15 technologies of the future that will soon become popular

2024 Author: Malcolm Clapton | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:44

Artificial intelligence, neurointerfaces and other fantastic technologies that await us in the near future.

1. Smart glasses

Google glass

Google Glass from the inside

Google Glass is a smart glasses from the search giant. They became available back in mid-2014. The only reason this technology still hasn't become popular is the price. If you want to buy smart glasses from Google, you have to spend $ 1,500.

But don't discount smart glasses. Once upon a time, not everyone could afford cell phones either. Titans like Microsoft and Sony are working on their devices. This means that in the near future you will be able to watch videos of cats during your morning run.

2. Smart Data

RelateIQ is a company that develops CRM systems for business

Mark Benioff is the CEO of Salesforce Corporation, of which RelateIQ is a member

Automation is one of the main tasks that modern technologies solve. While most of the processes are automatic these days, we have to do some of them manually. For example, add information to the contact list on the phone. You probably won't have to do this yourself soon.

RelateIQ is already working on a technology that will create a contact based on information about your current contact list, mailbox, messages. In the end, all you need to do is give the name of the person. All information will appear on your phone.

3. Wearable electronics

NFC tattoo prototype from Microsoft Research

Apple Watch smartwatch

Continuous Glucose Monitor - a gadget that monitors blood glucose levels

Smart glasses and watches are devices that connect us to the outside world. But there are also technologies that connect us to our body. Large scientific institutes, corporations and small companies are engaged in their development. We are talking about headphones that measure heart rate, lenses that track blood sugar levels, and tattoos with NFC technology.

As soon as developers can make such gadgets available, the market will be filled with various implants that will read important information in real time and display it on the same smart glasses.

4. Smart home

Smart camera from Rubetek will look after your home

Smart oven from Electrolux

Smart refrigerator from Samsung

Smart home concept

This technology has already become a reality. Refrigerators tell you which foods are running low, and the oven can be controlled using your smartphone.

In the future, the oven will learn to reheat food while you drive home, and the refrigerator will order the food itself. At this time, you will be able to focus on more important matters.

5. Virtual reality

PlayStation VR

HTC Vive - joint development of Valve and HTC

Oculus Rift - virtual reality headset from Facebook

The Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, and PlayStation VR are all-new gaming experiences. Of course, science fiction writers have long been flirting with the topic of virtual reality, but who seriously thought about it?

Game publishers and developers are spending multi-million dollar budgets to bring us new VR experiences. VR devices have room to grow: they are cumbersome and wired, but a start has been made. Soon we will be able to go anywhere in the world without leaving home.

6. Holographic images

Holographic showcase at Samsung presentation

Holographic screens from Jinnius

Remember the holographic interfaces in Star Wars and Minority Report? Now this technology no longer seems to be something fantastic.

The scope of holographic projections is not limited to games and media. Imagine contact lenses that project an image onto the retina of the eye. People with vision problems will be able to see better without surgery.

7. Neurointerface

Neurointerface for quadriplegics

A robotic arm that connects to a neurointerface

Many wires and mechanisms help quadriplegics in their daily activities

The semblance of a neurointerface has existed for a long time and is successfully used in medicine. Quadriplegics - people with complete paralysis of the body - talk using a neurointerface using a computer.

Of course, the technology is far from perfect. However, with the development of neurotechnology, a paralyzed person will be able to return to society and live a full life.

8. Universal services

The globalization of the Internet has reached incredible proportions. You can get access to the Internet almost anywhere in the world, and if the large-scale project of Elon Musk is successful, the Internet will be available everywhere.

Unsurprisingly, services like Uber are popping up. This is a taxi that you can call in almost any country using a mobile application. More recently, Uber has also taken up food delivery. There will be even more universal services soon.

9. Digital distribution

Steam digital distribution service

Netflix Online Cinema

The world is changing rapidly. Some 15 years ago, we could not have imagined that we would no longer have to keep stacks of discs with music, films and games at home. Steam and online cinemas have replaced our shopping trip. Instead of a new album of your favorite band, it's easier to buy a subscription to a music service at the same price and get access to the entire discography.

Of course, digital distribution has not reached its climax, and many continue to use physical media, but such people are becoming less and less.

10. Robots

Sophia robot designed by David Hanson

Social robot Kuri from startup Mayfield Robotics

Emotional robot Pepper from the Japanese company Aldebaran Robotics

Humanoid robot from Boston Dynamics

Robotics has made great strides over the past 10 years. Of course, more than a dozen years will pass before the appearance of terminators, but machines capable of shouldering heavy and monotonous work on their titanium shoulders will appear in the near future. For example, thanks to Boston Dynamics.

11. Biofuels and renewable energy sources

In the next 30 years, almost certainly, we will completely switch from fossil energy sources to renewable ones. Oil and gas will eventually run out, but solar and wind energy will not. In addition, solar panels are much more environmentally friendly.

12. Wireless transmission of energy

Samsung Wireless Charging

Apple Wireless Charger

Devices and technologies consume more and more energy every year, so we need to ensure its uninterrupted supply. Wireless phone charging is just the beginning.

Israel has already tested a road that will charge an electric car while driving. Apple this year patented a technology that will allow you to charge your smartphone over Wi-Fi. If engineers are unable to create batteries with sufficient capacity, then they will have to be made so that they do not discharge at all.

13.5G internet

The ever-growing volumes of internet traffic are driving the development of mobile networks. Messengers, video calls, 4K video and streaming services require new data transfer technologies, so the emergence of 5G Internet is inevitable in the near future.

14. Artificial intelligence

Google DeepMind's AlphaGO beat the Go champion

Prisma app uses neural network for photo processing

The creation of a full-fledged artificial intelligence is only a matter of time. This will be a turning point in the development of human civilization, after which the world will change forever.

In fact, artificial intelligence no longer seems to be something out of reach, especially with the rapid pace of development of neural networks. Machine learning has already reached a high level and is capable of many things, including writing scripts, books and songs.

Of course, the programs are not working as well as we would like, but the neural network is a great example that we are moving in the right direction.

15. Graphene

GTA Spano is a Spanish supercar made with graphene

Dress uses graphene to power LEDs

Chinese scientists develop graphene artificial e-skin that can change color

In 2004, the first graphene sheet was released. Since then, scientists have been trying to find a way to mass produce the material.

Graphene is a versatile material with exceptional properties. It can be used in almost all areas of our life. High-speed data transfer, water filters and even an unbreakable smartphone body are all graphene. When the production of this material is put on stream, another industrial revolution awaits us.