Hard Problems, Elegant Solutions, Big Impact

April 18, 2011 Off By David
Object Storage
Grazed from MIT Technology Review.  Author: Jason Pontin.

Every year, Technology Review selects the 10 emerging technologies we think have the greatest potential to transform the world. Judging by Web traffic and by newsstand sales of the printed magazine, it is one of our most popular recurring features. But while readers like the 10 technologies, I don’t know if they always understand our choices.

The most common question I receive from readers about the "10 Emerging Technologies" issue is "How do you choose the technologies?" (Among the next-most-frequently-asked questions is "Why didn’t you choose my technology?" or "How can I get you to choose my technology next year?" or something of the kind.)