Quick heads up, the World Economic Forum released a Special Report covering what it considers to the the top 10 emerging technologies of 2020 that “have the greatest potential to positively transform society and industry. The technologies listed include:

  1. Microneedles for Painless Injections and Tests (tiny needles resulting in fewer trips to medical labs make care more accessible)
  2. Sun-Powered Chemistry (visible light that can drive processes that convert carbon dioxide into common materials)
  3. Virtual Patients (replacing humans with simulations could make clinical trials faster and safer)
  4. Spatial Computing (advancements beyond virtual and augmented reality)
  5. Digital Medicine (apps that diagnose and even treat)
  6. Electric Aviation (enabling air travel to decarbonize)
  7. Lower-Carbon Cement (construction material that combats climate change)
  8. Quantum Sensing (high-precision metrology based on the peculiarities of the subatomic realm)
  9. Green Hydrogen (zero-carbon energy to supplement wind and solar)
  10. Whole-Genome Synthesis (next-level cell engineering)

Check out the website here.  Happy reading!

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Dan Shores is a partner at  Rothwell, Figg and founder of its Boston office. He serves companies operating in dynamic biotech and other markets building patent portfolios, litigating complex patent disputes, negotiating strategic collaborations, and conducting due diligence and landscape investigations. Dan has…

Dan Shores is a partner at  Rothwell, Figg and founder of its Boston office. He serves companies operating in dynamic biotech and other markets building patent portfolios, litigating complex patent disputes, negotiating strategic collaborations, and conducting due diligence and landscape investigations. Dan has served companies utilizing the following technologies (without limitation): mRNA; lipid nanoparticles; CAR-T; oligonucleotides; genetically engineered swine organs for xenotransplantation; artificial intelligence for drug discovery; small molecules; biologics, materials science, and numerous other technologies throughout his 20-year career. Dan has a B.S. in engineering with a specialization in materials science from the University of New Hampshire and a J.D. from the Georgetown University Law Center. He is a registered patent attorney licensed to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office, and is admitted to practice law in Massachusetts and in the District of Columbia. He is a member of the bars of the Supreme Court of the United States, United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, and United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts.