The technology we have today improves our lives, from personalized healthcare diagnostics to virtual tours of homes prior to when you purchase. But what technologies will impact the future? This article focuses on 10 emerging trends with the potential to transform our world.
The 3D printing technology was rumored to be the next big thing, but there’s several less mainstream innovations that are on this list, like clothes that shrink and grow with temperature and furniture that can be adapted to the brain’s signals. It is also worth thinking about the potential of shape memory polymers, that can change into hard or soft with the help of the temperature changing and are therefore useful in a wide range of applications, including healthcare (pills which only activate at a particular temperature) and fashion (clothes which tighten or become loose when exposed to cold).
Another crucial technology that is expected to emerge in the near future is edge computing, which allows data processing to be closer to where it was originally created (ultra-low latency) It also ensures data sovereignty and increased security, while reducing the cost of operating data centres. Edge computing is a key technology that will enable the Industrial Internet-of-Things, autonomous vehicles, vision-guided robotics, drones and AR/VR.
Space is a different area in which we are seeing extraordinary progress from reusable rockets to satellite technology to the prospect of astronauts on missions to Mars or other off-planet colonies. And obviously we continue to develop new technologies that help us to combat climate change, from drought-resistant crops to forest fire sensors and carbon removal technology.
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