may still be a novelty, but that might not be the case for long. This year we spotted a , , a 3D printer , and even ! But perhaps the most disconcerting 3D-printing development was --clearly, robots just don't need us humans any longer. The next thing you know, they'll be .

Biotech and computer science collided numerous times in 2010. Will future computers ? Might in the future? Or perhaps it'll ? Not impressed? Just wait until rat neurons power robots.