From a super strong moldable glue, to 3D food printers, and laboratories growing human bones, these are the big ideas from some of science’s brightest minds.
These seven “tech superheroes” are set to have a major impact on our lives in the next 12 months, according to Shivvy Jervis, creator and presenter of innovation series, Digital Futures.
She predicts the ones to watch in 2015.
1. The tech-for-good contender
Who: Rosalind Picard, co-founder of computing and human analytics start-up Empatica, and researcher at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s media lab.
Nationality: American
Age: 52
Big idea: A smartwatch, called “Embrace,” that uses sensors to gauge the wearer’s stress levels and provide medical readings.
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Age: 41
Big idea: One of the world’s largest databases of genetic information about individuals — allowing consumers to have access to their own genetic information and commercial and academic researchers to better understand and develop new drugs and diagnostics.
Why it matters: By virtue of being web-based, it is greatly economical and has reduced the high costs associated with research spending.
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The opinions expressed in this story are solely those of Shivvy Jervis.
