TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION CHALLENGES OUR CONCEPT OF PRESENT AND FUTURE.

AI refers to computers systems built to mimic human intelligence and perform tasks such as recognition of images, speech or patterns and decision making.

AI can do these tasks faster and more accurately than humans.

Examples that demonstrate how pervasive the technology has become in our everyday lives span across multiple industries. AI-enabled customer assistants and personalized shopping experience. Safeguarding patients personal records against cybercriminals to assisting in surgeries.

Real-time reporting, accuracy, and processing of large volumes of quantitative data for the financial sector,. But also the Netflix recommendations that audience get on the basis of their watching history is a part of AI.

Virtual reality (VR) is the use of information technology to create a simulated environment.

The virtual environment is presented to our senses in such a way as to influence our perception and cognition in order to experience it as if we were really there. VR is either going to upend our lives in a way nothing has since the smartphone,

VR has application for both entertainment and serious uses. Examples are virtual merchandising visualizing, testing and optimizing the design of physical experiences. Immersive learning, a highly effective way for organizations to deliver formal training while reducing costs. Immersive films and video games are some other good examples.

Wherever it is too dangerous, expensive or impractical to do something in reality, virtual reality is the answer. From trainee fighter pilots to medical applications trainee surgeons, virtual reality allows us to take virtual risks in order to gain real world experience.

AR is a view of the real, physical world in which users find elements enhanced by computer-generated input. While Virtual Reality creates an artificial environment to inhabit, Augmented Reality simulates artificial objects in the real environment.

A combination of sensors and algorithms determine the position and orientation of a camera, then renders the 3D graphics as they would appear from the viewpoint of the camera, superimposing the computer-generated images over a user’s view of the real world.

From education to remote work, here are plenty of uses cases for AR technology. Examples are medical training: from operating MRI equipment to performing complex surgeries.

Public Safety: in the event of an emergency, people will immediately reach for their smartphone to find out what’s going on, where to go, and whether their loved ones are safe. Entertainment: perhaps the most famous example of AR technology is the mobile app Pokemon Go, where players locate and capture Pokemon characters that pop up in the real world.

Internet of Things (IoT) encompasses everything connected to the internet, but it is increasingly being used to define objects and devices, from simple sensors to smartphones and wearables, connected together and that talk to each other.

This includes everything from cellphones, coffee makers, washing machines, headphones, lamps, wearable devices and almost anything else you can think of. This also applies to components of machines, for example a jet engine of an airplane or the drill of an oil rig.

The benefit of IoT technology is expanded to a new level of accessibility which reduces the unpleasant gap between the physical and digital world and helps to improve our quality of life. Examples are: IoT enable to monitor and capture the patient’s health data, offering the required medical services to the users or patients without any delay. With IoT, users can access the smart home facilities such as smart heating system, refrigerators, connected security cameras, and lighting.

Blockchain is a chain of blocks made up of digital pieces of information. The digital information (the “block”) is stored in a public database (the “chain”). Blockchain is a chain of blocks made up of digital pieces of information.

The digital information (the “block”) is stored in a public database (the “chain”). When a new block is added to the chain, it becomes publicly available for anyone to view. Looking at Bitcoin’s blockchain, anyone have access to transaction data, along with information about when (time), where (height), and by who (relayed by) the block was added to the blockchain.

Blockchain forms the bedrock for cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin. By spreading its operations across a network of computers, blockchain allows Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies to operate without the need for a central authority. This not only reduces risk but also eliminates many of the processing and transaction fees.

In Healthcare, providers can leverage blockchain to securely store their patients’ medical records. In Property Records Use blockchain has the potential to eliminate the need for scanning documents and tracking down physical files in a local recording office.

Brain-Computer Interface (BCI) are systems that allow humans to control, communicate and interact with technology using only the electrical signals in the brains or muscles.

When we think, thoughts are transmitted within our brain and down into our body as a series of electrical impulses. These impulses can be collected to define emotional states or identify which movements you intend to do.

Brain–computer interfaces are starting to prove their efficacy as assistive and rehabilitative technologies in patients with severe motor impairments.

Besides the emerging field of cognitive prosthetics, for example, promises to improve learning and memory for patients with cognitive impairment.

Natural Language Processing (NLP) is a branch of artificial intelligence that deals with the interaction between computers and humans using the natural language.

It is the technology used to aid computers to understand commands given through the use of the voice. Its ultimate objective is to read, decipher, understand, and make sense of the human languages in a manner that is valuable.

NLP is already used extensively in commercial applications. Examples are language translation applications such as Google Translate. Word processors such as Microsoft Word and Grammarly that employ NLP to check grammatical accuracy of texts.

Interactive Voice Response applications used in call centers to respond to certain users’ requests. Personal assistant applications such as, Siri, Cortana, Alexa and Google.

Big data is a term that describes the large volume of data, both structured and unstructured, so large, fast or complex that it’s difficult or impossible to process using traditional methods.

This huge amount of information can be analyzed for insights that lead to better decisions and strategic moves in every industry.

Big data applications have introduced cutting-edge possibilities in every aspect of our daily life. Examples are banks that can take important decisions. It can identify the new branch locations where the demand is high.

Restaurants evaluate data to predict customer behavior along with their food taste and demand as well. Healthcare managers can keep track of patient’s records and predict the required doctors at specific times.

Although automation and robotics are sometimes used interchangeably, they refer to different things. Automation means using computer software, machines or other technology to carry out a task which would otherwise be done by a human worker.

Robotics is a branch of engineering which incorporates multiple disciplines to design, build, program and use robotic machines. In short Robotics are just one of many methods of Automation.

