A lot of people may have felt like the world was coming to an end in 2016, but new technology-driven products and prototypes have also offered a lot to look forward to. For our review of the year, deputy editor Rima Sabina Aouf has selected 10 of the best.

Sewage-sampling robots will help eliminate diseases within cities
Robots could soon be infiltrating urban sewage systems to identify potential outbreaks of disease before they happen, according to architect and MIT professor Carlo Ratti, who together with his team has created a sewage-sampling robot prototype called Luigi.
According to Ratti, the biological data Luigi collects could be used to create a map of human health that would help scientists predict outbreaks of disease and possibly prevent them. Read more about Carlo Ratti's sewage-sampling robot ?

Wearable devices will present you with augmented reality...
If Pokémon GO familiarised a wide audience with augmented reality for the first time, wearable devices are poised to make the most of the technology that overlays digital information on the real world.
This year, LA-based augmented reality company Daqri unveiled a smart hardhat that gives workers additional layers of information about their surroundings, while architect Greg Lynn used the Microsoft HoloLens to design his contribution to the US Pavilion at the Venice Biennale.
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...which you'll control by swiping your own body
The rise of wearable devices has presented ...