It seems to me that we are facing a completely new level of technological convergence with the following technologies and business models emerging together and compounding each other’s growth:
- AI and machine learning
- autonomous driving and robotaxis
- new forms of transportation such as Hyperloop and The Chicago Express Loop
- shared or rather ‘sharing’ economy
- crowdworking
- chatbots
- sensing and smart cities
- 5G and the internet of things
- 3D printing
- spatial computing
- graphene batteries
- wireless charging
- hydrogen and fuel cell vehicles such as the Toyota Mirai, the Hundai ix35 or the Nikola One
- flying cars such as Terrafugia’s TF-X
- cloud computing
- quantum computing
- extreme ultraviolet lithography (EUV)
- SAS (software as a service) such as Google Business Suite.
- serverless apps
- blockchain, Dapps and decentralized systems
- crypotocurrencies and tokenization of services
- off-grid renewable energy
- micromobility
- vertical farming
- crowdfunding
- UBI (universal basic income)
I’m sure I’m missing a couple of tendencies? It’s very important to understand that new technologies are the reason for any part of life such as society, economy, politics, science, culture and arts, etc. It’s never politicians who change the way we live and work but always people who invent and promote new technologies.