Ask HN: What is technologically possible today that wasn't possible 3 years ago?

Moving an airplane on its own without moving parts.

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/nov/21/first-ever-p...

That is the future of aerospace right there.

Technology is incremental these days, even with the flood of news and development it's hard to see actual technological changes in the past few years.

For everything you can suggest, someone will have an example of how it was technologically possible 3 years ago...

I guess it's obvious but from 3 years ago; hardware is faster, cheaper, and software is easier to develop...

Using optics to detect radio signals, perhaps? https://www.technologyreview.com/s/611977/get-ready-for-atom...

Also, a tongue in cheek answer, being able to get a company into big trouble for mishandling data via the GDPR ;-)

Real time raytracing? https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/graphics-cards/rtx-2080...

Getting scammed by an "ICO", perhaps?

The use of the immune system to target cancer for clinical use.

Buying a mobile phone with a large notch at the top of the screen?

- Crispr gene editing. - responsive computer brain interface - building a value layer in top of tcp/ip - AR/VR taking off - today.

Deep learning for the masses, thanks to cheap GPUs?

What would technologically be possible in 3 years from now? :) Sounds more like a million dollar question.

Fully mobile banking solutions? Revolut, N26, Monzo...

Presidents can tweet about grabbing pussies.

Malicious Attacks by JavaScript

quantum computing, maybe?