Techno is human emotion fed into a computer or other technology to produce music. The techno genre usually covers more emotions than other genres thats all. Thats the only real difference I can see from other genres & thats why I like it the best.

I agree with The Laughing Man that techno isn't as experimental as it used to be, especially with other genres emerging that are bassed round experimentation like IDM, Breakcore, etc. IMO this is why techno has taken a slightly backward step with minimal, stripping the sound down. But there is still a lot of veriety though which I think is more important.

Sometimes, when a style of music is defined then it is no longer experimental, its run of the mill, thats the problem with peigon holing music.

I think the next stage of true experimention in music will be through looking at the science of sound, how to move air particals. My money would be on it happening in the techno genre.