Top Tech 2025: Underwater Living, Reversible Computing, Actorless Cinema, and Other Things to Watch for in the Year Ahead
Samuel K. Moore, Emily Waltz, Matthew S. Smith, Emily Waltz, Yu-Tzu Chiu · IEEE Spectrum · 2025
This issue will take you around the world, into the sea, and deep underground—not necessarily in that order. Let's start underground, where lie the precious rare earth minerals that make the world of technology go round. New tech is in the offing that could break China's lock on the global supply. China has the same concerns about its supply of uranium, which is why it's pioneering thorium-fueled nuclear energy.