Technology improves our lives by enhancing the quality of healthcare by personalised diagnostics, to providing a virtual tour of your home before you buy. What technologies will be a major influencer in the future? This article examines 10 emerging trends that are poised to transform our world.
The 3D printing technology was rumored to be the next big technology, but there are also some less-popular innovations on this list – such as clothes that shrink or grow with temperature and furniture that can be adapted to a person’s brain signals. Shape memory polymers are also worth a look. They can transform from being soft to rigid upon the trigger of changing temperature. This makes them suitable for a range of uses that include healthcare (pills which only activate at certain temperatures) and fashion.
Edge computing is another crucial technology that is expected to emerge in the near future. It allows data processing to be more close to where they were generated (ultra low latency) it also improves security and data sovereignty, and reduces the operating cost of data centres. Edge computing is an important factor in the Industrial Internet-of-Things (IIoT), autonomous vehicles, robots that are guided by vision drones, AR/VR, and drones.
Space is another area where we are making remarkable advancements. From reused rockets to satellite technology, to the possibility of crewed missions on Mars or other planets colonies. And obviously we continue to develop technology that can help us to combat climate change, from drought resistant crops to forest fire sensors and carbon removal technology.
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