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One decade of Deeptechs.. ready for convergence
Updated: Mar 31, 2021
We have introduced the acronym B.E.N.C.H. for the deeptech
- Biotechnologies
- Electronics
- Nanotechnologies
- Computation
- Humanities
Looking at 10 years of technologies from MIT and the World Economic Forum.
The next decade 2020-2030 will see the convergence of technologies and an acceleration of deeptech innovation. To understand the coming technologies shift we can look at one decade of enabling technologies.

Biotechnologies
Life science
Microneedles for Painless Injections and Tests
Whole-Genome Synthesis
Disordered Proteins as Drug Targets
Plasmonic materials
Electroceuticals
The Human Cell Atlas
DNA App Store
Immune Engineering
Separating Chromosomes
Synthetic Cells
Synthetic biology and metabolic engineering
Egg Stem Cells
Nanopore Sequencing
Cancer Genomics
Healthcare
Virtual Patients
Digital Medicine
Hyper-personalized medicine
Anti-aging drugs
Predicting preemies
Gut probe in a pill
Custom cancer vaccines
An ECG on your wrist
Personalised medicine
Implantable drug-making cells
Gene drive
Artificial Embryos
Genetic Fortune-Telling
Liquid biopsies
Genomic vaccines
Reversing Paralysis
Gene Therapy 2.0
Brain Organoids
Brain Mapping
Precise drug delivery through nanoscale engineering
Prenatal DNA Sequencing
Personalized medicine, nutrition and disease prevention
Food and Agriculture
Advanced Food Tracking and Packaging
The cow-free burger
Lab-grown meat
Precision farming
Precise Gene Editing in Plants
Agricultural Drones
Enhanced nutrition to drive health at the molecular level
Green Revolution 2.0 – technologies for increased food and biomass
Electronics & Nanotechnologies
City, Transportation & Space
Electric Aviation
Satellite mega-constellations
Sensing City
Sustainable design of communities
Self-Driving Trucks
Reusable Rockets
Car-to-Car Communication
OnLine Electric Vehicles (OLEV)
Robotics and Materials
Quantum Sensing
Tiny Lenses for Miniature Devices
Social Robots
Robot dexterity
3-D Metal Printing
Babel-Fish Earbuds
Materials’ Quantum Leap
Practical Quantum Computers
Robots That Teach Each Other
Nano-Architecture
Agile Robots
Microscale 3-D Printing
Ultraprivate Smartphones
3-D printing and remote manufacturing
Self-healing materials
Smart Watches
Nanoscale design of materials
Wireless power
Light-Field Photography
3-D Transistors
High-Speed Materials Discovery
Solid-State Batteries
Computing
Digital and Computing
Spatial Computing
Unhackable internet
Digital money
Quantum supremacy
Tiny AI
Differential privacy
Collaborative Telepresence
Smooth-talking AI assistants
Augmented reality
More capable digital helpers
Algorithms for quantum computers
AI for Everybody
Dueling Neural Networks
Perfect Online Privacy
Deep learning for visual tasks
Quantum computing
Paying with Your Face
The 360-Degree Selfie
Botnets of Things
Reinforcement Learning
Conversational Interfaces
Internet baloon
Virtual reality
Mobile Collaboration
Remote sensing
Big Data from Cheap Phones
Temporary Social Media
Deep Learning
Informatics for adding value to information
Enhanced education technology
A Faster Fourier Transform
Social Indexing
Gestural Interfaces
Homomorphic Encryption
Cloud Streaming
Crash-Proof Code
Humanities and others
Environment & Energy
Green Hydrogen
Sun-Powered Chemistry
Lower-Carbon Cement
Utility-Scale Storage of Renewable Energy
Climate change attribution
Bioplastics for a Circular Economy
Smarter Fertilizers Can Reduce Environmental Contamination
Safer Nuclear Reactors
New-wave nuclear power
Carbon dioxide catcher
Sanitation without sewers
Zero-Carbon Natural Gas
Harvesting clean water from air
Liquid fuels from sunshine
Affordable catalysts for green vehicles
Hot Solar Cells
Power from the Air
Megascale Desalination
Supercharged Photosynthesis
Smart Wind and Solar Power
Energy-efficient water purification
Carbon dioxide (CO2) conversion and use
Organic electronics and photovoltaics
Fourth-generation reactors and nuclear-waste recycling
Ultra-Efficient Solar Power
Supergrids
Utilization of carbon dioxide as a resource
High energy density power systems
