MIT's Technology Review has announced the annual list of 10 emerging technologies with the potential to shape the way we live and do business. These revolutionary innovations�each represented by a researcher whose vision and work leads the field�promise fundamental shifts in areas from energy to health care, computing to communications.

The 2009 TR10 includes some technologies that should reach the market within a year, such as paper-based medical tests and virtual personal-assistant software. Others, like biological machines and traveling-wave reactors, could take a few years longer.

Check out how these innovations could change your lives. . .

Image: A man shows a toy fuel cell car at the International Hydrogen & Fuel Cell Expo in Tokyo February 25, 2009. The educational toy is designed to help demonstrate the clean energy technologies and sells for JPY 22,800. | Photograph: Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters

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