The 10 Tech Trends That Will Transform Our World

What makes the fourth industrial revolution so different from previous industrial revolutions is the convergence and interaction between multiple technology trends at once. In this article, I list the ten major technology trends that are driving the fourth industrial revolution – trends that I believe will forever alter how we do business and live our lives. As processing power has increased and the size of computer microchips has shrunk, we've quickly become used to computers and devices getting smaller, lighter, cheaper, more powerful, and more ubiquitous. Looking ahead, probably the next big leap in computing power will come from quantum computers – computers that are so fast and powerful, they could be used to complete new, previously impossible tasks that traditional computers aren't capable of. The IoT refers to the increasing number of intelligent, connected devices and objects that are capable of gathering and transmitting data.