Which tech is most likely to transform the world? ZDNet

Which technologies have the greatest potential to transform the world over the next decade? The National Football League is teaming up with Sleep Number to help its players use big data and machine learning to improve their sleep and boost performance. Research and advisory firm Lux Research set out to find the answer, applying its in-house data analysis platform and the expertise of its global technical team to identify and rank the 18 most transformative technologies. The firm's newly released "18 for 2018" report covers everything "from current rock stars of innovation to hidden gem technologies." At the top of the list of potentially transformative technologies is machine learning and deep neural networks.