Trends Identified
Ballon-powered internet
Example of Organizationsactive in the area: Google/Alphabet (US).
2018
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Autonomous vehicles
Example of Organizationsactive in the area: Google/Waymo (US), Voyage (US), Nvidia Automotive (US), most major auto-makers.
2018
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Vertical agriculture
Example of Organizationsactive in the area: Green Skies Vertical Farms (US), Aero Farms (US), Neo Farms (Germany), Urban Crop Solutions (Belgium)
2018
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Artificial human blood substitute
Example of Organizationsactive in the area: HbO2 Therapeutics (South Africa), Biospace (US).
2018
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Emotionally aware machines
Example of Organizationsactive in the area: IBM (US), Toyota (Japan), Mimosys (Japan), Persado (US), Joy AI (US).
2018
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Cultured meat
Example of Organizationsactive in the area: Impossible Foods (US), Memphis Meats (US), Super Meat (Israel), Finless Foods (US), New Harvest (US).
2018
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Fully immersive virtual reality (VR)
Example of Organizationsactive in the area: Improbable (UK), HelloVR (US), Magic Leap (US), Microsoft (US). See also Mind Maze (US), Facebook (US) and possibly Apple (US).
2018
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Whole earth virtualisation
Example of Organizationsactive in the area: Improbable (UK).
2018
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Shape-shifting matter
Example of Organizationsactive in the area: Intel (US).
2018
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Autonomous robotic surgery
Example of Organizationsactive in the area: Intuitive Surgical (US), Verb Surgical/Alphabet/Johnson & Johnson (US), Da Vinci Surgery (US).
2018
Table of disruptive technologies
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