# Emerging Technology Predictions Below are my notes on various sectors and the key companies and technologies that will revolutionize the way humanity operates. This is a constant work in progress so it will likely never be completed, only ever reaching temporary finished states. * People evolve... so to do their tools * Good technology is multi-functional * Software, AI, Automation and Robotics will be the key technologies of the future ### Transportation & Logistics * Getting from point A to Point B * We used run, ride horses and pull carriages * Roads, Highways and Interstate systems have evolved based on the medium we travel * Water, Ground and Air are the natural mediums for travel * The steam engine was a major milestone * Combustion engines on a chassis and wheels (Ford Motor Company) * Engines just got better over time. More horsepower, faster and could pull more weight * Not just transporting people, your transporting goods * Why do we still use boats? * Can they carry more? * Are they faster? * Fuel... how do we fuel our transportation? Hyperloop/Maglev {% embed url="" %} {% embed url="" %} * Racing technology * F1 ### The World is going Self driving * [Tesla](https://www.tesla.com/) accelerating the transition to sustainable energy {% embed url="" %} {% embed url="" %} The cars can drive themselves {% endembed %} #### Uber Uber has a long term vision of a fully self driving fleet of cars. Imagine Netflix but for getting a ride. {% embed url="" %} #### Lyft Lyft is an Uber competitor. {% embed url="" %} They are also working on building a self-driving fleet. {% embed url="" %} #### Amazon Prime Air Amazon is working on a drone delivery service that will allow even faster delivery {% embed url="" %} #### Google's Waymo {% embed url="" %} ### Occupation/Business and Commerce * Future Office and workspace * Getting a job * Multi disciplinary and entrepreneurial ### Communication * Video * Audio * Text * In person meeting * Natural Language Processing * The Internet * Satellite * [Space X's Starlink](https://www.starlink.com/) Highspeed Internet * Cellular * WiFi 6 ### Energy Tesla is working on solar solutions and batteries in the energy category. It seems the market misunderstands Tesla by labeling them as an automotive company. Really they are a robotics, AI and sustainable energy company. {% embed url="" %} ### Finances (Fintech) Robinhood makes investing easy for the average person. {% embed url="" %} Coinbase is a crypto exchange {% embed url="" %} #### Housing/Habitat * [iRobot](https://www.irobot.com/) ### Healthcare & Biotech Neuralink is working on brain computer interfaces that will restore prior functionality to people with seriously limiting disabilities, eventually they will make BCIs that give people super powers. {% embed url="" %} Neuralink has had two successful human trials. Both have quadrapalegia and have reported life transforming improvements after having the BCI installed. {% embed url="" %} The senior leadership/engineering team at Neuralink was interviewed on an episode of Lex Fridman's podcast. In this episode their first human trial participant Noland Arbaugh also shares his experience with the interface. {% embed url="" %} Lex Fridman episode with Neuralink Team {% endembed %} This is an emerging field with several labs surfacing working on BCI technology, in industry and academia. {% embed url="" %} Stanford's Neuroscience Center {% endembed %} {% embed url="" %} WVU's Neuroscience Center {% endembed %} Some other private labs worth mentioning are Precision Neuroscience and Synchron. {% embed url="" %} Precision Neuroscience {% endembed %} {% embed url="" %} Synchron {% endembed %} ### Entertainment This section needs to be divided into multiple different sectors/categories. * Camera and lenses * Audio * Headphones * Speakers * Microphones * Display tech * OLED screens * Projectors * Holograms * Video * VOD (Video on Demand) * Live Streaming * Long form and short form * Music * Augmented Reality - the real world has a virtual overlay * Microsoft Hololens * Magic Leap * Google glass * Apple glass * Virtual Reality - completely immersed in a virtual reality or software defined world. * Meta quest 3 * HTC Vive * All this can be done through a computer Gaming is going to trend towards the cloud. This allows you to play high end games through any browser, which removes the need for dedicated gaming hardware. {% embed url="" %} {% embed url="" %} Unreal Engine by Epic is transforming gaming and how TV and movies are filmed. {% embed url="" %} * Industrial Light Magic (ILM) * Pixar Animation Studios * Epic * NVIDIA * Blender * OBS * StreamLabs OBS and OBS Ninja * AI Art Generators like Dalle3, Stable Diffusion, Midjourney {% embed url="" %} {% embed url="" %} {% embed url="" %} ### Education & Learning GPT4o1 by OpenAI {% embed url="" %} Hack The Box {% embed url="" %} Boot.dev {% embed url="" %} Khan Academy {% embed url="" %} SAN.edu {% embed url="" %} Western Governors University (WGU) {% embed url="" %} ### Ways to Help & Support You can help me continue to improve my content through feedback, words of encouragement and even if you: [![Buy Me A Coffee](https://cdn.buymeacoffee.com/buttons/v2/default-blue.png)](https://www.buymeacoffee.com/ltnbob)