List of Emerging Technologies

List of emerging technologies
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This is a list of currently emerging technologies, which contains some of the most prominent ongoing
developments, advances, and innovations in various fields of moderntechnology. Emerging technologies are those
technical innovations which represent progressive developments within a field for competitive advantage.[1]
Contents
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1 Agriculture
2 Biomedical
3 Displays
4 Electronics
5 Energy
6 IT and communications
7 Manufacturing
8 Materials science
9 Military
10 Neuroscience
11 Robotics
12 Transport
13 Other
14 See also
15 Further reading
16 References
17 External links
Agriculture[edit]
Emerging
technology
Status
Agricultural
robot[2]
Research and
development, trial
projects
Closed
ecological
systems[3][4][5]
Research and
development, working
demonstrators
(e.g. Biosphere 2)
Potentially
marginalized
technologies
Potential
applications
Agricultural science
Agriculture,
scientific
research, space
colonization
Related articles
Greenhouse, Eden
Project, Bioshelter, Seawater
greenhouse, Perpetual harvest
greenhouse system
Genetically
Research and
modified food[6] development,
[7]
commercialization
Meat incubator
Research and
development
Butchers, the meat

packing industry[8]
Creating synthetic
meat products
In vitro meat
Research and
development[9][10][11]
Animal
husbandry,fishing[11]
Humane, resourceefficient meat[11]
Precision
agriculture
Research and
development, diffusion
Industrial agriculture
Crop and meat

production
Research, development,
Vertical farming experiments, and
diffusion[12][13][14]
Biomedical[edit]
New Harvest
Emerging technology
Status
Potentially
marginalized
technologies
and/or
industries
Potential applications
Related articles
Artificial uterus
Hypothetical, research
Incubator
extracorporeal
pregnancy,Reprogenetics, sa
me-sex procreation
Body implants,prosthesis
Trials, from animal

(e.g., brain implants) to
human clinical
(e.g.,insulin pump
implant), to commercial
production
(e.g. pacemaker,joint
replacement, cochlear
implant)
Various fields of
medicine
Brain implant, retinal implant
Cryonics
Hypothetical, research
Reproduction, cosmetics, and Parahuman,Human

genetic diversity
genetic engineering
Expressive augmentation
Hypothetical
Plastic
surgery, makeup,body
painting and
some parts
of costumes
Genetic engineering
commercialization[15][16]
Animal
husbandry, plant
breeding
Creating and
modifying species, biomachines, eliminating genetic
disorders (gene therapy)
Hibernation or suspended
animation
animal trials[17]
Surgical
anaesthesia
Organ transplantation, space

travel, prolonged surgery,
emergency care
Life extension, Strategies

for Engineered Negligible
Senescence
Research, experiments,
animal testing[18][19][20]
Existing
treatments for
age-related
diseases[20]
Increased life spans[20]
Nanomedicines
Prosthetics,prostheti
cs in fiction
Genetically
modified
food,genetic
pollution
Resveratrol,SRT172
0
Emerging technology
Status
Potentially
marginalized
technologies
and/or
industries
Related articles
limited use[21][22]
Oncolytic Virus
Human trials (Talimogene

laherparepvec, reolysin, J
X-594),
commercialisation
(H101)
Personalized medicine,full
Research, experiments[23]
genome sequencing
Regenerative medicine
Robotic surgery
Stem cell treatments
Tissue engineering
Virotherapy
Orphan drugs
Some laboratory trials[24]
Research, diffusion[25][26]
[27]
Oncolytic virus
Cancer management and

preventive treatment; genetic
disorders
Life extension
Surgeons untraine
d in robotic
surgery
phase I human trial spinal
cord injury treatment
Other therapies
(GERON), cultured
cornea transplants[28][29]
Research, diffusion[30][31]
Stem cell, stem cell

Treatment for a wide range of
treatments,Skin cell
diseases and injuries
gun
[32][33]
Organ printing
Research, Human Trials
Gene Therapy, cancer therapy
Vitrification orcryoprotecta Hypothetical, some

nt
experiments[34]
Displays[edit]
Cancer therapy, imaging
Ischemic
damages
Organ
transplantation, cryonics
Virotherapy,Oncolyt
ic Virus
Emerging
technology
Status
Potentially
marginalized
technologies
3D displays
Research,
other display
Television, computer
commercialization[35][36] technologies,CRT, LCD interfaces, cinemas
Ferro Liquid Display
Some commercial
products
Field emission display
Research
Holography(Holographic
display,ComputerDiffusion[37][38][39]
generated holography)
Display technologies
Interferometric
modulator display
Development,
commercializing[40]
Non-emissive displays
Other display
with fast response times
technologies,CRT, LCD and potentially the most
, plasma, e-paper
realistic colors of all
display technologies
Laser video displays
first commercial Laser

