2023 and its premises: How were the most promising technologies developed?
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After the close of a year as particular as 2023, we have a stage of retrospection that allows us to reevaluate the predictions that were made for this year's technological trends, although like every year since the internet and mobility were integrated, the Digital technology is not only present in all areas of our lives, but is even central to its development, innovation, moderation and maintenance.
Derived from its complete integration into the modern world, making an analysis and comparison of the expectations vs. the reality of the outcome of technological development will allow us, in turn, to understand the panorama for the following year, and we will also be able to observe which trends are more than that. , as well as the trends that will probably gradually become blurred as inevitably happens in a market as competitive as technology.
Special Mentions:
1. Web3 – Although since their arrival, blockchain and cryptocurrencies have been a topic as abstract as it is attractive, their influence on a new type of internet consumer cannot be underestimated.
2. 3D Prints – The idea of being able to materialize an idea without months of Research and Development (R&D) as well as having the facility of not needing industrial grade molds have allowed immeasurable development in prosthetics and robotics, it will be important to see how this is Technology will continue to become more accessible in prices and resources.
3. Metaverse – Despite having a slower adoption than anticipated, an Augmented Reality space whose native integration with the Internet allows us to experience an “alternate reality” will be an iteration that will definitely change the online space as we know it.
Artificial Intelligence
By far, Artificial Intelligence took advantage of the spaces of adoption and interest that it generated unequivocally in all industries and consumers regardless of their level (SMB, Enterprise, Consumer, etc.) in the best way to become an agent of change and a digital ally whose impact I consider in retrospect exceeds all expectations.
In this way, models trained for various purposes allow us to solve problems of process automation, predictions, classification, etc. For activities already established in a company or on a personal level, they also reach the next step by suggesting adding or removing qualities or processes of products or services. Without a doubt, their greatest value is a much more informed decision making by being able to synthesize non-trivial problems at hand in a matter of seconds.
Green Technology
One of the most current debates in the modern digital era is the use of resources in a responsible and sustainable manner - following a discourse similar to the adoption of any mass technology - in particular the Government and Enterprise sectors are the most interested in limiting their carbon emissions to combat climate change.
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The incremental progress of this technology is reflected in efforts for products that take advantage of alternative energy sources, a clear example of this can be found in the engines that take advantage of Hydrogen and Batteries with sustainable infrastructure from the charging stations to the energy sourcing.
Quantum Technology
While quantum physics is the “study of matter and energy at the most fundamental level” and quantum phenomena have been studied for decades, important technologies based on those phenomena have emerged relatively recently. Some of these technologies will offer significant advantages for businesses and national security. Others will create new risks for encryption and cybersecurity.
As the name implies, quantum technologies exploit the properties identified by quantum physics to provide new capabilities in computing, communications, etc. The nature of this technology is still in its most critical stage of development, much remains to be seen about its true scale and to a large extent this depends on its level of adaptation, literacy about this technology and even demystification.
Looking ahead to 2024
We can definitely observe technologies that exceeded their expectations as well as others that managed to demonstrate their validity in the world. At the beginning of 2024, many of them will continue to grow rampantly, while others will, little by little, find their place in this competitive industry.
For this article, data was taken from Yahoo! Finance, Forbes and McKinsey.
Written by Aaron Rodriguez, xFusion LATAM