Ethanol's not an ideal fuel.

Companies, cities, and potentially even individuals could have a small refinery to make their own fuel.

We have trouble feeding, providing fresh, clean water, medicines, fuel for the six and a half billion. It's going to be a stretch to do it for nine.

We can now diagnose diseases that haven't even manifested in the patient, and may not until the fifth decade of life - if at all.

Genome design is going to be a key part of the future. That's why we need fast, cheap, accurate DNA synthesis, so you can make a lot of iterations of something and test them.

We need 10,000 genomes, not 100, to start to understand the link between genetics, disease and wellness.