Technologies of the future

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Across
  1. 1. of, worked by, charged with, or producing electricity.
  2. 4. the application of scientific knowledge for practical purposes, especially in industry.
  3. 8. a period of time following the moment of speaking or writing; time regarded as still to come.
  4. 10. the ability to acquire and apply knowledge and skills.
  5. 12. a device that generates an intense beam of coherent monochromatic light.
  6. 15. the process by which green plants and some other organisms use sunlight to synthesize nutrients from carbon dioxide and water.
Down
  1. 2. electronic device for storing and processing data, typically in binary form, according to instructions given to it in a variable program.
  2. 3. a machine resembling a human being and able to replicate certain human movements and functions automatically.
  3. 5. a violent shattering or blowing apart of something, as is caused by a bomb.
  4. 6. you.
  5. 7. a mobile phone that performs many of the functions of a computer, typically having a touchscreen interface.
  6. 9. short for artificial intelligence.
  7. 11. a four-wheeled road vehicle that is powered by an engine and is able to carry a small number of people.
  8. 13. an internal combustion engine in which heat produced by the compression of air in the cylinder is used to ignite the fuel.
  9. 14. spelling of disc, also widely used in computing contexts.