​​Emerging Technology
​​ Timeline - Projection vs Actual, updates timestamped, revisions
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​​Q4 2017 (Q4 2022)

  • ​​Majority of new cars will be Electric
  • ​​Large-scale deployment of autonomous fleets (buses, taxis, trucks)
  • ​​Personalized medicine (gene editing)
  • ​​Majority of knowledge workers using XR
  • ​​Cryptocurrency as major asset class
  • ​​Dapps providing major services
  • ​​Voice everywhere
  • ​​Smart agents
  • ​​Solar - 10% globally
  • ​​Weather worse
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​​2016
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​​Elon Musk: https://www.tesla.com/blog/master-plan-part-deux
​​Zuck: http://www.theverge.com/a/mark-zuckerberg-future-of-facebook
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​​2014

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​​Next Big Thing
  • ​​Oculus Rift - VR w/ Presence, probably the biggest thing to hit gaming since Doom, may actually finally spawn the Metaverse
  • ​​Bitcoins and alt-coins - once everyone has a wallet and can easily create currencies/leverage distributed ledgers, could change everything
  • ​​Useful wrist wearable (maybe 2015) get killer apps:
  • ​​Smart Voice Digital Assistant
  • ​​Digital Wallet
  • ​​w/ Biometric auth (TouchID)
  • ​​2FA Token/Password Replacements
  • ​​Fitness Sensors + Smarts
  • ​​Smart alarm clock
  • ​​Optimal eating schedule/info
  • ​​Exercise Tracking
  • ​​Smart Haptics
  • ​​VR Input
  • ​​(more hope than prediction) People get serious about privacy - at least on a Snapchat for everything level but hopefully more
  • ​​Better Food