The beginning, or end, of every year is marked by an eruption of Top 10 lists. Permit me to start with my top pick, the annual Notre Dame Reilly Center Top 10 List of Ethical Dilemmas and Policy Issues in Science and Technology. Would you really want your car to do that? Forget about the prospect of your kids one day taking your keys away when you fail an eye or reflex test. And what happens if your car itself becomes a bit neurotic, consumed with your safety.

There's no doubt that Elon Musk is one busy individual. When not playing on the Tesla factory floor, he may be bringing electric roofs to electric vehicles, or dreaming up the Hyperloop, or toying with the future of AI. If not any of those, he is apparently busy protecting us from being treated like house pets after the Singularity. To that end, the billionaire polymath has revealed he may be working on something called a "neural lace." Discussed in a conversation at the Code Conference, Musk touched on a number of topics, including this fascinating "brain hacking" tech.