7 Days Of Technology

By: Donna Murdoch

1) Computing: A new quantum computer that “computes without running” set a record for counterfactual computation

efficiency.

2) Communication: By 2016, China will complete a 2000 km – long quantum communications network that could be

impossible to hack.

3) Medical: A device that can keep a heart beating outside the human body has proven successful. This device will lead to more successful

heart transplants.

4) Space

A company is working with NASA to develop “tractor beams” for small

satellites. This same company

developed a magnetic hover-

board.

5) Robotics

Thanks to a robotic

exoskeleton a 39-year-old

man, who had been

paralyzed for 4 years, can now control

his leg muscles.

6) Space: Construction will begin on the world’s largest digital camera (3.2 gigapixels) for photographing the night sky.

7) Material

A polymer made with proteins

derived from squid teeth can repair

itself to be as strong as

before using only water.

8) Robotics: A robot that has been trained to spot and assassinate coral-killing starfish will soon begin trials in the

Great Barrier Reef.