Trends Identified

Metallic hydrogen energy storage
Example of Organizationsactive in the area: NASA (US).
2018
Table of disruptive technologies
Imperial College London
Metabolic engineering products
Biotechnological processes to produce biologically active compounds based on targeted modification of the producing organism’s pathways using metabolic engineering techniques will make it possible to produce amino acides, vitamins, antibiotics, enzymes, recombinant proteins and other products. The increased effectiveness of new methods of metabolic engineering and bio- engineering against the backdrop of traditional methods (random mutagenesis, etc.) reduces the cost of the product and creates the necessary conditions for mass application in various industries.
2016
Russia 2030: science and technology foresight
Russia, Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation
Messaging eats the world
Top messaging apps—WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, WeChat, QQ, and Skype—now collectively count nearly five billion monthly active users, according to We Are Social and Hootsuite’s 2018 Q3 Global Digital Statshot.
2019
Social media trends 2019
Hootsuit
Meso-scale models to forecast dangerous hydrometeorological phenomena
The meso-scale model to forecast dangerous hydrometeorological phenomena is a software package incorporating an actual meso­scale atmospheric model; a unit to prepare input data, constraints and surface properties (pre-processing); and a post­processing unit to process modelling output data, additional calculations and visualisation. Such models, implemented for limited territories, already serve as a means to provide a detailed forecast of meteorological fields with various parameters (temperature, humidity, pressure, precipitation, wind), and the sampling resolution of the computer grids for operational weather forecasting does not exceed 2 km2. Improving these models will enhance the accuracy and scales of the fore­ casts of dangerous phenomena, both for “purely atmospheric” (storm wind speed, large­scale precipitation, etc.) and for series of hydrometeorological phenomena (storm surges, floods, rough seas, avalanches, etc.).
2016
Russia 2030: science and technology foresight
Russia, Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation
Mergers and acquisitions
2010
Megatrends
Boston Consulting Group (BCG)
Mergers & acquisitions: Underlying optimism & Contrasting direction
The economic prognosis may be gloomy, but many CEOs are still keen to expand overseas. However, North American CEOs are more cautious than their peers in other regions, and Asian CEOs favour strategic alliances over M&As.
2008
11th Annual global CEO Survey
PWC
Mental Health Diagnostic and Treatment Technology
(Definition) By developing an algorithm that analyzes the correlation between various biometric signals received by a sensor module, data transmission and communication module and mental health symptoms, and predicts illness, this technology can forecast the aggravation of symptoms, and control, prevent and provide early treatment for the physiological and behavioral signal changes that reflect maladjustment and psychopathological processes from mental stress.(Application) Various mental health improvement and management services using IoT and smart devices; organization's mental health or social anger status monitoring system; and prediction, early diagnosis, and new treatment for mental illness based on brain-behavior.
2016
KISTEP 10 Emerging Technologies 2016
South Korea, Korea Institute of S&T Evaluation and Planning (KISTEP)
Mega-scale desalination
Example of Organizationsactive in the area: Israel Desalination Enterprises Technologies (Israel), Acciona (Spain), Fluence Corporation (US).
2018
Table of disruptive technologies
Imperial College London
Medicine gets personal
Prepare for tailor-made treatment
2016
World in 2017
The Economist
Medical tricorders
Example of Organizationsactive in the area: Basil Leaf Technologies (US), Dynamical Biomarkers Group (US/Taiwan), Scanadu (US).
2018
Table of disruptive technologies
Imperial College London