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Top-10 Emerging Technologies 2021

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What are the breakthrough technologies that will transform our world in the next few years?

Scientific American and the World Economic Forum present their annual top-ten emerging tech report.

The two people who led the work - Mariette DiChristina, Dean of the College of Communication at Boston University, and Bernie Meyerson, Chief Innovation Officer Emeritus at IBM - talk to Radio Davos host Robin Pomeroy and Sophie Bushwick, Technology Editor at Scientific American.

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Mariette DiChristina

Dean, College of Communication, Boston University

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