Introduction -- Cloud computuing: the new electricity -- Sensors: analog becomes digital -- Decoding the genome: stretching the meaning of life -- Big data: making sense of it all -- Predictive analytics: the end of hit and miss -- Artificial intelligence: computing evolves -- Robotics: rise of the machines -- Blockchain: the transparency revolution -- Self-driving cars: the ultimate paradigm shift -- The Internet of things: smart networks everywhere -- Gene editing: reshuffling the building blocks of life -- Precision, nano, and regenerative medicine: science fiction meets reality.