LCD and plasma
TV in 2008, Mitsubishi
displays
LaserVue TV
OLED displays
Diffusion[41][42]
Organic light-emitting
transistor
Development
Phased-array optics
Hypothetical[43][44]
LCD and plasma

displays
Related articles
Autostereoscopic
display,stereoscopic
display, volumetric
display, holographic
display, Light Field
display, Nintendo
3DS, HTC Evo 3D
Interferometric
modulator
display,comparison of
display technology
Displays with very wide

colour gamut
Laser
TV, Comparison of
display technology
Displays, lighting
OLED
TV, Comparison of
display technology
Conventionaldisplay
Mass production of 3devices(e.g., television) dimensional imagery
Emerging
technology
Status
Quantum dot display
Potentially
marginalized
technologies
Related articles
Diffusion
Screenless
display(Virtual retinal
display, Bionic contact
lens),EyeTap
Hypothetical,
experiments[45]
Traditional displays
Augmented reality, virtual

reality, EyeTap could
allow the user to reference
the blue prints like in a
construction yard, in a 3D
manner, Delivers the user
constant up to date
information on the stock
market, the user's
corporation, and meeting
statuses, visual disabilities
Surface-conduction
electron-emitter display
Abandoned
Traditional displays
Displays with high

contrast ratio, fast
response time and high
energy efficiency
Telescopic pixel display
In development
Thick-film dielectric
electroluminescent
technology
Suspended
Head-mounted
display, Head-up
display, adaptive
optics
Time-multiplexed optical
Commercialized
shutter
Volumetric display
3-dimensional imagery
Swept-volume display
Electronics[edit]
Emerging
technology
Electronic nose
Status
Potentially
marginalized
technologies
Research,
X-ray and MRI scans for

detecting cancer
Detecting spoiled food, chemical

weapons and cancer
Related articles
Emerging
technology
Status
Potentially
marginalized
technologies
E-textiles
Research, diffusion[48]
Flexible
electronics
some prototypes[49][50]
Memristor
Working prototype[51][52]
Some current integrated

circuits, many
otherelectronics devices
Spintronics
Working prototypes[53]
Mechanical magnetic hard

Data storage
disk drives
Working prototypes in
discrete devices
Conventional thermal
systems, heat sinks, bulk
thermoelectrics
Thermal
copper pillar
bump
Related articles
Flexible and folding electronic

devices (such as smartphones),
Flexiblesolar cells which are
lightweight, can be rolled up for
launch, and are easily deployable
Nokia
Morph, Flexible
organic lightemitting diode
Smaller, faster, lower power

consuming storage, analogue
electronics,Artificial intelligence
MRAM
Electric circuit cooling; microfluidic actuators; smalldevice thermoelectric

power generation
(see thermoelectric generator)
Ultra high
definition
holographic
disc, Metal
insulator transition
Energy[edit]
Emerging
technology
Status
Potentially
marginalized
technologies
Potential
applications
Related articles
Vortex engine
Chimney, Cooling
Power generation.
tower, Solar updraft tower
Airborne wind
Research[54][55][56]
turbine
Fossil fuels
Producing electricity
KiteGen
Fossil fuel or 'archived'

photosynthesis
Improve natural
photosynthesis, so
roads buildings and
vehicles convert
sunlight and water
into hydrogen and
Sustainocene, Renewable
energy, Nanotechnology
Artificial
Research,
photosynthesis experiments[57] growing
interest in a macroscience
global project [58]
Emerging
technology
Status
Potentially
marginalized
technologies
Potential
applications
Related articles
carbon dioxide into

carbohydrates
Energy storage, more

Issues relating to biofuels
so for transport
Biofuels
Diffusion[59]
Fossil fuels
Concentrated
solar power
Growing markets in
California, Spain, Northern
Africa[60]
Fossil fuels, photovoltaics Producing electricity
Electric
double-layer
capacitor
Diffusion, continued
development[61]
DESERTEC, BrightSource
Energy, Solar Millennium
Chemical batteries
Regenerative braking;
energy storage:
generally faster
charging, longer
lasting, more flexible,
greener
Fossil fuels, renewable

