Technology has made our lives easier by enhancing health care through personalized tests to allowing an online tour of your home prior to buying. But what technology will shape the future? This article looks at 10 emerging trends with the potential to change our world.
3D printing could have been the technology that everyone was hoping would take off however, this list includes a few less well-known developments – like clothing that shrink or expand with temperature, and furniture that adapt to the brain’s signals. It is also worth looking into the potential of shape memory polymers, which can change from soft mimic human behavior to hard upon the trigger of changing temperature, making them 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).
Edge computing is another important technology that is expected to emerge in the near future. It allows data processing to be more close to where it was generated (ultra low latency) it also improves security and data sovereignty, and reduces operating costs for data centers. Edge computing is a major enabler for the Industrial Internet-of-Things (IIoT), autonomous vehicles, robots that are guided by vision drones, AR/VR and drones.
Space is a different area in which we are witnessing remarkable progress from reusable rockets to satellite technology to the possibility of human-manned missions to Mars or other off-planet colonies. And, of course, we are continuing to develop new technologies that help us combat climate change, from drought-resistant crops to forest fire sensors and carbon removal technology.
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