While retro-reflective and indeed hi-vis will be around for the foreseeable future, other technologies enabling cyclists to stay visible are emerging.
His 2045 Initiative, so-called for the year he hopes to complete it, aims to "create technologies enabling the transfer of a individual's personality to a more advanced non-biological carrier, and extending life, including to the point of immortality".
Coined in 1954 by social scientists Paul Lazarsfeld and Robert Merton, the idea of homophily has been expanded by evolving media technologies, enabling demographically or politically similar individuals to seek out news sources that agree with their preconceived views.
Leah Borromeo wrote a heart-warming piece about the Swedish denim company that recommends not washing your jeans for six months at a time and offers a free repair service to all its customers, while Amy DuFault's exploration of the technologies enabling our clothing to generate energy unsurprisingly went down a treat.
Privacy and civil liberties groups criticized the administration's proposal because it would continue to permit the government to use a new surveillance system that the groups say may be used far more broadly than older technologies, enabling federal agents to monitor an unlimited amount of innocent communications, including those of people who are not targets of criminal investigations.
So what are the key technologies enabling such companies to undercut the banks and big operators?
Cancer research has moved with the times, embracing new technologies enabling scientists to pursue more varied research goals than ever.
Special attention is paid to proactive technologies enabling preemptive detection of slowly developing faults.
Over the past two decades, new technologies enabling targeted modification of plant genomes have been developed.
There are several technologies enabling isolation of network resources, each one with its own characteristics and limitations.
There will be a gradual shift toward more interoperable DRM technologies, enabling the fair use of purchased media content across different platforms.
