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Significant events that have occurred in 2018 in all fields of technology, including computing, robotics, electronics, as well as any other areas of technology as well, including any machines, devices, or other technological developments, occurrences, and items.
Raspberry Pi, a bare-bones, low-cost credit-card sized computer created by volunteers mostly drawn from academia and the UK tech industry, is released to help teach children to code. [9] [10] September 11 Intel demonstrates its Next Unit of Computing, a motherboard measuring only 4 × 4 in (10 × 10 cm). [11] October 4
Wireless headphones saw technological advancements and a large growth in usage. [28] Wireless charging for smartphones became more popular, with companies such as Samsung and Apple releasing wireless charging phones and chargers. [29] Smart watches became more widespread in usage, with over 175 million of them sold in 2018. [30]
A number of significant scientific events occurred in 2015. Gene editing based on CRISPR got significantly improved. A new human-like species, Homo naledi, was first described. Gravitational waves were observed for the first time (announced publicly in 2016), and dwarf planets Pluto and Ceres were visited by spacecraft for the first time.
Another major project is the BMBF project RES-COM, [77] as well as the Cluster of Excellence "Integrative Production Technology for High-Wage Countries". [78] In 2015, the European Commission started the international Horizon 2020 research project CREMA (cloud-based rapid elastic manufacturing) as a major initiative to foster the Industry 4.0 ...
2015 - Navya SAS launch first autonomous bus, Navya Autonom Shuttle at Sheba Medical Center, Israel. [63] 2016 - First hydrogen fuel cell powered passenger aircraft flight DLR HY4. 2017 - First 100% low-floor tram Ground-level power supply technology, TramWave, opening of Zhuhai tram China. [64] 2018 - First driverless trams in Potsdam, Germany ...
Emerging technology Status Potential applications Related articles Active structure: Research, development, commercialization Adaptive structures that respond to different conditions, or supermassive buildings and infrastructure (e.g. space fountains)
2015: CRISPR genome-editing method [554] 2017: Google publishes a research paper "Attention Is All You Need" leading to the development into a new deep learning architecture known as the transformer. [555] 2018: Single-cell sequencing [556] 2019: IBM launches IBM Q System One, its first integrated quantum computing system for commercial use.