Some tech trends fizzle out and die a quiet death, while others are so significant that they transform our world and how we live in it. Here are the top nine tech mega-trends that I believe will define 2018 and beyond.

1. 9 Technology Mega Trends
That Will Change The World In 2018

2. The Increasing Datafication Of Our Lives
We are doubling the amount data created in the world every 2 year
15 mn texts are sent
156 mn emails are sent
Facebook receives
900,000 logins
More than 450,000 Tweets are posted
In a single
minute

3. Iot And Smart Devices For Everyday Life
Homes
Yoga mats that track your Downward Dog
There will be 75 B
connected devices
Voice-enabled personal assistants like Alexa
Cars
0.25 M will be hooked up to the Internet by 2020
Personalisation

4. Computing Power Is Fueling Massive Tech Advances
1975 – 2015
Current rate of computing power is
approximately every 21/2 year
Quantum computers
is the new cool
Computer will be millions of times
faster than they are right now
Computing power
doubled in every 2
years

5. The Incredible Rise Of Artificial Intelligence (AI)
The incredible explosion in data, allows computers to…
See
e.g. facial recognition
Read
e.g. analyzing social
media messages
Listen
e.g. Alexa standing by to
answer your every command
Gauge our emotions
e.g. affective computing
Speak
e.g. Alexa being able to
answer you

6. The Unstoppable Freight Train That Is Automation
The more intelligent machines become, the more they can do for us
Jobs that are likely to be
affected by automation -
truck drivers to bricklayers to
doctors
Functions and systems
can be automated
through algorithms or
robots
Humans will no longer be needed to do the jobs
that machines can do faster, safer, cheaper and
more accurately
47 % of US jobs
are at risk of
automation

7. Blockchains - An Invention That Could Change Our World
Blockchain technology is a very practical solution to the problem of storing, authenticating
and protecting data
90% of major European and North American
banks are exploring blockchain solutions
Self-managed
There’s no one person or organization in
charge of the entire chain
Would be heavily adopted in
Financial services
Healthcare
Insurance

8. 3D Printing Added New Opportunities
With 3D printing complex shapes can be created, than in traditional manufacturing
Materials used in 3D printing can be anything:
The object is created by laying down, or adding, layers of material
Powder ChocolateHuman tissue
Plastic MetalConcrete Liquid

9. Platforms Are The Way Forward For Businesses
The platform acts as a facilitator for participants,
making interactions
Possible
Traditional business models like Ford, are beginning to develop platform strategies
Platforms have given rise to
businesses like
SafeEasy

10. We’re Interacting With Technology In Very Different Ways
20202016 2018
Mobile web usage, overtook
web usage through traditional
computers
All businesses are integrating their
products with the likes of Siri, Alexa
and Google Assistant
50 % of all searches will be voice
searches
Around 30 % will involve no
screen

11. This is a PowerPoint reproduction of a news article via Forbes -
https://www.forbes.com/sites/bernardmarr/2017/12/04/9-technology-mega-trends-that-
will-change-the-world-in-2018/#2ca466625eed

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