The Future of Tech?

As wearable tech heads into its second generation, companies will be thinking about how to beat their opponents in the ever growing smart tech market.

When making a new product, companies have to find a problem, and then provide a product that solves their problem. Take fitness bands, for example: carrying a big phone in your pocket during a run can be really annoying, so if we provide a tracker that can be worn on the wrist, we can make money.

As time goes by, we are inevitably going to see that everyday items like remotes and keys will get ‘smart’ versions of themselves. Items like clothing will also see added functionality, such as hidden chargers or fitness trackers. We are already seeing that this is coming into effect, with Nike putting Nike+ into their shoes.

We will also see cars, bikes and other methods of transport get smarter – Google are making smart cars, and bike computers are getting more and more detailed and accurate.

The real question is how technology will evolve in future decades, and not just years. Things like hoverboards and jetpacks feature in movies like ‘Back to the Future’, and also feature in the back of peoples’ thoughts everywhere. Surely transport such as this will start to come into the mainstream, polished, and at cheap enough prices to undercut cars and motorbikes.

Ovens and microwaves could also see ‘smart’ upgrades, using pre-programmed meal settings, or more complex settings like in-built thermometers to automate cooking, and other tasks which are now considered ‘everyday’.

The thing that I would like to see? I want to see teleportation. This may be impossible, but at the end of the day, something like this would revolutionise travel, and the novel aspect of such a thing would do for me what computers do to the old generation of today – completely mind-boggle me!

For this to happen, though, we have to sort out one of the largest problems of our generation; finding a renewable energy source, which is not just sustainable, but practical and distributable. (such as fusion energy) This would also make energy more accessible to 3rd world countries, which is another benefit, as tech would be spreading across the world, letting everyone access what 1st world countries consider as a necessity.

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