The OECD publishes a Science, Technology and Innovation Outlook every two years. They name “ten key emerging technology trends”:
- The Internet of Things
- Big data analytics
- Artificial intelligence
- Neurotechnologies
- Nano/microsatellites
- Nanomaterials
- Additive manufacturing / 3D printing
- Advanced energy storage technologies
- Synthetic biology
- Blockchain
This report has a little bit of everything. They talk about the “water-food-energy” nexus and how it is likely to interact with new technologies, climate change, the drop in public research funding and increasing importance of non-state actors, and cities as engines of innovation.
The last part of the report talks about the future of research, research funding, private vs. public research, and research policies. One term that was new to me was Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) which attempts to manage risks and ethical concerns of new technologies.