Princeton Inventions Recognized as Two of Top Ten Technologies for 2009 (news item)

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<p>Princeton</a> University - Princeton innovations named top emerging technologies for 2009</p>

<p>Technology</a> Review: 10 Emerging Technologies 2009</p>

<p>Technology</a> Review: TR10: HashCache</p>

<p>Technology</a> Review: TR10: $100 Genome</p>

<p>“Technology Review magazine has named two innovations by Princeton researchers -- a method for dramatically improving Web access in developing nations and a technique for sequencing DNA more cheaply and quickly -- to its 2009 list of "10 technologies that can change the way we live." </p>

<p>The magazine, which annually assesses leading researchers and their work, reported that one of the innovations, by computer scientists Vivek Pai, Anirudh Badam and colleagues, could make Internet access more affordable around the world. </p>

<p>The magazine noted that the other invention, developed in the labs of engineering professor Steven Chou and physics professor Robert Austin, could lead to a way to sequence DNA "so fast and cheap that an entire human genome can be read in eight hours for $100 or less."</p>

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<p>Of the other eight innovations recognized by the magazine, two originated at Stanford and one each at Berkeley, Georgia Tech, Harvard and MIT. The two remaining innovations came from commercial research not associated with a university.</p>

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<p>That last one (the $100 Genome sequencer) is incredibly legit.</p>

<p>I remember reading an article a year or so ago in Scientific American about how it was becoming entirely possible to get your entire genome sequenced, but that it costs about $5000.</p>

<p>If they really get it down to $100, every American can get it.</p>

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<p>Yea that one really interested me too, i dont get how they can work with things that small though</p>

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<p>nanotechnology/quantum physics, broskie ;)</p>

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<p>not 100% sure I'm making the right reference here, buuut Gattaca much?
wouldn't everybody getting their DNA sequenced create a few problems?
or am I just being a bit paranoid</p>

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<p>i dont think they are changing the actual dna traits just mapping them out...</p>

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<p>I got that
I mean discrimination based on what your DNA codes for-i.e. no insurance for people more likely to get heart attacks etc...</p>

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<p>However, none of these princeton scientists graduated from princeton.
Most of them received degree from Harvard,MIT etc...</p>

<p>Is there any Princeton graduate (who actually received "Degree") from Princeton ??</p>

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<p>@Galles</p>

<p>sry just had a convo about gattaca in AP Lit and we talked about genetically engineering our children, thought that is what you were refering to</p>