There are many types of applications ranging from the fully mechanical to the fully virtual. Examples are: automated hiring tools can read through applications at amazing speeds to quickly identify the best candidates.

Or robots that can be used in all sorts of industries, from the automotive industry to packaging or other manufacturing domains, to carrying out household tasks such as cleaning.

Healthtech, or digital health, is the application of technology such as databases, applications, mobiles and wearables, to improve the delivery, payment, and consumption of care.

Healthtech has the potential to remove what is excessive in the traditional healthcare scene. Skyrocketing costs, unbearable waiting times, inefficiencies in drug development and limited access to insurers and healthcare providers. Everything can be improved thanks to technology.

Healthcare technology refers to any IT tools or software designed to boost hospital and administrative productivity, give new insights into medicines and treatments, or improve the overall quality of care provided.

By personalizing everything from insurance payments to diets and sleep patterns, healthtech companies are amplifying human health and reducing much of the unnecessary strain on the industry.

Scientists have found a way to attach artificial neurons onto silicon chips, mimicking the neurons in our nervous system and copying their electrical properties.

The first silicon neurons are an example of the so-called bioelectronic medicine, which imitates natural circuits and processes with artificial materials.

Researchers have developed low-power silicon chips that mimic the electrical activity of neurons. This could enable the small chips to function as artificial neurons in numerous implants and medical devices.

Researchers also hope their work could be used in medical implants to treat conditions such as heart failure and Alzheimer’s as it requires so little power.

A smart city is a framework, predominantly composed of Information and Communication Technologies, to develop, deploy, and promote sustainable development practices to address growing urbanization challenges.

Citizens engage with smart city ecosystems in a variety of ways using mobile devices, as well as connected cars and homes. Pairing devices and data with a city’s physical infrastructure and services can cut costs and improve sustainability.

Communities can improve energy distribution, streamline trash collection, decrease traffic congestion, and even improve air quality with help from the IoT.

Predictive medicine is an exciting new approach to healthcare that harnesses the latest biological and analytical techniques to make predictions about the future health of a patient or population.

Through a combination of data it is possible to make predictions about a person’s biology, but also to get information on his lifestyle and choices, such as diet and exercise history.

The fields of application of predictive medicine are many: prediction of cancers, particularly where there’s a family history of a specific cancer. But also efforts to more accurately predict the onset and development of cancers in people with other risk factors, such as socioeconomic or lifestyle factors.

Progress is also expected for other conditions such as multiple sclerosis. Advances that help improve the ability to prevent or reduce the severity of the disease.

Vertical farming is the practice of producing food on vertically inclined surfaces. Instead of farming vegetables and other foods on a single level, such as in a field or a greenhouse, this method produces foods in vertically stacked layers commonly integrated into other structures like a skyscraper, shipping container or repurposed warehouse.

Vertical farming technologies are still relatively new but the industry has already found many applications. Hydroponics, a system of growing plants in solutions of nutrients that are essentially free of soil.

Aquaponics, that aims to combine the fish and plants in the same ecosystem. Lokal, a system designed to serve fresh food right in the place where it is grown. And many others.

Human enhancement (HE) is the natural, artificial, or technological alteration of the human body in order to enhance physical or mental capabilities.

It explores how technology can be used to deliver cognitive and physical improvements as an integral part of the human experience.

We have already seen the proliferation of smart devices, and smart wearables. New applications include the use of these wearables to improve worker safety in the mining industry.

In other industries, such as retail and travel, wearables could be used to increase worker productivity and increase human ability. Companies like Boston Dynamics have already developed a wide variety of human augmenting devices that can be used in factories or on the battlefield.

Genome Editing is a group of technologies that give scientists the ability to change an organism’s DNA. These technologies allow genetic material to be added, removed, or altered at particular locations in the genome.

Several approaches to genome editing have been developed, in particular one known as CRISPR (Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats)

As scientists understanding of the genomic makeup of humans increases, so does the ability to manipulate genes and improve health diagnostics and treatments.

Next-generation genomics will offer advances in our understanding of plants and animals, potentially creating opportunities to improve the performance of agriculture and to create high-value substances from ordinary organisms.

Food made with plant-based ingredients instead of animal. Plant-based alternatives to animal-based foods are not a new phenomenon. However, a new generation of plant-based meat alternatives is aiming to do just that.

In particular products che simulano burger with their imitation of beef, in both taste and experience. The growing trend to incorporate vegetarian options into a diet of meat and fish is known as flexitarianism and it comes with immense health benefits.

There are two fundamental benefits that are obtained from the production of this type of food: increasing people’s health and protecting the environment.

Reducing the consumption of meat and dairy products from animal sources is a good particularly for people at a higher risk for cardiovascular disease or certain types of cancers, and would drastically contribute to the achievement of climate targets and would reduce the risk of exceeding the high temperature.

Quantum computers are machines that use the properties of quantum physics to store data and perform computations. Classical computers encode information in binary bits that can either be 0s or 1s. In a quantum computer, the basic unit of memory is a quantum bit or qubit. Qubits are made using physical systems, such as the spin of an electron or the orientation of a photon.

These systems can be in many different arrangements all at once, a property known as quantum superposition. Qubits can also be inextricably linked together using a phenomenon called quantum entanglement. The result is that a series of qubits can represent different things simultaneously.

Quantum computers could spur the development of new breakthroughs in science, medications to save lives, machine learning methods to diagnose illnesses sooner, materials to make more efficient devices and structures, financial strategies to live well in retirement, and algorithms to quickly direct resources such as ambulances.

It could transform medicine, break encryption and revolutionise communications and artificial intelligence.