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Emerging technologies
Agriculture
- Agricultural robotics
- Closed ecological systems
- Cultured meat
- Vertical farming
Aerospace
- Plasma propulsion
- Pulse detonation engine
Construction
- Active Structure
- Arcology
- Four-dimensional printing
- Domed city
Finance
- Distributed ledger
- Digital currency
- Decentralized finance
Materials and textile science
- Aerogel
- Amorphous metal
- Bioplastic
- Conductive polymers
- Cryogenic treatment
- Electric armour
- Fullerene
- Graphene
- Lab-on-a-chip
- High-temperature superconductivity
- Magnetic nanoparticles
- Magnetorheological fluid
- Microfluidics
- High-temperature superfluidity
- Metamaterials
- Metal foam
- Multi-function structures
- Nanomaterials: carbon nanotubes
- Programmable matter
- Quantum dots
- Silicene
- Superalloy
- Synthetic diamond
- Time crystals
- Translucent concrete
Optoelectronics
- 3D displays, Volumetric display
- Laser video displays
- Holography (holographic display, computer-generated holography)
- Optical transistor
- Screenless display (Virtual retinal display, Bionic contact lens, Augmented reality, virtual reality)
Electronics
- Biometrics
- Digital scent technology
- Electronic nose
- E-textiles
- Flexible electronics
- Memristor
- Molecular electronics
- Nanoelectromechanical systems
- Solid-state transformer
- Spintronics
- Thermal copper pillar bump
- Three-dimensional integrated circuit
- Twistronics
Energy
- Airborne wind turbine
- Americium battery
- Artificial photosynthesis
- Concentrated solar power
- Cryogenic treatment
- Electric double-layer capacitor
- Energy harvesting
- Flywheel energy storage
- Fusion power
- Generation IV nuclear reactor
- Gravity battery
- Home fuel cell
- Lithium-air battery
- Lithium iron phosphate battery
- Lithium-sulfur battery
- Magnesium battery
- Magnonics
- Molten salt reactor
- Nanowire battery
- Nantenna
- Ocean thermal energy conversion
- Solid-state battery
- Smart grid
- Space-based solar power
- Thorium nuclear fuel cycle
- Vortex engine
- Wireless energy transfer
- Zero-energy building
Entertainment
- Computer-generated imagery
- Immersive virtual reality
IT and communications
- 6G cellular communications
- Ambient intelligence
- Artificial brain
- Artificial general intelligence
- Augmented reality
- Carbon nanotube field-effect transistor
- Civic technology
- DNA digital data storage
- Exascale computing
- Emerging memory technologies
- Emerging magnetic data storage technologies
- Fourth-generation optical discs (3D optical data storage, Holographic data storage)
- General-purpose computing on graphics processing units
- Exocortex
- Li-Fi
- Machine vision
- Mobile collaboration and e-learning
- Multimodal contactless biometric face/iris systems
- Nanoradio
- Neuromorphic engineering
- Optical computing
- Quantum computing
- Quantum cryptography
- Quantum radar
- Radio-frequency identification
- Semantic Web or answer machine
- Software-defined radio
- Speech recognition
- Subvocal recognition
- Virtual Reality
- Hybrid forensics
Medical
- Artificial uterus
- Body implants, prosthesis
- Cryonics
- De-extinction
- Human DNA vaccination RNA vaccinations
- Enzybiotics
- Genetic engineering of organisms and viruses
- Hibernation or suspended animation
- Life extension, strategies for engineered negligible senescence
- Nanomedicine
- Nanosensors
- Omni Processor
- Oncolytic virus
- Personalized medicine, full genome sequencing
- Phage therapy
- Plantibody
- Regenerative medicine
- Robotic surgery
- Senolytic
- Stem cell treatments
- Synthetic biology, synthetic genomics
- Tissue engineering
- Tricorder
- Virotherapy
- Vitrification or cryoprotectant
Neuroscience
- Brain-computer interface
- Brain-reading, Neuroinformatics
- Electroencephalography
- Head transplant
- Neuroprosthetics
Military
- Caseless ammunition
- Cloaking device
- Directed energy weapon
- Electrolaser
- Electromagnetic weapons
- Electrothermal-chemical technology
- Force field
- Green bullet
- Hypersonic cruise missile
- Laser weapon
- MAHEM
- Precision-guided firearm
- Sonic weapon
- Stealth technology
- Telescoped ammunition
- Lightweight Small Arms Technologies Program
Space
- Artificial gravity
- Asteroid mining
- Starshot
- Stasis Chamber
- Inflatable space habitat
- Reusable launch system
Robotics
- Android, gynoid
- Gastrobot
- Molecular nanotechnology, nanorobotics
- Powered exoskeleton
- Self-reconfiguring modular robot
- Swarm robotics
- Uncrewed vehicle
Transport
- Airless tire
- Autonomous Rail Rapid Transit
- Electro hydrodynamic propulsion
- Flexible wings (X-53 Active Aeroelastic Wing, Adaptive Compliant Wing), fluidic flight controls
- Flying car
- Fusion rocket
- Ground-level power supply
- Hoverbike
- Hovertrain, Ground effect train
- High Altitude Platforms
- Jet pack or backpack helicopter
- Maglev train, Vactrain
- Magnetic levitation
- Mass driver
- Personal rapid transit
- Photonic laser thruster
- Physical Internet
- Scooter-sharing system
- Vactrain
- Propellant depot
- Pulse detonation engine
- Self-driving car
- Space elevator
- Spaceplane
- Vehicular communication systems
End of emerging technology overview
People, companies, terms, and concepts with gaining popularity
The listing is not yet fully qualified.
