Tuesday, June 28, 2011

What does the next decade hold for technology?

1990s were mostly about the .com boom and then at the turn of the century we saw the bubble bust. 2000s brought us social networking, smart-phones and PDAs. Now that we at the boom of Social networking and smart-phones, tablets, etc., I cant control but wonder what will be the next big thing 10 years from now.

I personally feel - it will be highly personalize-able products with a human factor/human touch.

Hear me out. I feel bio-tech is the next big thing. 10 years from now.

We all will be so over-whelmed by 'social news' from all these social networking site, we will feel shallow inside - which will arise the need of personalized items - like mood boosters, one hour makeover devices etc. These bio-technological devices will read your body temperature, body vitals, estrogen/testosterone levels, adrenalin levels, blood sugar level etc - to find and suggest ways to either boost your mood or to calm you down.

Another high use of this could be for not-so-severe case of sleep apnea patients. 1-2 hours before going to bed, there will be a device which will suggest you steps to take for a better night sleep, etc.

In summary, technology will move away from social networking to personalized items; and bio-tech will have a huge role to play in it.

Only time will tell. Countdown begins...

1 comment:

  1. Can this be a built-in chip in smart phones? Something like this was a project worked on by one of the teams in my "Innovation and entrepreneurship class."

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