A computer beats the reigning human champion of Go, a game harder than chess.
Another is composing classical music. Labs are creating life-forms from
synthetic DNA. A doctor designs an artificial trachea, uses a 3D printer to
produce it, and implants it and saves a child's life.
Astonishing technological advances like these are arriving in increasing
numbers. Scholar and entrepreneur Vivek Wadhwa uses this book to alert us to
dozens of them and raise important questions about what they may mean for us.
Breakthroughs such as personalized genomics, self-driving vehicles, drones, and
artificial intelligence could make our lives healthier, safer, and easier. But
the same technologies raise the