Technological innovations offer a lot of advancements in the healthcare field, especially as we are looking for more personalized and effective treatments. From artificial intelligence technology to virtual reality technology and many other technologies are finding their application in the healthcare sector. In this article, we will provide an overview of some of the most important tech trends and how they shape this sector. Virtual reality technology is associated with the gaming sector, and for a good reason. There are actually a lot of VR games, and VR headsets have definitely progressed over the years.

Fininbox, an established banking software-as-a-service (SaaS) provider, has identified three main Fintech trends or developments that helped shape the financial technology industry last year. According to Fininbox, the three trends are: artificial intelligence (AI) became increasingly important among Fintech firms, a large number of traditional banks adopted Fintech solutions, and blockchain-based solutions were increasingly implemented across various industries. Fininbox predicts that the Fintech industry is expected to reach over 4.5 billion active users by 2023. The market cap of the global financial technology sector is on track to grow to $310 billion through 2022, Fininbox estimates. The BaaS provider points out that AI has been helping Fintech companies by monitoring and keeping track of various financial operations to handling daily user enquiries and is projected to increase by as much as four times in the next four years.

The promise of blockchain technology couldn't be greater than in the healthcare sector. A prime example is the groundbreaking deployment of blockchain technology by Intermountain Healthcare, a Utah-based, not-for-profit system of 22 hospitals. This medical group has more than 1,600 physicians and advanced practice clinicians at 180 clinics. Intermountain is using blockchain-based technology coupled with artificial intelligence to identify waste in its massive healthcare system, creating better outcomes for patients, and significant savings all around. According to Frank Ricotta, CEO of BurstIQ, the future of healthcare will be driven by data, and blockchain technology is the enabling foundational technology. He explains, "Blockchain is a trust overlay over the Internet that allows parties to transfer representations of value, like health data, safely and securely."

By decentralizing development of AI and robotics, Kepler Technologies believes it is opening up the profit potential of the multi-billion dollar industries to anyone interested -- wrestling it from the hands of the select few who are currently reaping the rewards. Another way of looking at the platform is as an ecosystem for the community by the community – with "the community" being one of developers and inventors that use it. With these players collaborating with one another they, with other market participants, will be able to invest in AI and robotics development, while inventors will be able to securely access technical and financial resources for developing their projects.

The sight of a scurrying cockroach is a terror to some and an insect death wish to most. Unless, that is, you are the type of person that finds the bug and its scampering six legs entrancing. His name is Kaushik Jayaram, and he designs robots inspired by the motions of cockroaches. The same movement that makes cockroaches tricky to squish with the heel of one's boot is the very attribute Jayaram can't stop thinking about. It inspired his latest robotic creation, called Dynamic Autonomous Sprawled Hexapod, or DASH for short.