These Are The Technologies That Will Change Our Lives In The Next 10 Years

Fast charging will help electric cars such as the Mercedes-Benz EQ Silver Arrow electric concept vehicle. We are living in an age of massive technological change, but sometimes it is all so complicated it can be hard to work out what's really going to change the world and what will fall by the wayside. Researchers at Lux have looked at the key technology innovations that are going to change the world economy – and our lives over the next 10 years. Its 19 for 2019 report looks at the innovations that are facing market roadblocks and those that are more likely to succeed because they fit an unmet market need. The top 5 transformative technologies to watch in 2019, according to Lux, are:Machine learning and AI: These programs can quickly generate insight from vast datasets for uses in retail, transportation, medicine, and more – 10,000 AI patents were filed in the past year.Wearable electronics: Wearables are evolving beyond the smartphone to serve as connected, personalized sensors – venture capital funding over the past five years has totalled $2 billion.3D Enterprise uses for AR and VR are on the rise for training, quality, productivity, and more – $2 billion in VC funding pours in each year.