{"id":4739,"date":"2020-10-22T15:36:13","date_gmt":"2020-10-22T04:36:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.alexshoolman.com\/blog\/?p=4739"},"modified":"2024-08-08T10:26:40","modified_gmt":"2024-08-08T00:26:40","slug":"2020-the-year-core-technologies-advanced-in-every-field","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alexshoolman.com\/blog\/2020\/10\/22\/2020-the-year-core-technologies-advanced-in-every-field\/","title":{"rendered":"2020 &#8211; The Year Core Technologies Advanced In Every Field"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Many people are saying that 2020 is a giant, huge, stinking dumpster fire of a year and I honestly can&#8217;t really disagree with that on many fronts. Recessions, loss of life, job losses and more is not good.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today though I want to look to the <strong><em>brighter<\/em><\/strong> side of 2020 as there has been a huge amount of good stuff happening even with all the negatives of COVID-19. So let&#8217;s dive into the categories and see what&#8217;s launched, why it&#8217;s amazing and hopefully you too can agree that 2020 hasn&#8217;t been <strong><em>all bad.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Due to the huge number of new technologies released and tracked, I&#8217;m not going to go into detail on all of them. I&#8217;ve also highlighted some of the more major advances <mark>in yellow<\/mark>. If you&#8217;d like more info please follow the link!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Machine Learning<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.technologyreview.com\/2020\/10\/16\/1010566\/ai-machine-learning-with-tiny-data\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">LO-Shot Learning Invented<\/a> (brand new AI training technique to enable current AI levels with only tens or hundreds of training data points not millions)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kdnuggets.com\/2020\/04\/deepmind-agent57-atari-games.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">AI Beats Human In 57 Atari Games<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/towardsdatascience.com\/gpt-3-the-first-artificial-general-intelligence-b8d9b38557a1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><mark>GPT-3 Launches, Shows First Signs Of AGI<\/mark><\/a> (capable of fooling humans on Reddit, getting its articles into the top posts category, writing poetry, fan fiction novels and even coding)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Compute<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"440\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alexshoolman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Nvidia-3090-8K-HDR-1024x440.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4722\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alexshoolman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Nvidia-3090-8K-HDR-1024x440.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.alexshoolman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Nvidia-3090-8K-HDR-300x129.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.alexshoolman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Nvidia-3090-8K-HDR-768x330.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.alexshoolman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Nvidia-3090-8K-HDR-1536x660.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.alexshoolman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Nvidia-3090-8K-HDR.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/hexus.net\/tech\/news\/cpu\/146011-amd-unleashes-zen-3-reckons-faster-gaming-core-i9\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AMD Unleashes Zen 3 CPU&#8217;s, Beating Intel At Gaming<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alexshoolman.com\/blog\/2020\/09\/02\/nvidia-rtx-3000-series-crushes-it\/\"><mark>Nvidia RTX 3000 Series GPU&#8217;s Crush It<\/mark><\/a> (doubles number of transistors, almost triples number of CUDA cores, 8K 60fps gaming and adds 25% more VRAM that&#8217;s 50% faster)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/hexus.net\/tech\/news\/ram\/145942-sk-hynix-launches-industrys-first-ddr5-dram-modules\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SK Hynix Launches Industry First DDR5 Module<\/a> (20% lower power, double the RAM size per module, double the transfer speed and includes EEC built in)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcmag.com\/news\/371784\/seagate-will-ship-18tb-and-20tb-hard-drives-in-2020\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Seagate Launches 20 TB HDD<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sabrent.com\/rocket-4-plus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sabrent Launches 2TB, 7GB\/s M.2 Rocket 4 Plus<\/a> (essentially maxes out the brand new PCIe Gen 4 standard already but don&#8217;t worry, PCIe Gen 5 is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tweaktown.com\/news\/72104\/amd-will-support-ddr5-and-pcie-5-0-in-2022-but-intel-has-first\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">coming in 2022<\/a>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gsmarena.com\/samsung_galaxy_s20+_5g-10041.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Samsung Galaxy S20+ 5G Launches<\/a> (adds 5G at 5Gbps, 120Hz screen, 50% more RAM, 10% bigger battery and 8K video recording)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oculus.com\/quest-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Oculus Launches Quest 2<\/a> (almost doubles the resolution, increases refresh rate, is lighter and costs 25% less)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fugaku_(supercomputer)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Fugaku Supercomputer Completed Running At 415 PFLOPS<\/a> (280% faster than the previous worlds fastest)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Cryptocurrencies<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crowdfundinsider.com\/2020\/07\/163645-as-ethereum-2-0-mainnet-gets-ready-to-launch-co-founder-vitalik-buterin-admits-developers-overlooked-sharding-proof-of-stake-design-issues\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ethereum 2.0 