Top 10 Emerging Technologies of 2015

Top 10 Emerging Technologies of 2015

http://nextbigfuture.com/2015/05/top-10-emerging-technologies-of-2015.html

“The World Economic Forum’s Meta-Council on Emerging Technologies, a panel of 18 experts, draws on the collective expertise of the Forum’s communities to identify the most important recent technological trends.

Here is their list

* Fuel cell vehicles [NBF -says this is wrong]
* Next-generation robotics [NBF – agrees with robotics getting more important]
* Recyclable thermoset plastics
* Precise genetic-engineering techniques [NBF – CRISPR gene editing is a big deal]
* Additive manufacturing [NBF – still several breakthroughs away from delivering on the promise]
* Emergent artificial intelligence [NBF – does not think improved Watson will be that important]
* Distributed manufacturing [NBF – craft and hobby scale but a will remain a small part of the supply chain]
* ‘Sense and avoid’ drones [NBF – drones matter but this aspect is not that interesting]
* Neuromorphic technology [NBF – there is potential and the tech is interesting but real big applications have not arrived]
* Digital genome [NBF – not that big a deal]”

Stephen