Read 56 technology predictions for 2020, a year that will see the world transform thanks to disruptions in technology that will impact a wide range of sectors—and we explore them all. It’s your future, discover what you’re in for.
TECHNOLOGY RELEASES FOR 2020
In 2020, a number of technology breakthroughs and trends will become available to the public, for example:
- Cost of solar panels, per watt, equals 1.2 US dollar
- China completes the world’s largest rail system (120,000 km
- London’s “Stratford City” is fully built
- New Zealand’s “Rebuilding of Christchurch” is fully built
- Indonesian’s “Sunda Strait Bridge” is fully built
- Congo’s “Great Inga Dam” is fully built
- Saudi Arabia’s “Kingdom Tower” is fully built
- Scandinavia and Germany’s “Fehmarn Belt Fixed Link” is fully built
- China’s “Great City” is fully built
- Share of global car sales taken by autonomous vehicles equals 5 per cent
- World sales of electric vehicles reaches 6,600,00
- (Moore’s Law) Calculations per second, per $1,000, equals 10^13 (one mouse brain
- Average number of connected devices, per person, is 6.
- Global number of Internet connected devices reaches 50,050,000,00
- Predicted global mobile web traffic equals 24 exabyte
- Global Internet traffic grows to 188 exabyte
Technology related predictions due to make an impact in 2020 include:
- Cloud computing becomes decentralized: Future of Computers P5
- The next social web vs. godlike search engines: Future of the Internet P2
- Gestures, holograms, and matrix-style mind uploading
- The digital storage revolution: Future of Computers P3
- The big business future behind self-driving cars: Future of Transportation P2
Related technology articles for 2020:
- Making computers more brain-like: Stanford researchers create first artificial synapse
- Privacy may soon be obsolete—but at what cost?
- Crispr/Cas9 gene editing speeds up selective breeding in agricultural industry
- Better data saves marine mammals
- Treating cancer: targeting fat to stop the growth of cancerous cells
- What about the “human” in the human transport tube system?
- Virtual reality: Is it more important than we realize?
- The brain chip of conspiracy theories
- Sustainability: Creating a Progressive Future in Brazil
- Virtual Reality: Good for the body and mind
- New haptic technology moves away from physical touch controls
- Desalination: Easing the burden of thirst
- The complexity of digital streaming
- Renewable railway technology to radically reduce Dutch emissions
- The potential effects of artificial intelligence
- China’s waste-to-energy plan
- Future classrooms to integrate VR tech
- Fusion energy power stations to fuel our future cities
- X-ray pills to detect bowel cancer
- New molecule to vastly amplify solar energy potential
- Nano-medicine expected to treat chronic illnesses
- Space as the next step for humankind
- What is cancer immunotherapy?
- Future of space exploration is red
- Will aerial drones become the future police car?
- Sideways-moving elevators disrupts building design
- ‘Bio-Spleen’: A breakthrough for treating blood-borne pathogens
- 3D cameras and predictive tech entering professional sports
- History and 5 billion dollar future of 3D printing
- Japan’s tidal energy system makes a splash
- Will our generation see the end of torrent sites?
- Video analytics and the future of video surveillance