energy,nuclear fission
power
Producing electricity,
ITER, NIF, Polywell,Dense
heat, fusion torch
plasma focus,Muonrecycling with waste
catalyzed fusion
heat
Traditional nuclear power

reactors,fossil fuels
heat, transmutation of
nuclear waste
stockpiles from
traditional reactors
Electrical grid
Off-the-grid,
producing electricity
Flywheel
Some commercial examples
energy storage
Fusion power
Hypothetical, experiments;
for 60+ years[62]
Generation IV
Research, Experiments
reactor
Grid energy
storage
Increasing use
Home fuel cell
Research,
commercialisation[63][64][65]
Autonomous
building,Bloom Energy
Server
Status
Potentially
marginalized
technologies
Diffusion of hydrogen fuel

cells; Hypothetical,
experiments for lower cost
hydrogen production[66]
Other energy storage

methods:
chemical batteries, fossil
fuels
Energy storage
Lithium-air
battery
Research, experiments[67]

methods:hydrogen,
chemical batteries, some
uses of fossil fuels
Laptops, mobile
phones, longrange electric cars;
storing energy
for electric grid
Lithium iron
phosphate
battery
Commercialization
Molten salt
battery
Applications and continuing

research
Molten salt
reactor
Research, Experiments
Traditional nuclear power

reactors, fossil fuels
heat
Nanowire
battery
Experiments, prototypes[68][69]

methods:hydrogen,
chemical batteries, some
uses of fossil fuels
Laptops, mobile
phones, longrange electric cars;
storing energy
for electric grid
Nantenna
Research[70][71][72]
Fossil fuels
Siliconair
battery
Experiments
Smart grid
Research, diffusion[73][74][75]
Emerging
technology
Hydrogen
economy
Solar roadway Research[76][77][78]
Potential
applications
Related articles
Smart meter, SuperSmart

Grid
Fossil fuels
Emerging
technology
Potentially
marginalized
technologies
Status
Space-based
solar power
Hypothetical
Thorium fuel
cycle
Research started in the

1960s, still ongoing
Potential
applications
Uranium based nuclear

power, fossil fuels
heat
Wireless
Prototypes, diffusion, short
energy transfer range consumer products[79]
Power cords,
plugs, batteries
Wirelessly powered
equipment: laptop,
cell phones, electric
cars, etc.
Energy
harvesting
Batteries
Constant energy
source for mobile,
wearable and
ubiquitous devices
Experiments
Related articles
WiTricity, resonant
inductive coupling
IT and communications[edit]
Emerging technology
Status
Potentially
marginalized
technologies
4G cellular communication
First commercial LTE

networks deployed in
Sweden December 2009;
candidate systems LTEbroadband
advanced and IEEE
802.16m (Mobile WiMAX
Release 2) in development
Ambient intelligence
Hypothetical
Research
Artificial intelligence
Hypothetical,
experiments; limited uses
Human decision,
Related
articles
Mobile
broadband,mobile
TV, Interactive
Pervasive computing
TV, 3D-TV,
[80]
holographiccam
eras[80]
Neurological
disease's
treatments, artificial
intelligence
[81]
Artificial brain
Potential
applications
Creating intelligent
Blue Brain Project
Progress in
artificial
Emerging technology
Potentially
marginalized
technologies
Status
in specialized domains
[82]
[83][84]
Atomtronics
Hypothetical
Augmented Reality
diffusion
analysis, etc.
Potential
applications
devices
Related
articles
intelligence,techno
logical
singularity,applica
tions of artificial
intelligence
Cybermethodology
Emerging memory
technologiesT-RAM, Z-RAM, T
TRAM,CBRAM, SONOS, RRA
In development
M,Racetrack
memory, NRAM,Millipede
memory
Current memory
technologies
Fourth-generation optical
discs(3D optical data
storage,Holographic data
storage)
Research, prototyping
Some mass
storagemethods/devi
ces, magnetic tape
data storage, optical
data storage
Storing and archiving