- 3 nm process
- 3D computer graphics
- 3D printing
- 4KDownload
- 5 nm process
- 7 nm process
- Abacus
- AC power plugs and sockets
- Accelerometer
- Acer Inc.
- Active Directory
- Actuator
- Adhesive
- Advanced driver-assistance systems
- Advanced Micro Devices
- Aerial refueling
- Aerospace
- Aerospace engineering
- Air fryer
- Air purifier
- Air supremacy
- Air–fuel ratio
- Airbag
- Aircraft engine
- Airship
- Alibaba Group
- Alkaline battery
- Alphabet Inc.
- Altimeter
- Amazon (company)
- Ambulance
- American wire gauge
- Analog computer
- Analog signal
- Analysis paralysis
- Anastasia Synn
- Anemometer
- Angiography
- Anodizing
- Anti-aircraft warfare
- Anti-lock braking system
- API
- Apple A14
- Apple A15
- Apple Inc.
- Apple M1 Pro and M1 Max
- Apple Watch
- Applications of artificial intelligence
- Applied science
- Aramid
- Arc lamp
- Arc welding
- Arithmetic logic unit
- Artificial intelligence
- Artificial leather
- Assembly line
- Asus
- Atomic Age
- Atomic clock
- Augmented reality
- Autocannon
- Autoclave
- Automated clearing house
- Automatic transmission
- Automation
- Automotive industry
- Backhoe
- Bain-marie
- Ball bearing
- Balloon
- Bandwidth (computing)
- Barbed wire
- Barcode
- Barcode reader
- Baykar Bayraktar TB2
- Bazooka
- Beam (structure)
- Bearing (mechanical)
- Big data
- Binoculars
- Biodegradable plastic
- Biodiesel
- Bioinformatics
- Biomedical engineering
- Biometric passport
- Biometrics
- Bioplastic
- BIOS
- Biotechnology
- BlackBerry
- BlackBerry Limited
- Blended learning
- Blockchain
- Blockchain game
- Blueprint
- Bolt action
- Bomb
- Booby trap
- Boston Dynamics
- Breadboard
- Bridge
- Bronze Age
- Bunsen burner
- Business analytics
- Button cell
- BYD Company
- Calibration
- Calipers
- Camera obscura
- Camping
- Camshaft
- Canal
- Candle
- Car suspension
- Carbon sequestration
- Carbon-fiber-reinforced polymers
- Carburetor
- Cast iron
- Catapult
- Catheter
- Caulk
- Cavitation
- Cavity magnetron
- Centrifugal pump
- Chaff (countermeasure)
- Charge-coupled device
- Charging station
- Chemical engineering
- Chemical industry
- Chemical vapor deposition
- Chief technology officer
- Chromatography
- Chronograph
- Cinematography
- Cisco
- Citrix Systems
- Civil engineering
- Clarke’s three laws
- Cleanroom
- Close-in weapon system
- Cloud computing
- Clubhouse (app)
- Clutch
- CN Tower
- Code
- Code 128
- Coilgun
- Colossus computer
- Combine harvester
- Communication
- Compact fluorescent lamp
- Compass (drawing tool)
- Composite material
- Computer
- Computer data storage
- Computer engineering
- Computer monitor
- Computer network
- Computer programming
- Computer vision
- Computing
- Concentrated solar power
- Confocal microscopy
- Construction
- Contactless payment
- Continuous track
- Continuously variable transmission
- Control system
- Conveyor belt
- Corsi–Rosenthal Box
- Counter (digital)
- Crackle (service)
- Crane (machine)
- Crankshaft
- Creosote
- Crossbow
- Cummins B Series engine
- Daguerreotype
- Data center
- Data communication
- Decentralization
- Dell
- Dell EMC
- Dell Technologies
- Dental braces
- Depth charge
- Desktop computer
- Die casting
- Diesel engine
- Differential (mechanical device)
- Diffusion of innovations
- Digital camera
- Digital divide
- Digital electronics
- Digital image processing
- Digital Revolution
- Digital transformation
- Diorama
- Direct-shift gearbox
- Directed-energy weapon
- Display device
- Display resolution
- Disruptive innovation
- Distillation
- Distributed ledger
- Diving bell
- Divya Gokulnath
- Do it yourself
- Doomsday device
- Drake equation
- Drill
- Drivetrain
- Dual-clutch transmission
- DXC Technology
- Dynamo
- Eadweard Muybridge
- EARN IT Act
- École Polytechnique
- Edmodo
- Educational technology
- Electric arc furnace
- Electric battery
- Electric generator