Solar Microgrids
Smart Transformers
Example of technologies convergence
Biotechnology and Computing
AI-discovered molecules
DNA Data Storage
AI-led molecular design
Internet of DNA
Systems biology and computational modelling/simulation of chemical and biological systems
Health and Electronics
Technology Decade Long List
Microneedles for Painless Injections and Tests
Sun-Powered Chemistry
Virtual Patients
Spatial Computing
Digital Medicine
Electric Aviation
Lower-Carbon Cement
Quantum Sensing
Green Hydrogen
Whole-Genome Synthesis
Unhackable internet
Hyper-personalized medicine
Digital money
Anti-aging drugs
AI-discovered molecules
Satellite mega-constellations
Quantum supremacy
Tiny AI
Differential privacy
Climate change attribution
Bioplastics for a Circular Economy
Social Robots
Tiny Lenses for Miniature Devices
Disordered Proteins as Drug Targets
Smarter Fertilizers Can Reduce Environmental Contamination
Collaborative Telepresence
Advanced Food Tracking and Packaging
Safer Nuclear Reactors
DNA Data Storage
Utility-Scale Storage of Renewable Energy
Robot dexterity
New-wave nuclear power
Predicting preemies
Gut probe in a pill
Custom cancer vaccines
The cow-free burger
Carbon dioxide catcher
An ECG on your wrist
Sanitation without sewers
Smooth-talking AI assistants
Augmented reality
Personalised medicine
AI-led molecular design
More capable digital helpers
Implantable drug-making cells
Gene drive
Algorithms for quantum computers
Plasmonic materials
Lab-grown meat
Electroceuticals
3-D Metal Printing
Artificial Embryos
Sensing City
AI for Everybody
Dueling Neural Networks
Babel-Fish Earbuds
Zero-Carbon Natural Gas
Perfect Online Privacy
Genetic Fortune-Telling
Materials’ Quantum Leap
Liquid biopsies
Harvesting clean water from air
Deep learning for visual tasks
Liquid fuels from sunshine
The Human Cell Atlas
Precision farming
Affordable catalysts for green vehicles
Genomic vaccines
Sustainable design of communities
Quantum computing
Reversing Paralysis
Self-Driving Trucks
Paying with Your Face
Practical Quantum Computers
The 360-Degree Selfie
Hot Solar Cells
Gene Therapy 2.0
The Cell Atlas
Botnets of Things
Reinforcement Learning
Immune Engineering
Precise Gene Editing in Plants
Conversational Interfaces
Reusable Rockets
Robots That Teach Each Other
DNA App Store
SolarCity’s Gigafactory
Slack
Tesla Autopilot
Power from the Air
Magic Leap
Nano-Architecture
Car-to-Car Communication
Project Loon
Liquid Biopsy
Megascale Desalination
Apple Pay
Brain Organoids
Supercharged Photosynthesis
Internet of DNA
Agricultural Drones
Ultraprivate Smartphones
Brain Mapping
Neuromorphic Chips
Genome Editing
Microscale 3-D Printing
Mobile Collaboration
Oculus Rift
Agile Robots
Smart Wind and Solar Power
OnLine Electric Vehicles (OLEV)
3-D printing and remote manufacturing
Self-healing materials
Energy-efficient water purification
Carbon dioxide (CO2) conversion and use
Enhanced nutrition to drive health at the molecular level
Remote sensing
Precise drug delivery through nanoscale engineering
Organic electronics and photovoltaics
Fourth-generation reactors and nuclear-waste recycling
Smart Watches
Ultra-Efficient Solar Power
Memory Implants
Prenatal DNA Sequencing
Deep Learning
Additive Manufacturing
Big Data from Cheap Phones
Temporary Social Media
Supergrids
Baxter: The Blue-Collar Robot
Informatics for adding value to information
Synthetic biology and metabolic engineering
Green Revolution 2.0 – technologies for increased food and biomass
Nanoscale design of materials
Systems biology and computational modelling/simulation of chemical and biological systems
Utilization of carbon dioxide as a resource
Wireless power
High energy density power systems
Personalized medicine, nutrition and disease prevention
Enhanced education technology
Egg Stem Cells
Ultra-Efficient Solar
Light-Field Photography
Solar Microgrids
3-D Transistors
A Faster Fourier Transform
Nanopore Sequencing
Crowdfunding
High-Speed Materials Discovery
Facebook's Timeline
Social Indexing
Smart Transformers
Gestural Interfaces
Cancer Genomics
Solid-State Batteries
Homomorphic Encryption
Cloud Streaming
Crash-Proof Code
Separating Chromosomes
Synthetic Cells