Blu-ray
data previously
Disc, Optical
erased for economic
storage
reasons
General-purpose computing on
graphics processing units
Diffusion of non
standardized methods
CPU for a few

specialized uses
Order of magnitude
faster processing
ofparallelizable algori
thms
Machine augmented
cognition,exocortices
Diffusion of primitive
amplifications; working
Libraries, schools, tra
prototypes of more;
ining, pocket
Hypothetical, experiments
calculators
on more substantial
amplification
Machine translation
Diffusion[86][87]
[85]
Human translation
Easier and cheaper
of natural languages, cross-cultural
Emerging technology
Status
Potentially
marginalized
technologies
in areas where
misunderstanding is
non-critical and
language
isformalized
Potential
applications
communication
Research, prototyping,
commercialization[81]
Biometrics,
controlling processes
(e.g., indriverless
car, automated
guided vehicle),
Biotic vision and
detecting events (e.g.,
perception, including
in
humans
visual surveillance),
interaction (e.g.,
in human-computer
interaction), robot
vision
Mobile collaboration
Development,
Extends the
capabilities of video
conferencing for use
on hand-held mobile
Traditional videodevices in real-time
conferencing systems over secure networks.
For use in diverse
industries such as
manufacturing,
energy, healthcare.[89]
Optical computing
Hypothetical,
experiments; some
components of integrated
circuits have been
developed[90]
Many electronics dev Smaller, faster, lower

ices, integrated
power consuming
circuits
computing
Machine vision
Quantum computing
Hypothetical,
experiments,
[91]
Atomtronics,
Electronic
computing,optical
computing, quantum
clock
Related
articles
Much faster
computing, for some
kinds of problems,
chemical modeling,
new materials with
programmed
properties,
Hypothetical ofhightemperature
superconductivity an
Computer
vision,pattern
recognition,digital
image processing
Emerging technology
Status
Potentially
marginalized
technologies
Potential
applications
Related
articles
dsuperfluidity
Quantum cryptography
Radio-frequency identification
Secure
communications
Commercialization[93]
Diffusion of high cost[94][95]

[96]
Barcode
Smartstores - RFID
based self
checkout(keeping
track of all incoming
and outgoing
products), food
packaging, smart
shelves, smart carts.
See: potential uses
Web 2.0
Making the web

machine-readable by
annotating data on
the web based on its
meaning
Semantic Web or answer

machine
Research, limited use
Speech recognition
Research,Development,Co Mechanical input

mmercialization
devices
Three-dimensional integrated
circuit
Development,
Conventional integrat
ed circuit
Virtual Reality
diffusion
Television
Entertainment,
education
Manufacturing[edit]
Emerging
technology
3D printing
Status
Commercial
production[99][100]
Potentially
marginalized
technologies
Manual prototype
Rapidly prototyping and producing
production, some methods of plastic objects and multi-material
mass production that lack
items, with potential to significantly
Related articles
RepRap
Project,Contour
Emerging
technology
Potentially
marginalized
technologies
Status
customize products for individual

consumers
customizability
Claytronics
Hypothetical,
experiment
3D printing, traditional
manufacturing methods and
tools
Molecular
assembler
Hypothetical,
experiment
3D printing, traditional
manufacturing methods and
tools
Utility fog
Hypothetical,
experiment
Related articles
Crafting, D-Shape
Replicator (Star
Trek)
Materials science[edit]
Status
Potentially
marginalized
technologies
Aerogel
Hypothetical,
experiments,
diffusion, early
uses[101]
Traditional Insulation,
Glass
Improved insulation, insulative

glass if it can be made clear,
sleeves for oil pipelines,
aerospace, high-heat & extreme
cold applications
Conductive Polymers
Research,
experiments,
prototypes
Conductors
Lighter and cheaper wires,

antistatic materials, organic
solar cells
Present nuclear
New materials; nuclear

weapons, power
Emerging technology
Femtotechnology,Picotechnol
Hypothetical
ogy
Graphene
Hypothetical,
experiments,
diffusion, early
uses[102][103]
silicon-basedintegrated
circuit
Components with higher

strength to weight ratios,
transistors that operate at higher
frequency, lower cost of display
screens in mobile devices,
storing hydrogen for fuel cell
Related
articles
Emerging technology
Status
Potentially
marginalized
technologies
Related
articles
powered cars, sensors to

diagnose diseases[104]
High-temperature
superconductivity
Cryogenic
receiver frontend (CRFE) RF
and microwave
filter systems for
Copper wire,
mobile phone
semiconductor integral
base stations;
circuits
prototypes in dry
ice; Hypothetical
and experiments
for higher
temperatures[105]
No loss conductors, frictionless

