Looking back on 2017: Here are the top trends that defined technology

Finish startup gets to work on autofocusing glasses Crowd-sourced star gazers find hidden asteroid Unboxing a Star Trek 3D chess set: In honor of World Chess Day and the Apollo 11 moon landing Future cars will watch the driver as well as the road Tracking asteroids and Chinese rockets: Next-gen telescopes boost citizen astronomy The new frontier: Making voice user interfaces both human and interesting Private space companies sprout around NASA to take cargo to the moon Can a 19th-century philosopher help guide 21st-century startups? Europe's ESA sees business opportunity in tech that removes space junk Tech veteran on diversity mission woos Fortune 500 firms Car makers are cutting production by half as the global chip shortage hits them hardest Chip shortage threatens supply of smart payment cards Which countries are already testing drone swarms as military tools? How NASA's Parker Solar Probe used Venus to fly closer to the sun When lightning strikes... mine that data and make an app