Here presenting 50 Smart companies for their breakthrough innovations and technologies in year 2015…
1 Tesla Motors
Extending its battery technology from cars to residential and commercial applications.
2 Xiaomi
Fast-growing smartphone vendor is maturing beyond its original “cut-price Apple” model with ideas like flash sales over its mobile messaging platform.
3 Illumina
Shifting its fast DNA-reading machines from research applications primarily to hospitals and cancer clinics.
4 Alibaba
The world’s largest online retailer, it conducts more than half its daily transactions through its Alipay digital wallet/banking service.
5 Counsyl
Its cheap DNA tests help would-be parents plan ahead. Now it sells cancer screens.
6 SunEdison
Aggressively expanding its renewable energy products and building a business to provide electricity to the developing world.
7 Tencent
China’s most-used Internet service portal is expanding by investing in companies inside and outside its home market.
8 Juno Therapeutics
Testing cancer treatments that use a person’s own immune cells.
9 SolarCity
The factory it is planning to build in Buffalo will be the Western Hemisphere’s largest manufacturer of silicon solar panels, the company says.
10 Netflix
It’s producing innovative original content and inking distribution deals with cable companies.
11 OvaScience
The first baby conceived with the help of its stem-cell treatment has been born.
12 Google
Its Loon balloons are designed to broaden Internet access.
13 Amazon
Robots now used in its fulfillment centers could make the facilities far more efficient.
14 AliveCor
Maker of a heart monitor that connects to an iPhone and automatically detects irregular heartbeats.
15 Gilead Sciences
Began selling the first pill that can cure most cases of hepatitis C.
16 Apple
Its new smart watch and its Apple Pay digital wallet set the pace for competitors.
17 Voxel8
Having created what it calls the world’s first 3-D electronics printer, the startup is commercializing promising new materials like conductive ink.
18 IDE Technologies
Offering more affordable water desalination at a scale never before achieved.
19 Amgen
Its Icelandic gene database is yielding clues that help it decide which drugs to develop.
20 Aquion Energy
Has gained customers for its novel batteries, which can store surplus wind and solar energy.
21 Baidu
The Chinese Internet company’s new deep-learning research lab has produced notable results in facial and speech recognition.
22 SpaceX
The rocket company has made progress on the technical challenge of landing and reusing unmanned rockets.
23 Sakti3
Uses new materials and manufacturing techniques to make solid-state batteries that store twice as much energy as rival lithium-ion technologies.
24 Freescale Semiconductor
Pioneering technology to be used in advanced computer vision systems for cars.
25 Universal Robots
Its user-friendly, relatively cheap robots have found a strong market. In May, Teradyne agreed to buy the company for $285 million.
26 Bristol-Myers Squibb
Took a lead in cancer immunotherapy with Opdivo, a life-saving drug for skin and lung cancer.
27 Teladoc
Though some doctors’ organizations oppose the idea of remote medicine and are trying to limit the practice, this fast-growing telemedicine company is nearing an IPO.
28 Nvidia
Its chips are crucial for cutting-edge technologies like deep learning and driverless cars.
29 Facebook
Big ad revenue is being invested in improvements to apps like Messenger and in its new agreement to directly host work by leading news organizations.
30 Alnylam
It is turning around the prospects for RNA interference, a promising type of gene therapy that has been challenging to use.
31 Rethink Robotics
Although sales have been soft for its easy-to-train Baxter robot, the company’s newest model, Sawyer, is impressively precise and fast.
32 Philips
The giant of LED lighting has made the efficient technology even more affordable.
33 Cellectis
Its Calyxt division uses quick gene editing to create crops that might not need regulation as GMOs.
34 Bluebird Bio
Its gene therapies may cure, not just treat, diseases like sickle-cell anemia.
35 ThyssenKrupp
Reinvented the elevator with magnetic levitation technology, resulting in a system that can transport more people and move horizontally.
36 Slack
Its workplace communications app is taking off.
37 Line
The Japanese company runs a hugely popular messaging and free calling app that actually generates revenue.
38 Improbable
Using computer science to simulate richer virtual worlds, with applications in gaming and virtual reality.
39 Enlitic
Its deep-learning technology automatically spots tumors in medical scans.
40 Coinbase
Helps companies including PayPal, Dell, and Expedia take Bitcoin payments without having to hold onto the cryptocurrency.
41 HaCon
Its popular travel planning apps in Europe combine information on taxis, car rental, bike sharing, and public transportation systems.
42 3D Systems
Moving to dominate the commercialization of 3-D printing by developing a super-fast assembly line.
43 Generali
This Italian-based insurer will use fitness data from wearables, as well as other health data, to calculate insurance rates for customers who choose to participate.
44 Intrexon
Developing synthetic biology in multiple fields for health, energy, consumer, and environmental applications.
45 DNAnexus
Helping researchers and drug companies move genetic data into Amazon’s cloud.
46 IBM
Novel research into artificial intelligence could help the company in its long-term plan to make big data more useful.
47 Snapchat
Innovative new formats include “Snapchat Stories,” which put videos and photos together to tell a story, and a platform for media organizations that is used by ESPN, CNN, and others.
48 Microsoft
Its HoloLens augmented-reality technology reflects the new CEO’s turnaround ambitions.
49 Imprint Energy
Developing ultrathin, flexible, rechargeable batteries that can be printed cheaply on commonly used industrial screen printers.
50 Uber
It’s testing ideas like ride-share services and driver deliveries.
Source: MIT Technology review