bearings, magnetic levitation,
lossless high-capacity
accumulators, electric cars,
heat-free integral circuits and
processors
High-temperature
superfluidity
Superfluid
gyroscopes
already exist but Mechanicalgyroscope
work at very low
temperatures
High-precision measure of
gravity, navigation and
maneuver devices, possible
devices to emit gravitomagnetic
field, frictionless mechanical
devices
Metamaterials
Hypothetical,
experiments,
diffusion[106]
Microscopes, cameras, metamat

erial cloaking, cloaking devices
Multi-function structures
Nanomaterials:carbon
nanotubes
Programmable matter
[107]
Classical optics
Hypothetical,
experiments,
Composite
some prototypes, materials mostly
few commercial
Hypothetical,
experiments,
diffusion, early
uses[108][109]
Hypothetical,
experiments[110]
[111]
Wide range, e.g., self health

monitoring, self healing
material, morphing...
Structural steeland alumini Stronger, lighter

um
materials, space elevator
Coatings,catalysts
Wide range,
e.g., claytronics, synthetic
biology
Potential
applications of
carbon
nanotubes,carb
on fiber
Emerging technology
Potentially
marginalized
technologies
Status
Related
articles
Quantum dot laser, future use as

programmable matter in display
technologies (TV, projection),
optical data communications
(high-speed data transmission),
medicine (laser scalpel)
Quantum dots
Research,
experiments,
prototypes[112]
LCD, LED
Silicene
Hypothetical,
research
Field-effect transistors
Military[edit]
Emerging
technology
Status
Potentially
marginalized
technologies
Potential
applications
Related articles
Tracking and
destruction of tactical
ballistic missiles
Advanced Tactical
Laser, High Energy Liquid
Laser Area Defense System
Warfare
Laser Weapon System
Coilgun, Railgun
Airborne laser
Research and
development, trials,
discontinued
Missile defense
Antimatter weapon
Hypothetical
Nuclear weapons
Caseless
ammunition
Field tests and some

niche markets
Cartridges
Directed energy
weapon
some prototypes[113]
Firearms
Electrolaser
Research and
development
Taser
Electromagnetic
weapons
Research and
development[114][115]
Firearms
Warfare
Electrothermalchemical
technology
Research and
development
Conventional
ammunition
Tank, artillery, and

close-in weapon
Emerging
technology
Status
Potentially
marginalized
technologies
Potential
applications
Related articles
systems
Particle beam
weapon
Research and
development
Plasma weapon
Research
Firearms
Warfare
Strategic Defense Initiative
Plasma stealth, Stealth

aircraft, Radar-absorbent
material
Pure fusion weapon Hypothetical
Sonic weapon
Research and
development
Stealth technology
Research and
development
Camouflage
Electronic
countermeasures
Vortex ring gun
Research and
development
tear gas
Crowd control
Neuroscience[edit]
Emerging technology
Status
Abolition of Suffering
Hypothetical
IBM Blue Brain

project
Related
articles
Humanity +
Enhance attention span and alertness,

and facilitate learning and memory
Ampakine
Artificial brain
Potentially
marginalized
technologies
Emerging technology
Brain-computer interface
Potentially
marginalized
technologies
Status
Research and
commercialization
Video
games, television,
and movies
Research,
diffusion[120][121]
Related
articles
A revolution
in entertainment, medicine,
and computing.
Mind uploading, enabling individuals

with brain damage to
communicate[119]
BrainResearch[116][117][118]
reading,Neuroinformatics
Electroencephalography
Keyboards and other

interfaces
Controlling electronic devices via

brain waves
BrainGate.
Visual prosthesis, brain

implant, exocortex, retinal implant
Neuroprosthetics
Robotics[edit]
Emerging
technology
Status
Potentiall
y
marginali
zed
technolog
ies
Molecular
Hypothetical,
nanotechnology,nanoro
experiments[122]
botics
Products and
parts
production,
retail
distribution
Machines (desktop, industrial) that

can make anything given the
materials, cheap
planetary terraforming
Powered exoskeleton
Research,
development,
prototypes,
diffusion,
commercializin
g[123]
Electric
wheelchairs,
forklifts
Heavy lifting, paralysis, muscle

related
diseases, warfare, construction,
care for theelderly and disabled.
Self-reconfiguring
modular robot
Other ways to
Hypothetical,
form physical
experiments,
structures and
early prototypes
machines
Related articles
LOPES
(exoskeleton), ReWalk,Human
Universal Load Carrier,
fictional armor Iron Man's
armor,Future Force Warrior
As a universal physical machine,