Launches<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/investor\/2020\/08\/14\/defi-welcome-to-the-crypto-revolution\/#180ded2f688b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">DeFi v1.0 Movement Booms<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.androidpolice.com\/2020\/10\/21\/paypal-now-letting-users-trade-bitcoin-and-ethereum-paves-way-for-crypto-retail-purchases\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">PayPal Supports Crypto<\/a> (Buy, sell and use BTC\/LTC\/ETH for everyday transactions)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2019\/6\/26\/18716326\/facebook-libra-cryptocurrency-blockchain-irs-starbucks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Facebook Libra Dies<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cryptobriefing.com\/another-multi-billion-dollar-company-turns-bitcoin-dollar-hedge\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><mark>Multibillion Dollar Companies Move To BTC<\/mark><\/a> (multiple companies begin to treat BTC as a reserve currency)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Energy<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/reneweconomy.com.au\/worlds-biggest-solar-farm-will-also-be-the-cheapest-with-stunning-low-bid-95804\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Solar Hits 1.35 c\/kWh USD in Dubai<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ember-climate.org\/project\/global-electricity-h12020\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Wind And Solar At 10% World Wide Energy<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carbonbrief.org\/solar-is-now-cheapest-electricity-in-history-confirms-iea\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><mark>Solar Officially Cheapest Energy Source In History<\/mark><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Medicine \/ Health \/ Bio<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"625\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alexshoolman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Human-Hands-Touching-scaled-e1577613010829-1024x625.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4311\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alexshoolman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Human-Hands-Touching-scaled-e1577613010829-1024x625.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.alexshoolman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Human-Hands-Touching-scaled-e1577613010829-300x183.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.alexshoolman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Human-Hands-Touching-scaled-e1577613010829-768x468.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.alexshoolman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Human-Hands-Touching-scaled-e1577613010829-1536x937.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.alexshoolman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Human-Hands-Touching-scaled-e1577613010829.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/singularityhub.com\/2020\/07\/30\/a-year-after-getting-gene-therapy-boys-with-muscular-dystrophy-are-healthier-and-stronger\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Gene Editing Cures Muscular Dystrophy<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oecd-ilibrary.org\/docserver\/4dd50c09-en.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">OECD36 Life Expectancy Over 80 Years<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/DVvmgjBL74w?t=1243\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><mark>Nuralink Announces The Link, 1,024 Channels, 23x8mm Brain Implant<\/mark><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2020\/08\/19\/health\/gmo-mosquitoes-approved-florida-scn-wellness\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Gene Edited Mosquitoes Approved<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Nanotechnology<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1-_pzQqo7c0&amp;feature=youtu.be\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">OWIC Launched<\/a> (100,000 x 150,000 nm in size, costs &lt; $0.01 each, can be mass produced in the hundreds of thousands and has over 1,000 transistors in each of them)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mojo.vision\/mojo-lens\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Contact Lens With 70,000 Pixel Screen<\/a> (also includes a battery and accompanying electronics all on a contact lense)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Robotics<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/dronedj.com\/2020\/04\/28\/dji-mavic-air-2-versus-dji-mavic-mini-versus-dji-mavic-2-pro\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mavic Air 2<\/a> (4K at 60FPS, 10% longer flight time and half the price)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bostondynamics.com\/press-release-spot-commercial-launch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Spot Robot Launched For $75K<\/a> (can effortlessly climb up stairs, navigate around construction sites and basically go anywhere with a range of sensors on its back)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alexshoolman.com\/blog\/2020\/01\/17\/ces-2020-totally-awesome-random-tech-finds\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Samsung Shows Off Robot Kitchen<\/a> (fully cuts up, prepares, cooks meals and then cleans up after)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Space<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"474\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alexshoolman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/SpaceX-Starship-Aerobraking-e1589758205857-1024x474.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4644\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alexshoolman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/SpaceX-Starship-Aerobraking-e1589758205857-1024x474.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.alexshoolman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/SpaceX-Starship-Aerobraking-e1589758205857-300x139.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.alexshoolman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/SpaceX-Starship-Aerobraking-e1589758205857-768x355.