Brain machine tools
In 2023, since a brain transplant allowed a paralyzed man to walk at a research center in Switzerland, a lot of research is going on in this field. Elon Musk’s Neuralink recently received approval for a clinical trial in Canada to test a brain implant that could allow paralyzed people to control devices with their thoughts.
And watch for more discussion about what these developments mean for intellectual rights and intellectual privacy. Unesco should adopt a recommendation on intellectual rights by November 2025, including the right to intellectual privacy and the ethics of neurotechnologies. When some experts warn of the way companies can monitor the brain waves of their employees with headsets, this could become a major topic of debate.
A quantum computer
At the end of 2024, Google announced that it has come out with a new quantum computer processor called Willow, which reduces the rate of errors that quantum computers tend to make. Although practical quantum computers are still some way off, a lot of money is being poured into quantum computing and 2025 has been designated the international UN year of quantum science and technology, so watch this space for of other developments.
Nuclear fusion
Another area that attracts a lot of money is nuclear fusion, with the goal of reaching an operational nuclear power plant within the next decade. One event towards the end of 2025 could be the completion of the Sparc reactor being built by the Commonwealth Fusion company in Massachusetts, with the aim of producing more energy than is needed to strengthen the reaction itself.
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