Robot, swarm
SRCMR may change the way we
robotics,autonomous research
make many physical structures and
robot
machines
Emerging
technology
Status
Swarm robotics
Unmanned vehicle
Potentiall
y
marginali
zed
technolog
ies
Related articles
Hypothetical,
experiments[124]
Distributed
computing,
complexity in Autonomous construction, space
behavior by construction
simplicity in
architecture
Research and
development,
some diffusion
Mass
surveillance, eavesdropping, Ocean
ography, Commercial
aerial surveillance of livestock
monitoring, wildfire mapping,
pipeline security, home security,
road patrol and anti-piracy.
Domestic aerial surveillance, patrol
the nation's borders, scout property,
and hunt down fugitives, Oil gas
and mineral exploration and
Manned
production, geophysical surveys,
vehicles,
geomagnetic surveys, transport of
human spying
goods, Scientific research in areas
too dangerous for pilots like a
droid hurricane tornado
hunter, Armed attack,Search and
rescue, explosives and Bomb
disposal, peacekeeping operations,
ground surveillance,
gatekeeper/checkpoint operations,
urban street presence, enhance
police and military raids in urban
settings.
Swarm
intelligence, autonomous
robotics, nanorobotics, particle
swarm optimization, multi-agent
systems, behavior-based
robotics
Unmanned aerial
vehicle,AeroVironment, AeroVi
ronment Global
Observer, AeroVironment Nano
Hummingbird, Unmanned
combat air vehicle, Unmanned
ground vehicle, Unmanned
space vehicle, Unmanned
surface vehicle, Unmanned
underwater
vehicle, Autonomous
underwater vehicle
Transport[edit]
Emerging
technology
Airless tire
Alcubierre drive
Status
early prototypes[125][126][127]
Attempting to create a warp

field in lab tests[128]
Potentially marginalized
technologies
Potential
applications
Related articles
Conventional tire[127]
Safer tires[127]
Tweel
Conventional space propulsion
Interstellar
exploration and
Breakthrough
Propulsion Physics
Emerging
technology
Status
Alternative fuel
vehicle
Commercialization,
diffusion
Beam-powered
propulsion
Hypothetical
Driverless car
prototypes[129][130][131]
Flexible wings (X53 Active

Aeroelastic
Experiments, prototypes[132]
Wing, Adaptive
[133][134][135][136]
Compliant
Wing), fluidic
flight controls
Flying car
Early commercialization,
prototypes[137][138]
Hovertrain, Ground Research, development[139]

[140]
effect train
technologies
Internal combustion engine
Potential
applications
Related articles
colonization
Program
Reducing air
pollution,
decreasing oil
consumption
Electric
vehicle,Hydrogen
vehicle,Compressed
air vehicle
Laser propulsion
Driver's licenses, rules of the

road, traffic lights, traffic
sign,highway patrols, vehicle
insurances
Reducing traffic
collision,
increasing road
capacity,
reducing air
pollution,
reducing traffic
congestion
Other flight control

systems:ailerons, elevators, elevon
Controlling
s,
aircraft, ships
Google driverless
car,General Motors
EN-V,CityCar, MIT
Car
Aircraft flight
control system, BAE
Systems
Demon, fluidics
flaps, flaperons
Automobile, road
More effective
transportation
Terrafugia
Transition,Moller
M400 Skycar,Urban
Aeronautics XHawk
Conventional trains
Trains with
higher speed
Arotrain, Duke
Hospital
PRT,Hovercraft
Ion thruster
In use
Jet
pack or backpack
helicopter
prototypes[141][142]
Automobile
More effective
transportation
Maglev
train, Vactrain
Research, early
commercialization[143][144][145]
Conventional trains, the wheel
Trains with
higher speed
Transrapid, Shangha
i Maglev
Train, Linimo
Mass driver
Prototypes
Personal rapid
Automobile
More effective
Morgantown
Emerging
technology
transit
Physical Internet
Status
diffusion[146][147]
Research
[148]
Propellant depot
Research, development
Pulse detonation
engine
Testbed demos
Reusable launch
system
Scramjet
Solar sail
Space elevator
Spaceplane
technologies
Research, development[149]
[150][151]
Potential
applications
Related articles
transportation
PRT,ULTra
Conventional logistics
Heavy lift rockets
enabling deepspace missions

