From the Editor

摘要

Every year, MIT Technology Review picks the 10 technologies we think most likely to change the world. (This year, for the first time, we are calling them "10 breakthrough technologies" instead of "emerging technologies." Why? "Emerging" has a specific meaning inside the academy and the startups that spin out of universities; but the adjective is a kind of jargon, and the word didn't mean much to most of our readers. "Breakthrough" seemed clearer and more accurate.)