Wednesday 15 March 2017

Technologies of the Future

The last few decades saw the rapid pace with which the technology has changed itself. Several new ideas transformed our world and also revolutionized the way we live and work. Let us foresee some technologies that have the potential to make money in future.




I. Introduction

  • In the year 1950, a person could expect to live less than 45 years but today human life expectancy is well over 70 years and expected to rise even further.

  • There is a complete shift in the way we greet, share, transact, communicate, read or even date. 

  • Many new technologies have appeared in the past half century that it’s impossible to list them all.

  • In future, technology will get even better and will change even faster.



II. Technologies yet to come

  • Self-Driving cars, 5G network, crypto-currency etc. are soon going to be a part of our lives. 

  • Many more great ideas are in pipeline at different stages of development. 

  • Let us now visualize on such emerging technologies that will make money in the future. 
  1. De-extinction: Creating an organism, which is either a member of, or resembles an extinct species, or breeding population of such organisms. Cloning is the most widely proposed method, although selective breeding has also been proposed.
  2. Li-Fi: A wireless technology that transmits high-speed data using Visible Light Communication (VLC). Scientists have reported that they can achieve data transmission that is 100 times faster than current average Wi-Fi speeds.
  3. Life Extension Science: This technology will slow down or reverse the processes of aging to extend both the maximum and average lifespan.
  4. Brain Reading: It will use the responses of multiple voxels in the brain evoked by stimulus then detected by fMRI in order to decode the original stimulus. It then creates a literal picture of the image that was presented.
  5. Caseless Ammunition: A type of small arms ammunition that eliminates the cartridge case that typically holds the primer, propellant, and projectile together as a unit.
  6. Synthetic Meat: It is meat grown in cell culture instead of inside animals. Cultured meat can be produced using many of the same tissue engineering techniques traditionally used in regenerative medicine.
  7. Cloaking Device: A Stealth technology that can cause objects, such as spaceships or individuals, to be partially or wholly invisible to parts of the electromagnetic (EM) spectrum.
  8. Artificial Gravity: An acceleration resulting from the application of a force. In the context of manned spaceflight, artificial gravity may alleviate the adverse health effects of prolonged weightlessness.
  9. Swarm Robotics: A new approach to the coordination of multirobot systems which consist of large numbers of mostly simple physical robots. It is supposed that a desired collective behavior will emerge from the interactions between the robots and interactions of robots with the environment.
  10. Fusion Rocket: A theoretical design for a rocket driven by fusion power which could provide efficient and long-term acceleration in space without the need to carry a large fuel supply.
  11. Ionocraft: A device that uses an electrical electrohydrodynamic (EHD) phenomenon to produce thrust in the air without requiring any combustion or moving parts. it is not an anti-gravity device; rather, it produces lift using the same basic principle as a rocket. It will be used for better flying transportation.
  12. Vactrain: It is a design for very-high-speed rail transportation. It is a maglev (magnetic levitation) line using partly evacuated tubes or tunnels. Reduced air resistance could permit vactrains to travel at very high speeds—up to 4,000–5,000 mph. If these trains achieve the predicted speeds, the trip between New Delhi and New York would take less than 2 hours, surpassing aircraft as the world's fastest mode of public transportation.
  13. Smart Clothing: Nanoporous fabrics, miniaturized electronics and haptic feedback make for smart clothing that change color or shape and keep cool or warm as the need arises.
  14. Diamond Batteries: “Nuclear Batteries” formed by encasing radioactive waste into artificial diamonds that converts radiation into electricity. 

III. Conclusion

  • Undoubtedly, the list is not going to end.

  • What will come next will drive another of our imaginations to reality. 

  • Forecasting the future of technology is for dreamers who hope to innovate better tools and for the mainstream people who hope to benefit from the new and improved

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