

“The smart workspace has moved along quite a bit and is about to peak in the near future.” “Emerging technologies representing transparently immersive experiences are mostly on their way to the peak or - in the case of silicon anode batteries - just crossed it,” said Mr. This trend is enabled by the following technologies: 4D Printing, Connected Home, Edge AI, Self-Healing System Technology, Silicon Anode Batteries, Smart Dust, Smart Workspace and Volumetric Displays. These technologies extend and enable smarter living, work, and other spaces we encounter. Technology will continue to become more human-centric to the point where it will introduce transparency between people, businesses and things. Those pioneers will be followed by biochips, which have just reached the peak and will have moved on to the plateau in five to 10 years. Mixed reality is making its way to the Trough of Disillusionment, and augmented reality almost reached the bottom. This trend is enabled by the following technologies: Biochips, Biotech - Cultured or Artificial Tissue, Brain-Computer Interface, Augmented Reality, Mixed Reality and Smart Fabrics.Įmerging technologies in do-it-yourself biohacking are moving rapidly through the Hype Cycle. However, questions remain about how far society is prepared to accept these kinds of applications and what ethical issues they create. Biohacking falls into four categories: technology augmentation, nutrigenomics, experimental biology and grinder biohacking. Over the next decade, humanity will begin its “transhuman” era: Biology can then be hacked, depending on lifestyle, interests and health needs. “Blockchain and IoT platforms have crossed the peak by now, and we believe that they will reach maturity in the next five to 10 years, with digital twins and knowledge graphs on their heels.” “Digitalized ecosystem technologies are making their way to the Hype Cycle fast,” said Walker. The shift from compartmentalized technical infrastructure to ecosystem-enabling platforms is laying the foundations for entirely new business models that are forming the bridge between humans and technology. “Other emerging technologies of that category, such as smart robots or AI PaaS, are also moving rapidly through the Hype Cycle approaching the peak and will soon have crossed it.”Įmerging technologies require revolutionizing the enabling foundations that provide the volume of data needed, advanced compute power and ubiquity-enabling ecosystems. “Technologies representing democratized AI populate three out of five sections on the Hype Cycle, and some of them, such as deep neural nets and virtual assistants, will reach mainstream adoption in the next two to five years,” said Mr. This trend is enabled by the following technologies: AI Platform as a Service (PaaS), Artificial General Intelligence, Autonomous Driving (Levels 4 and 5), Autonomous Mobile Robots, Conversational AI Platform, Deep Neural Nets, Flying Autonomous Vehicles, Smart Robots, and Virtual Assistants. Movements and trends like cloud computing, the “maker” community and open source will eventually propel AI into everyone’s hands. While these technologies enable early adopters to adapt to new situations and solve problems that have not been encountered previously, these technologies will become available to the masses - democratized. “CIOs and technology leaders should always be scanning the market along with assessing and piloting emerging technologies to identify new business opportunities with high impact potential and strategic relevance for their business.”ĪI technologies will be virtually everywhere over the next 10 years. Walker, research vice president at Gartner. “Business and technology leaders will continue to face rapidly accelerating technology innovation that will profoundly impact the way they engage with their workforce, collaborate with their partners, and create products and services for their customers,” said Mike J. Emerging technologies, such as artificial intelligence (AI), play a critical role in enabling companies to be ubiquitous, always available, and connected to business ecosystems to survive in the near future. Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies, 2018 revealed five distinct emerging technology trends that will blur the lines between humans and machines. Gartner Identifies Five Emerging Technology Trends That Will Blur the Lines Between Human and Machine 2018 Emerging Technologies Hype Cycle Garners Insights From More Than 2,000 Technologies The 35 must-watch technologies represented on the Gartner Inc.
