Gartner's strategic tech trends for 2020: Part 1, augmenting skills

The first focuses on technology interacting with people. Part 2, which highlights technology advancements that will make the world tick. In 1981, Douglas Adams introduced the world to a universal translator via human augmentation. In "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy," a bright yellow "Babel fish" is slipped into the hero Arthur Dent's ear to offer real-time translation from any language. It's a concept popularized in science fiction, but advancements in technology are making similar capabilities possible in 2019, albeit less invasive.