with more
massive
payloads,
satellite life
extension,
ultimately
lowering the cost
per kg launched
to space
Expendable launch system
Surface-to-orbit
transport
SpaceX reusable
rocket launching
system
Conventional jet engine
Hypersonic
aircraft
NASA X-43
In 2010, IKAROS was the

world's first spacecraft
designed to use solar sailing
propulsion to be successfully
launched
Space travel
Non-rocket
spacelaunch, Orbital
ring, Sky
hook, Space
fountain
[154][155]
Conventional airliners
Hypersonic
transport
A2, Skylon
Concorde, Tupolev
Tu-144
Supersonic
transport
Commercialization existed,
diffusion
Conventional airliners
Airliner with
higher speed
Nuclear Launch
Cannon
Hypothetical
Other cargo launch
Very cheap
launch for cargo
High Altitude
Platforms
Experimentation
Most satellites, cell phone towers
Communications
Orion Nuclear
Starship
Hypothetical, Experiments
Chemical rockets
Space launch
Aeroscraft
Prototype
Float to Orbit
Hypothetical
Conventional space launch
Space launch
Hyperloop
High-speed rail
Faster way to get

somewhere
Heavy-lift, high
altitude platform
Other[edit]
Emerging
technology
Status
Potentially
marginalized
technologies
Anti-gravity
Hypothetical and
experiments[156][157]
Arcology
Research,
development,
Commercialization
Asteroid mining
Hypothetical,
NASA has
announced plans to
capture and redirect
an asteroid.[158]
Atmospheric
carbon dioxide
removal
Research and
development
Fossil carbon
sources
Biometrics
Diffusion
Keys and ID
documents
Bioplastic
Some products
developed
Fossil fuel plastics
Cloak of
invisibility
Successful
experiments
cloaking small
Camouflage[160]
objects under some
conditions[159][160]
Digital scent
technology
Diffusion
Domed city
NASA develops
ageodesic dome for
Related articles
Climate change mitigation, closing

the carbon cycle, input for carbon
neutral fuel production
Carbon dioxide
removal, Virgin Earth
Challenge
Cloaking microscope tips at optical

frequencies[160]
Metamaterial cloaking
Smell-O-Vision,iSmell
Weather-controlled
Emerging
technology
Status
Potentially
marginalized
technologies
a moon base
Related articles
city, colonization of the moon
Force field
Hypothetical,
experiments[161]
Hypertelescope
Hypothetical
astronomy
Immersive virtual
reality
Hypothetical,
limited
commercialization
Consensus reality
Virtusphere, 3rd Space

An artificial environment where the
Vest,haptic suit,immersive
user feels just as immersed as they
technology,simulated
usually feel in consensus reality.
reality,holodeck(fictional)
Inflatable space
habitat
Developed,
prototypes built
and tested
Traditional
"aluminium can"
space habitat
modules
Space habitats
LED lamp
Incandescent
Commercialization lights, compact
fluorescent lights
Research,
development,
Magnetic levitation
Commercialization
(Maglev Train)
Magnetic
refrigeration
Armor
Wheels, tires,
conventional
transportation
systems
Already used for

Conventional
achieving
refrigerators
cryogenic
temperatures in the
laboratory setting
Military and law enforcement, space

Plasma window
travel
Bigelow Aerospace
High temperature
superconductivity, cryogenics, low
temperature refrigerators,
superconducting magnet design and
construction, fiber reinforced
plastics for vehicles and structural
concretes, communication and high
Vactrain, Levicar
power solid-state controls, vehicle
design (aerodynamics and noise
mitigation), precision
manufacturing, construction and
fabrication of concrete structures,
[162]
maglev car, maglev based
spacecraft launch
Refrigeration without the need for

compression and with more energy
efficient which may be in
refrigerators, air conditioners and
Emerging
technology
Status
Potentially
marginalized
technologies
(below 10K)
Magnetorheologica developed and

l fluid
researched
Related articles
spacecraft
Shock absorber
Magnetorheological damper heavy

