Trends Identified
Artificial human blood substitute
Example of Organizationsactive in the area: HbO2 Therapeutics (South Africa), Biospace (US).
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
Table of disruptive technologies
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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
Table of disruptive technologies
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Ballon-powered internet
Example of Organizationsactive in the area: Google/Alphabet (US).
2018
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Computerized shoes & clothing
Example of Organizationsactive in the area: Google/Alphabet (US), Samsung (Korea), Hexoskin (Canada) Owlet (US), Komodo Tech (Canada), Shiftwear (US), Lechal (India), OM Signal (Canada).
2018
Table of disruptive technologies
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Airborne wind turbines
Example of Organizationsactive in the area: Google/Alphabet (US), Joby Energy (US), Altaeros (US), Kitegen (Italy), Enerkite (Germany).
2018
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Drone freight delivery
Example of Organizationsactive in the area: Google/Alphabet (US), Amazon (US), Flirtey (US).
2018
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Programmable bacteria
Example of Organizationsactive in the area: Gingko Bioworks (US), US Naval Research Laboratory (US), US Army Research Lab (US), Darpa (US).
2018
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New materials
Example of Organizationsactive in the area: For example Vantablack by Surrey NanoSystems (UK).
2018
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Diagnostic toilets
Example of Organizationsactive in the area: Flowsky (Japan), Scanadu (US).
2018
Table of disruptive technologies
Imperial College London