Class B: active research / frontier¶
49 technologies
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1 / AI scientist / artificial scientific intelligence
Scientific validity, evaluation, tool reliability, verification
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Assay/measurement reliability, robotics, contamination, semantics
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Dexterity, robustness, cost, energy, maintenance
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10 / Rapid/universal vaccine platforms
Breadth, durability, manufacturing, trials
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Cell-state control, integration, overgrowth, manufacturing
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Data/model bias, synthesis, characterization
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14 / Robot factories / highly automated manufacturing
Flexibility, downtime, QA, economics
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16 / Long-duration energy storage
Cost, lifetime, efficiency, materials
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Dynamic regulation, integration, durability
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19 / Medical robots / automated surgery
Perception, tissue interaction, certification, human oversight
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21 / Organoids / miniature artificial tissues
Vascularization, reproducibility, model validity
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Translation, assay validity, synthesis, safety
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Interface stability, adaptation, biocompatibility
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Site variability, tolerances, regulation
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Trust, manipulation, cost, reliability
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Adversarial adaptation, false positives, autonomy limits
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Mechanism, repeatability, fatigue, cost
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Actuation range, fatigue, manufacturing
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40 / Holographic/spatial interfaces
Display physics, compute, capture
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Confinement, heat exhaust, materials, tritium, economics
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43 / Next-generation batteries
Interfaces, cycle life, safety, scale
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44 / Synthetic-biology manufacturing
Yield, evolution, contamination, scale
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45 / Engineered microbes for environmental remediation
Containment, evolution, ecosystem effects
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Delivery, clearance, specificity, manufacturing
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Vascularization, maturation, QC
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48 / Broad-spectrum antiviral platforms
Resistance, breadth, safety
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49 / Healthspan/rejuvenation therapies
Mechanisms, biomarkers, long horizons
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52 / Programmable matter - primitive forms
Actuation density, power, coordination
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53 / Quantum computers for useful niches
Error correction, algorithms, hardware scaling
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54 / Room-temperature/ambient-pressure superconductivity
Discovery and reproducible evidence
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55 / Artificial-womb technology
Developmental biology, interfaces, ethics
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Learnability, bandwidth, adaptation
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Mechanism, state representation, long-term effects
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58 / Non-invasive neural interfaces
Signal-to-noise, spatial specificity
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61 / Cheap reusable orbital transportation
Reliability, turnaround, propulsion, economics
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62 / Space tugs and orbital logistics
Rendezvous, propulsion, refueling, economics
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63 / Satellite servicing and refueling
Interfaces, autonomy, standards
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Precision, metrology, autonomy
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Process value, quality, economics
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66 / Self-repairing spacecraft
Diagnosis, spares, repairability
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67 / Autonomous interplanetary robots
Latency, autonomy, radiation/thermal
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Dust, energy, repair, resource processing
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Resource inference, mission cost
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76 / Nuclear thermal/electric deep-space propulsion
Power density, heat, materials, regulation
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79 / Reversible human torpor/suspended animation
Mechanism, organ protection, recovery
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80 / High-quality organ/brain cryopreservation
Ice/vitrification damage, scale, validation
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Genome/development/ecosystem effects
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82 / Engineered artificial ecosystems
Robustness, adaptation, containment
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83 / Living buildings / biological machinery
Durability, interfaces, evolution