2010s Technological Timeline
Updated 28 Dec 2019
Based on data by Jerome Glenn in his Year in Review
series. Specific dates in a given year are not exact.
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Created byVictor V. Motti
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Synthetic biology breakthrough creating an artificial life form.More electronic than paper books sold by Amazon.Frozen water discovered on the Moon – One the lunar pole about 600 million metric tons (158 billion gallons) in 40 craters.More Internet users in China than the entire population of the USAProgrammable quantum photonic chipLarge Hadron Collider discovered a particle composed of a quark and anti-quarkSuper High Vision 7,680 by 4,320 parcels created by Sharp is 16 times HD resolutionIBM Watson computer beats human Jeopardy championsRobonaut 2 humanoid robot (without legs) on International Space StationSpace Shuttle retiredTablet computersHiggs-like Particle discovered that may explain how matter is createdSkydive from the edge of space (24 miles) going faster than sound (Mach 1.24)Big Data becomes popular subject for decisionmakers to explore how to useChina’s third human space launch carring the first Chinese woman into space rendezvoused with China’s Space LabSpaceX’s Dragon is the first successful private sector station re-supply vehicleMars Landing of Curiosity RobotChina proposes space power collaboration with IndiaDriverless cars by Google are legal in US (California, Florida, and Nevada)The were 628 recorded cyber-attacks over a 24 hour period on July 24, 2013 with majority targeting the USA. President Obama annouces Human Brain InitiativeGoogle Glass demonstratedHiggs particle confirmed that gives rise to matterHuman adult cell nuclei inserted in egg cells with previous nuclei removed that produced new embryonic stem cells clonded for new stem cell lineFirst hamburger publically cooked and tested from pure meat tissue grown without growing a cowElon Musk continues private sector space program SpaceX Falcon 9 launching a geostationery satellite at 1/3 the costChina lands a robot rover on the Moon, India launches spacecraft to MarsNearly 40% of humanity uses the InternetA computer program Board of Directors Member for Deep Knowledge Ventures. Brain to brain computer mediated communications demonstratedFirst successful use of Simon’s algorithm on D-wave quantum computingPrivate drones and computer rist watches begin to proliferate3D Printer on the International Space Station prints a socket wrenchAntares rocket, SpaceX, and Virgin Galactic spacecrafts crash/blowupIndia’s spacecraft reached Mars; European‘s spacecraft landed on a comet. Hybrid synthetic DNA replicated and grew (A third base pare (d5SICS and dNaM) added to natural E.coli DNA two base pairs (A-T & C-G)Vertical landing of two kinds of reusable rocket sectionsFly-by of Pluto video transmission received3D printing and drones became mainstreamSolar Impluse – solar electric airplane circumnavigates the globeSkin cells turned into stem cellsRunning water discovered on MarsGravitational waves detected from the collision of two black holesGene editing made much easier via CRISPR, could alter human evolution by germ-line engieeringRapid progress in genome editing with CRISPR-Cas9Google’s AlphaGo Beat Korean Go championAI’s rapid proliferation from Google’s Translate to Amazon ‘s EchoFirst vertical return landing of space rocketMicrosoft’s HoloLensNASA’s Juno went into Jupiter’s orbit on July 4thUS and Russia stay in the International Space Station for record 340 daysBaby born in Mexico with DNA from 3 parents (mitochondrial transfer)Most babies born this year are likely to see the year 2100First successful human embryo genetically editedChina announced quantum entanglement between satellite and ground stationSpaceX relaunched and re-landing a used Falcon 9 rocket booster saving $18 million per launch.. First observation of gravitational waves from collision of two neutron starsQuantum entanglement with 10 qubits on a superconducting circuit achievedNarrow AI proliferates from medical diagnosis to home assistants; even an AI robot opened a conference in South Korea and given citizenship in Saudi ArabiaFusion maintained for 100 seconds Wendelstein 7-XChina doctor uses CRISPR-cas9 for first gene edited embryo (to prevent AIDS)IBM's Project Debater AI defeated a human in a debateNASA returned to Mars for analysis inside of the planet107 of 109 space launches successful; SpaceX delivered 64 satellites on one rocketElon Musk launched a Tesla car in space to test payload capacity of new rocketChina launched spacecraft to land on the far side of the moon in JanuaryVoyager 2 left the solar system (Voyager 1 left in 2012)About 2 million drones fly in the US expect dramatic increases worldwide10-minute cancer test developed in Australia5G wireless telecommunications technologyBased on program upgrades, four additional binary black hole mergers detected from data recorded in 2015, 2016, and 2017 – bringing the total to 10 black hole mergers and one binary neutron-star mergerPlant-based hamburgers go mainstream in KFC, Berger King, McDonalds, othersDeep fake software publically available decentralized information warfareNeurolink connects single neurons to single sensors connected to external computerSpace X launches 60 Internet SatellitesChina first to land on the dark side of the Moon.First photo of a Black HolePublic quantum computing via the IBM cloud; Google (54 qubits) quantum supremacy (not publically available) passed China which has 50-cubit device
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