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Year-end reviews, sensor tech and ways to find your lost Android phone

Willie Vogt

December 30, 2016

7 Slides

We end this year with some interesting future-thinking lists for 2017, one for the future of tech, and another predicting which tech will go away (or perhaps have a bad year) in 2017. There's an interesting perspective on biotech and Big Data and some tips in case your Android phone goes missing. The links to the referenced articles are below, but check out the gallery for more details.

And check out these article links:

Looking to the future

Find a lost Android phone

A health breathalyzer machine

Tech that will (probably) die in 2017

Big Data and biotech

A drone-based bonus

Each week Tech Five branches out to cover a wide range of tech tools and innovations across all industries because what happens in the tech world eventually matters to farmers too. So click through this week's gallery to learn about the wide range of topics we've uncovered this week, and don't miss our previous installments. 

Broken iPhones, reasoned arguing and some cool space pix

Tech summit, future car tech and drone deliveries

Fake news, exploding phones, tech trends for 2017

Better maps, sensors are big business and a self-driving beer truck

High-tech cranberry farming, and a universal translator

Augmented reality, smarter farming, tech product roundup

Facebook and the election, tech battles and computer drives explained

Mac vs. Windows, auto-drive innovation and tiny satellites

Melting batteries, more books and a smart phone challenge 

Smart phone news, self-driving car milestone 

Drone history, printer ink and Google 

Drones vs. eagles, cell phone recall and NFS on Twitter 

Future predictions, x-ray vision, tech advancement 

Future food demand, auto-driving rules and Dropbox 

Self-driving cars, innovation, Tinder for tractors 

Hacking cars, smaller phones and a crushing bonus 

Olympic apps, measuring crop yields and web speeds rise 

Windows update, tougher phone glass and drones at work 

Data use limit, bye-bye VCR, treating saline groundwater 

Science in trouble, 5G wireless news, Internet of Things and killing with robots 

Computer security, self-driving cars, Juno and farm data ownership 

GMOs, satellite investments, presidential tech stands 

5G, Google as doctor, drone rules, super ship and robots as people 

A court ruling, faming game, a tech tour and buying a laptop 

Bendable phone, Twitter hacked, new smart phone and a better Bluetooth 

Digging into drones, email on your wrist, basketball, and your computer 

An ag app case study, cellphone cancer news and more words on twitter 

Self-driving truck, voice command tools, web speed checker 

Winfield teams with Google, satellites vs. drones, and a bonus 

Drone swarm, anti-virus software, and an artificial intelligence warning 

Drone tech boost, privacy protection, routers, Windows 10 

Industry reports available, outsiders invest in ag and telling the ag tech story 

5 tech links to check on a Friday 

About the Author(s)

Willie Vogt

Willie Vogt has been covering agricultural technology for more than 40 years, with most of that time as editorial director for Farm Progress. He is passionate about helping farmers better understand how technology can help them succeed, when appropriately applied.

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