Foresights

Emerging technology briefing papers

Our Foresight papers provide a more detailed exploration of each technology that's mentioned in our 2020 magzine. We look at current and future usage, and provide an independent assessment of each technology that aims to cut through the hype.

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Artificial intelligence	Augmented reality	Autonomic computing	Bayesian learning
Biometrics	Collaborative software	Digital rights management	Displays
GIS	Grid computing	Home entertainment convergence	Intelligent agents
Intelligent buildings	Intelligent vehicles	Near field communications (NFC)	Optical computing
Organic (DNA) computing	Pervasive computing	Quantum cryptography	RFID
Robotics	Search	Semantic Web	Smart dust
Social computing	Software mashups	Speech synthesis	Telepresence
Universal translation	Virtual reality	Wearable computing	WiMAX
Wirelessness

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