The MIT Technology Review has released a list of technologies it believes will make the most impact over the next 12 months, including smarter cities, genetic fortune telling and "babel fish" earphones.
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology's magazine has published the annual list online in its March/April 2018 issue, and based its contents on the innovations that will shape the coming year.
"What Tech Review looks for when selecting the list is to identify what will have a profound effect on our lives," said a statement from the institution, based in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
The team's choices are based on recently announced projects, products and research, for example, Sidewalk Labs' plans to build a high-tech urban district in Toronto spells a breakthrough in the idea of a "sensing city". A new technique in artificial intelligence called GANs ? which gives machines imagination ? could soon be integrated into cloud services to make them cheaper and easier to use, MIT predict.

The Technology Review also believes the launch of Google's Pixel Buds, which translate languages in near-real-time, could spark a wave of "babel fish" products that provide similar assistance.
Advances in stem-cell research, genetic studies and clean energy production are among other innovations that feature.
The list also mentions the companies that are pioneering each of the technologies in question, with giants like Google, ?Amazon, JPMorgan Chase and ...