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.alexshoolman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/SpaceX-Starship-Aerobraking-e1589758205857.jpg 1405w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_Falcon_9_and_Falcon_Heavy_launches#2020\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SpaceX Launches 12 x 60 Satellite Starlink<\/a> (with 3 more launches remaining this year, there should be around 1,000 Starlink satellites in orbit allowing Starlink to begin service in USA\/Canada)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=s1HA9LlFNM0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SpaceX Starship 150m Flight Test<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=s1HA9LlFNM0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SpaceX Starship SN5 150m Flight Test<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MdAKrzOLQTg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SpaceX Starship SN6 150m Flight Test<\/a> (SpaceX making the world changing look ridiculously easy as per normal)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Transport<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/electrek.co\/2020\/09\/22\/tesla-4680-battery-cell-bigger-power-energy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tesla Launches 4680 Battery Cell<\/a> (16% more range, 14% cost reduction, tabless cell design as well as multiple other new improvements and a new structural battery module design)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/electrek.co\/2020\/09\/22\/tesla-model-s-plaid-unveil-range-speed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tesla Launches Model S Plaid<\/a> (&lt;2s 0-60mph, 320 km\/h top speed and an 830 km EPA range)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tesla.com\/model3\/design?redirect=no#battery\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Tesla Model 3 Increases Range, Drops Price, Adds Features<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1318678258339221505?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><mark>Tesla FSD Beta Launched<\/mark><\/a> (said to enable completely intervention free drives and rolling out to everyone by the end of 2020)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Still More To Come!<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>That&#8217;s a <strong><em>lot of tech <\/em><\/strong>and a <strong><em>lot<\/em><\/strong> of serious advancements, especially in a year that&#8217;s been so disruptive in general too. Add onto this that we&#8217;re still not even done! AMD is scheduled to drop their heavily anticipated Radeon 6000 GPU&#8217;s on October 28th, Clean Meat costs are still plummeting and are now around <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/Klg0Ky75Ln4?t=750\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">$155\/kg<\/a> (down 97% in just 3 years) plus SpaceX Starship SN8 is due to take a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1319008891817132032?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">15km Flight Test any day now<\/a> which will be utterly incredible to say the least (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.alexshoolman.com\/blog\/2020\/05\/27\/as-a-new-space-era-dawns-no-ones-paying-attention\/\">read here as to why<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2020 has and will continue to be, amazing across a wide range of technologies. Even with extensive reading it&#8217;s impossible to keep up with everything and we have to leave some things out like the <strong><em>civilisation saving announcement<\/em><\/strong> by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carbonbrief.org\/analysis-going-carbon-neutral-by-2060-will-make-china-richer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">China to go carbon neutral by 2060<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So what amazing, huge advances have you seen or read about that we haven&#8217;t covered here? Do you think <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alexshoolman.com\/blog\/2020\/08\/19\/why-2021-will-shine-brighter-than-any-year-before\/\">2021 will be even better?<\/a> Let us know below in the comments!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many people are saying that 2020 is a giant, huge, stinking dumpster fire of a year and I honestly can&#8217;t really disagree with that on many fronts. Today though I want to look to the brighter side of 2020, so let&#8217;s dive in and see what&#8217;s launched, why it&#8217;s amazing and hopefully you too can agree that 2020 hasn&#8217;t been all bad.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4187,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[39,92],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4739","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-the-tipping-point"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.alexshoolman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Tesla-Cybertruck-Flyer.jpeg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p92j6e-1er","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alexshoolman.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4739","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alexshoolman.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alexshoolman.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alexshoolman.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alexshoolman.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4739"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.alexshoolman.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4739\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4973,"href":"https:\/\/www.alexshoolman.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4739\/revisions\/4973"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alexshoolman.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4187"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alexshoolman.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4739"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alexshoolman.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4739"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alexshoolman.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4739"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}