Here’s how to make it work for us again… and 35 young innovators leading the charge. CNET news editors and reporters provide top technology news, with investigative reporting and in-depth coverage of tech issues and events. Developers of generation IV fission designs, such as Canada’s Terrestrial Energy and Washington-based TerraPower, have entered into R&D partnerships with utilities, aiming for grid supply (somewhat optimistically, maybe) by the 2020s.Small modular reactors typically produce in the tens of megawatts of power (for comparison, a traditional nuclear reactor produces around 1,000 MW). Environmental enteric dysfunction (EED) may be one of the costliest diseases you’ve never heard of. Why don’t you connect with Bernard on Twitter (@bernardmarr), LinkedIn (https://uk.linkedin.com/in/bernardmarr) or instagram (bernard.marr)?Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. The NEWgenerator toilet, designed at the University of South Florida, filters out pollutants with an anaerobic membrane, which has pores smaller than bacteria and viruses. Virtual and augmented reality will become increasingly prevalent for training and simulation, as well as offering new ways to interact with customers.Blockchain is a technology trend that I have covered extensively this year, and yet you’re still likely to get blank looks if you mention it in non-tech-savvy company. During 2019 some commentators began to argue that the technology was over-hyped and perhaps not as useful as first thought. During 2020, we will see wider adoption and a growing pool of providers that are likely to start offering more tailored applications and services for specific or specialized tasks. The OpenAI team got around this by adding randomness to the virtual training, giving the robot a proxy for the messiness of reality.We’ll need further breakthroughs for robots to master the advanced dexterity needed in a real warehouse or factory. Read full articles, watch videos, browse thousands of titles and more on the "Technology" topic with Google News. They’re attached to a flexible string-like tether that provides power and light while sending images to a briefcase-like console with a monitor. We already …

... Surgical Safety Technologies Operating Room Black Box. “That recipe push is a huge part of the cost savings and the justification for doing this.”The overarching goal with Azure Sphere, Wile says, is to shift from reactive maintenance to a predictive approach that heads off issues before they happen. During 2020, it's likely we will start to see the debate around autonomous driving spread outside of the tech world, as more and more people come round to the idea that the question is not "if," but "when," it will become a reality.Technology is currently transforming healthcare at an unprecedented rate. In June 2018, researchers at OpenAI developed a technique that trains an AI on unlabeled text to avoid the expense and time of categorizing and tagging all the data manually. It’s been tested on adolescents in Pakistan, where EED is prevalent, and infant testing is planned for 2019.The little probe will help researchers answer questions about EED’s development—such as which cells it affects and whether bacteria are involved—and evaluate interventions and potential treatments.The treatment incites the body’s natural defenses to destroy only cancer cells by identifying mutations unique to each tumorScientists are on the cusp of commercializing the first personalized cancer vaccine. Neither trend bodes well for climate change—especially because as people escape poverty, they tend to eat more meat.By that date, according to the predictions, humans will consume 70% more meat than they did in 2005.