https://www.technologyreview.com/lists/technologies/2018/

            The article reveals a list of ten technologies the Technology Review staff believe are the breakthroughs in 2018.  I have listed three that are most interesting to me below.

1.  3D – Metal Printing: 3 – D printing has been around for decades but most affordable printing has been done using plastics.  Now 3D – metal printing has become practical and has the potential to replace other manufacturing methods.
2.  Artificial Embryos – Using only stem cells with no eggs and sperm, embryologists at the University of Cambridge have grown mouse embryos. Although they could not have grown into mice, the article says we could soon see mammals born without an egg.
3.  Sensing City -  Alphabet’s Sidewalk Labs is working on a project named Quayside in Toronto’s industrial waterfront. The project’s goal is to make decisions about design, technology, and policy based on information received from myriads of sensors that obtain data about air quality, noise levels, people’s activities, and everything else. Sidewalk Labs has said they will open access to the software and systems for others who can then build services on top of them.