It's always interesting to track these type of 'technology innovation awards' winners, as they often give a sneak preview of times to come.
The Wall Street Journal's 2011 winners are not really a surprise, at least not for the first 2 ones: making heart cells from stem cells surely is a massive breakthrough (bio)technology, and retrieving biofuel from water and sunlight would certainly help us a long way in dealing with climate change.
The third one -IBM's supercomputer Watson- got me puzzled a bit at first... surely an 'omni-knowledgable' computer is nothing more than a nice gadget? Not necessarily, as mentioned in the video. It could also help making quicker decisions, for instance in determining complex patient treatments. I wonder what else it could be used for...
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