5 of promising technologies, which are put modern millionaires
Trends Technologies / / December 19, 2019
1. Renewable energy
Environmentally friendly technology is increasingly attracting investors. So, a group of billionaires, including Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos, Jack Ma, Michael Bloomberg and Richard Branson founded the Breakthrough Energy Ventures fund. His goal - to make sure that everyone on the planet had a good standard of living (including electricity, health food, comfortable accommodation and transport), which does not aggravate climate change.
Foundation selects companies able to reduce the global emission of greenhouse gases by at least 0.5 Gt annually. Also important is the feasibility in terms of science and "filling the gaps". This means that the fund is more likely to invest in the areas of green energy, which are still little exploited.
While Breakthrough Energy Ventures has invested in 14 companies involved in electricity storage systems, the generation of geothermal energy and nuclear fusion energy.
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2. spaceflight
Entrepreneurs Elon Musk and Richard Branson are actively investing in the development of space technologies and have their own company, which is developing in this industry. SpaceX and Virgin Galactic Mask Branson tend to make the dream of human settlements beyond our planet reality.
They are not far behind and head Amazon Jeff BezosWhich is considered the richest man in the world. He founded the aerospace company Blue Origin. In 2019 she joined the list of those that NASA has selected to design and produce prototypes for spacecraft landing on the moon.
3. Artificial Intelligence
For entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley is one of the most popular areas of investment. So, Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk, together with other investors invested $ 40 million in the company Vicarious, which seeks to create artificial intelligence general level (artificial general intelligence, or AGI) and teach robots train.
A billionaire Mark Cuban among others invest in speech recognition technology. Now almost all consumer electronics manufacturers want to integrate voice run in their products, and investors believe the scope is very promising. "Voice activation will change the consumer electronics, - says Cuban. - I think that all of the devices over time without voice or touch start to disappear. "
And it is invested not only in the Amazon company, which itself is investing heavily in the development of speech technologies, but in small startups. Cuban said that at the Consumer Electronics Show Consumer Electronics Show, it draws on the past particularly close attention. "I look to the stands of small companies from around the world, - the businessman said. - Those with only one table, usually have the most exciting technology. "
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4. biotechnology
Awareness of approaching old age has led many to think about health. When you are very rich, you can not only play sports and eat properly, but also to invest in new drugs that slow aging. And more and get a nice profit in the process.
Biotechnology - a very promising area for investment, invested in them, and venture capitalists, and the Giants rank Bezos and Gates. For example, the founder of the news agency Bloomberg Michael Bloomberg has invested in the development of microbiological methods of treatment. Richard Branson - in Doctor On Demand app that allows you to remotely consult with experts. Bill Gates - the company Ginkgo Bioworks, projecting microorganisms to order. A founder of PayPal, Peter Thiel - to cure immune diseases.
5. life extension
Today digitization of consciousness - the most probable variant of immortality. Scientists are looking for ways to achieve it, and millionaires are actively investing in such projects.
It is already possibleHow DNA can store digital data store digital data using a synthetic DNA. For that zeros and ones are encoded as a series of proteins (A, T, C, G) and the synthesized DNA molecule. Such a molecule is stored in a test tube and can be solved by using special equipment.
With this technology could fit all the information of the Internet in a box from under the shoe.
Of course, mind uploading to a computer - is the reverse process. But the very fact that we can already combine digital technology and natural phenomenon, sounds promising. Futurist and inventor Ray Kurzweil believes that "we're going to lose more of its biological nature as long as the abiotic part does not become dominant, and will not lose its biological importance. "
In addition, millionaires and other interested option life extension - cryogenic freezing. During her body is cooled to -196 ℃, after which it can be stored indefinitely. In theory it is possible to freeze the body immediately after death and revive in the future when medical technologies become more sophisticated, and we will be able to cure deadly diseases.
While we are not able to revive the thawed body, but many are optimistic. For example, Dennis Kowalski, Director of the Organization of American Cryonics Institute, calls the process of freezing "ambulance that carries into the future."
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