Techno-scientific trends

1- Autonomous Car
An autonomous car is a vehicle that can guide itself
without human conduction. This kind of vehicle has
become a concrete reality and may pave the way for
future systems where computers take over the art of
driving.
An autonomous car is also known as a driverless car,
robot car, self-driving car or autonomous vehicle.

2- Graphene
Graphene is the thinnest material known to man
at one atom thick, and also incredibly strong -
about 200 times stronger than steel. On top of
that, graphene is an excellent conductor of heat
and electricity and has interesting light absorption
abilities. It is truly a material that could change the
world, with unlimited potential for integration in almost any industry.

3- 3D Printing
3D printing or additive manufacturing is a
process of making three dimensional solid
objects from a digital file.
The creation of a 3D printed object is achieved
using additive processes. In an additive process
an object is created by laying down successive
layers of material until the object is created. Each
of these layers can be seen as a thinly sliced horizontal cross-section of the eventual
object.

4- Massive open online courses (MOOCS)

Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs)
are free online courses available for anyone to
enroll. MOOCs provide an affordable and flexible
way to learn new skills, advance your career and
deliver quality educational experiences at scale.
5- Virtual currencies (bitcoin)
Each Bitcoin is basically a computer
file which is stored in a 'digital wallet'
app on a smartphone or computer.
People can send Bitcoins (or part of
one) to your digital wallet, and you can
send Bitcoins to other people. Every
single transaction is recorded in a
public list called the blockchain.

6- Wearable technologies
Wearable technology (also called wearable gadgets)
is a category of technologydevices that can be worn
by a consumer and often include tracking information
related to health and fitness. Other wearable tech
gadgets include devices that have small motion
sensors to take photos and sync with your mobile
devices.
Wearable Technologies is the pioneer and world
leading innovation and market development platform
for technologiesworn close to the body, on the body
and even in the body.

7- Drones
A drone, in technological terms, is an
unmanned aircraft. Drones are more formally
known as unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) or
unmanned aircraft systems (UASes).
Essentially, a drone is a flying robot that can
be remotely controlled or fly autonomously
through software-controlled flight plans in their
embedded systems, working in conjunction
with onboard sensors and GPS.
8- Aquaponic sistems
Aquaponics refers to any system that combines
conventional aquaculture (raising aquatic animals
such as snails, fish, crayfish or prawns in tanks) with
hydroponics (cultivating plants in water) in a
symbiotic environment.
In aquaponics, less water is used for the crops.
Research has shown that aquaponic gardens use
1/10th of the water you would use for soil garden.
Regular gardening pesticides or other chemicals
can't be used because they would harm the fish.

9- Smart home technologies

Smart home technology, also often referred to
as home automation or domotics (from the Latin
"domus" meaning home), provides homeowners
security, comfort, convenience and energy
efficiency by allowing them to
control smart devices, often by a smart home app
on their smartphone or other networked device.

10- Electricity storage (hydrogen)

Using excess renewable electricity the Proton
Exchange Membrane (PEM) electrolyzer splits water
into its constituent parts, hydrogen and oxygen, that
can be stored in common tanks. With the ability to
hold 120MJ/kg, a relatively small amount of hydrogen
is needed to store significant amounts of energy.