The document lists the top 10 emerging technologies for 2012, including using stem cells from egg tissue to create new eggs or rejuvenate existing ones, highly efficient solar cells, light-field photography cameras that can adjust images after shooting, solar-powered microgrids to power rural villages, 3D transistors for smaller mobile devices that use less power, an improved algorithm for processing data streams, nanopore DNA sequencing to make genome sequencing routine, crowdfunding as an alternative to venture capital, high-speed testing to discover new battery materials, and Facebook's restructuring of user data to benefit advertisers and help users explore digital autobiographies.

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Top Ten Emerging Technologies 2012

2. Top Ten Emerging Technologies 2012

3. 1/10 Egg Stem Cells
Stem cells in ovarian tissue could form new eggs or be user to
rejuvenate a woman's existing eggs
Jonathan Tilly, Ova Science, Boston

4. 2/10 Ultra Efficient Solar
Tiny solar cells can convert a high proportion of sunlight
into electricity without requiring cooling
Semprius, Durham, North Carolina

5. 3/10 Light-Field Photography
A camera lets images be adjusted after the shot
Lytro, Mountain View, California

6. 4/10 Solar Microgrids
Solar-powered microgrids will let rural villagers light their
homes and charge cell phones for less money
Mera Gao Power, Reusa, India

7. 5/10 3D Transistors
Controlling Transistors that use less electricity and can be
packed closer together will result in smaller, more
powerful mobile devices
Intel, Santa Clara, California

8. 6/10 A Faster Fourier Transform
A new algorithm for processing streams of data will lead to
better multimedia devices
MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts

9. 7/10 Nanopore Sequencing
Reading long DNA strandes electronically could male
genome sequencing a routine medical procedure
Oxford Nanopore, Oxford, UK

10. 8/10 Crowdfunding
An alternative to angel or venture capital investment helps
fund tech startups
Kick Starter, New York City

11. 9/10 High Speed Materials Discovery
High-throughput testing speeds the discovery of new
battery materials
Wildcat Discovery Technologies, San Diego, California

12. 10/10 Facebook's Timeline
Structuring vast amounts of user-generated data will
benefit advertisers and help users explore their digital
autobiographies

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