motor damping, operator seat/cab
damping in construction vehicles,
seismic dampers positioned in
building absorbing detrimental
shock waves and oscillations within
the structure making them
earthquake-proof, enhance body
armor fluid bullet resistant,
Electrorheological fluid
Humvees, and various other allterrain vehicles employ dynamic
MR shock absorbers/dampers.
Magnetorheological finishing was
used in the construction of the
Hubble Space Telescope's corrective
lens, shock absorbers of a vehicle's
suspension are filled with
magnetorheological fluid.
Miniaturized
satellite
Research,
Conventional
development, some
satellites
prototypes
Inexpensive satellites, constellations

for low data rate communications,
using formations to gather data from
multiple points, in-orbit inspection
of larger satellites.
Synthetic
biology,synthetic
genomics
Research,
development, first
synthetic bacteria
created May
2010[163][164]
Chemical
industry,petroleum
industry, process
manufacturing
Creating infinitely scalable

production processes based on
programmable species of bacteria
and other life forms
BioBrick, iGEM,synthetic
genomics
Tricorder
Research and
Development
Medical
examinations
Diagnosing medical conditions
Medical tricorder
Vehicular
communication
systems
vehicle safety obstacle inform others

warnings on entering intersections,
Traffic management
Research and
Accommodating ambulances, fire
development, some Automobile safety
trucks, and police cars to a specific
diffusion
situation such as hot pursuits and
bad weather, Driver assistance
systems, Automated highways.
Artificial
Passenger,Dedicated shortrange
communications,Intelligent
transportation system
See also[edit]
Technology and applied sciences portal
General
Disruptive innovation, Industrial Ecology, List of inventors, List of
inventions, Sustainable development
NanoMolecular manufacturing, Neurotechnology
Bioscience
Human Connectome Project
Ethics
Casuistry, Computer ethics, Engineering
ethics, Nanoethics, Bioethics, Neuroethics, Roboethics
Other
Anthropogenics, Machine guidance, Radio frequency
identification, National Science Foundation, Virtual reality
Timeline
Timeline of the future in forecasts
Transport
List of proposed future transport
Further reading[edit]
IEEE International Conference on Emerging

Technologies and Factory Automation, &
Fuertes, J. M. (1999). 1999 7th IEEE
International Conference on Emerging
Technologies and Factory Automation
proceedings, ETFA'99, 1821 October 1999,
UPC, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.
Piscataway, N.J.: Institute of Electrical and
Electronics Engineers.
Jones-Garmil, K. (1997). The wired museum:

Emerging technology and changing
paradigms. Washington, DC: American

Association of Museums.
Giersch, H. (1982). Emerging technologies:

Consequences for economic growth,
structural change, and employment :
symposium 1981. Tbingen: Mohr.
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Butchers, the meat

Humane, resourceefficient meat[11]

Crop and meat

Trials, from animal

Brain implant, retinal implant

Reproduction, cosmetics, and Parahuman,Human

Organ transplantation, space

Life extension, Strategies

Increased life spans[20]

Human trials (Talimogene

Stem cell treatments

Some laboratory trials[24]

Cancer management and

Stem cell, stem cell

Research, Human Trials

Gene Therapy, cancer therapy

Vitrification orcryoprotecta Hypothetical, some

Cancer therapy, imaging

Ferro Liquid Display

Field emission display

Laser video displays

first commercial Laser

LCD and plasma

Displays with very wide

Quantum dot display

Augmented reality, virtual

Displays with high

Telescopic pixel display

X-ray and MRI scans for

Detecting spoiled food, chemical

Some current integrated

Mechanical magnetic hard

Flexible and folding electronic

Smaller, faster, lower power

Electric circuit cooling; microfluidic actuators; smalldevice thermoelectric

Fossil fuel or 'archived'

carbon dioxide into

Energy storage, more

Fossil fuels, photovoltaics Producing electricity

Fossil fuels, renewable

Traditional nuclear power

Home fuel cell

Diffusion of hydrogen fuel

Other energy storage

Other energy storage

Applications and continuing

Traditional nuclear power

Other energy storage

Solar roadway Research[76][77][78]

Smart meter, SuperSmart

Research started in the

Uranium based nuclear

First commercial LTE

Blue Brain Project

Storing and archiving

CPU for a few

Many electronics dev Smaller, faster, lower

Diffusion of high cost[94][95]

Making the web

Semantic Web or answer

Research, limited use

Research,Development,Co Mechanical input