Submitted by CARPE DIEM

MIT Researchers Point to Potential Economy-boosting Technologies (link)

As the economy appears to falter and as more Americans fear that the country is on the wrong track, here’s something to keep in mind: There is hope on the horizon.

History is filled with examples of how technology helped usher in new eras of prosperity. The rise of the Internet is a good case in point: Few people who experienced the economic recession of the early 1990s could have foreseen how the Web and related information technologies would improve their lives and unleash whole new industries within a few short years.

To help build the case for optimism, the MIT News Office asked a collection of MIT faculty and researchers for their thoughts on the potentially life-altering technologies that lie just around the corner. Here’s a sample of what they said:

Bioengineering
Biosolar Cells
Digital Fabrication
Education
Electrochemical Energy
Embedded Electronics
Fusion
Life Extension
Mitigating Autism
Problem Solving
Robots
Sustainable Cities
Transcending Technology

Thanks to Craig Newmark for the pointer

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