotguns










Start-up Oculus VR’s affordable headset incorporates smartphone technology










High-wattage EV racing will come to cities around the world








Big science takes on the human brainSpace Exploration



















Robots face off in first phase of DARPA’s Robotics ChallengeSatellites










Titan Aerospace’s high-flying drones could deliver satellite services without leaving the atmosphereAerospace



















Companies like Samsung, Micron, and SK Hynix bet that transistor redesigns and chip stacking will make memory smaller and fasterTelecom








More network capacity, faster data speeds, and better coverage will come from LTE-Advanced mobile technologies

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