Trends Identified
Cloud technology
Use of computer hardware and software resources delivered over a network or the Internet, often as a service
2013
Disruptive technologies: Advances that will transform life, business, and the global economy
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Advanced robotics
Increasingly capable robots with enhanced senses, dexterity, and intelligence used to automate tasks or augment humans
2013
Disruptive technologies: Advances that will transform life, business, and the global economy
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Autonomous and near-autonomous vehicles
Vehicles that can navigate and operate with reduced or no human intervention
2013
Disruptive technologies: Advances that will transform life, business, and the global economy
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Next-generation genomics
Fast, low-cost gene sequencing, advanced big data analytics, and synthetic biology (“writing” DNA)
2013
Disruptive technologies: Advances that will transform life, business, and the global economy
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Energy storage
Devices or systems that store energy for later use, including batteries
2013
Disruptive technologies: Advances that will transform life, business, and the global economy
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3D printing
Additive manufacturing techniques to create objects by printing layers of material based on digital models
2013
Disruptive technologies: Advances that will transform life, business, and the global economy
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Advanced materials
Materials designed to have superior characteristics (e.g., strength, weight, conductivity) or functionality
2013
Disruptive technologies: Advances that will transform life, business, and the global economy
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Advanced oil and gas exploration and recovery
Exploration and recovery techniques that make extraction of unconventional oil and gas economical
2013
Disruptive technologies: Advances that will transform life, business, and the global economy
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Renewable energy
Generation of electricity from renewable sources with reduced harmful climate impact
2013
Disruptive technologies: Advances that will transform life, business, and the global economy
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Beyond shanghai: the age of urbanization
The shifting of the locus of economic activity and dynamism to emerging markets like China and to cities within those markets. These emerging markets are going through simultaneous industrial and urban revolutions, shifting the center of the world economy east and south at a speed never before witnessed.
2015
The four global forces breaking all the trends
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