- Electric motor
- Electrical discharge machining
- Electrical engineering
- Electrical grid
- Electrochemical cell
- Electrode
- Electronic cigarette
- Electronic circuit
- Electronic engineering
- Electronic harassment
- Electronic health record
- Electronic warfare
- Electronics
- Elevator
- Elevator pitch
- Elon Musk
- Email address
- Emerging technologies
- Energy storage
- Engine
- Engineered wood
- Engineering
- Engineering drawing
- Enterprise resource planning
- Environmental engineering
- Environmental science
- Epicyclic gearing
- Escalator
- ESIM
- Ethernet
- Evaporative cooler
- Exhaust gas recirculation
- Expo 2020
- Factory
- Failure mode and effects analysis
- Fan (machine)
- Fat Man
- Fatigue (material)
- Fertilizer
- Fiber
- Fiber-optic communication
- Fiberglass
- Fiber-reinforced plastic
- Financial technology
- Fire extinguisher
- Firmware
- Fitbit
- Flamethrower
- Flashlight
- Flint
- Flow cytometry
- Fluorescence microscope
- Flywheel
- Flywheel energy storage
- Food preservation
- Ford Model T
- Forensic science
- Forklift
- Formula One car
- Fountain pen
- Four Great Inventions
- Four-stroke engine
- Fourth Industrial Revolution
- Fourth-generation programming language
- Foxconn
- FreeBSD
- Freeze-drying
- Fresnel lens
- Fuel cell
- Galvanic cell
- Galvanization
- GameCube
- Gartner hype cycle
- Gas mask
- Gas turbine
- Gasoline direct injection
- GeForce Now
- Geiger counter
- General Electric
- Generation IV reactor
- Geothermal power
- Giga Nevada
- Gigabyte Technology
- Gimbal
- Glass
- Google Play
- Google Stadia
- Graphical user interface
- Graphics
- Gray goo
- Green Revolution
- GSM
- Gun
- Gyroscope
- Hall effect sensor
- Haptic technology
- Hard disk drive
- Harrier Jump Jet
- HBO Go
- HDMI
- Health
- Heat engine
- Heat exchanger
- Heat pump
- Heat sink
- Heating, ventilation, and air conditioning
- Helicopter
- HEPA
- Hewlett Packard Enterprise
- Hewlett-Packard
- High-Efficiency Image File Format
- Hitachi
- Hitachi Magic Wand
- Holography
- Home appliance
- Hot air balloon
- Household hardware
- HP Inc.
- HTTP Live Streaming
- HTTPS
- Huawei
- Human factors and ergonomics
- Humanoid robot
- Hybrid electric vehicle
- Hydrogen bomb
- Hydrogen vehicle
- Hyman G. Rickover
- Hyperloop
- I Am Rich
- IBM
- IBM AS/400
- IBM Personal Computer
- Ice resurfacer
- iCloud
- IEEE 802.11
- IEEE 802.11n-2009
- Image
- Image sensor
- Image sensor format
- Incandescent light bulb
- Inconel
- Induction cooking
- Inductive charging
- Inductor
- Industrial design
- Industrial engineering
- Industrial Revolution
- Inertial navigation system
- Infineon Technologies
- Information
- Information Age
- Information and communications technology
- Information security
- Information system
- Information technology
- Information technology consulting
- Information technology in India
- Injection molding
- Inkjet printing
- Innovation
- Insecticide
- Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
- Integrated circuit
- Intel
- Intellectual property
- Internal combustion engine
- International Organization for Standardization
- Internet Archive
- Internet of things
- Intuit
- Invention
- Ionization
- iOS
- iPadOS
- iPhone
- IPS panel
- IQOO
- Iron Age
- iTunes
- Jamboard
- Jawed Karim
- Jet engine
- John McAfee
- Joint Direct Attack Munition
- Joint European Torus
- Juul
- Kaizen
- Kara Swisher
- Kardashev scale
- Kaspersky Lab
- Kevlar
- Koo (social network)
- Laboratory
- Land mine
- Laptop
- Laser printing
- Laser weapon
- Lead-acid battery
- Leaf spring
- LED lamp
- Lenovo
- Lever
- Lever action
- Lidar
- Lightning rod
- Limited-slip differential
- Linktree
- Linux
- Liquid-crystal display
- Lithium-ion battery
- Little Boy
- Lock and key
- Logic gate
- Loom
- Lubricant
- Luddite
- M-Pesa
- Machine
- Machine pistol
- Machine tool
- macOS
- Maglev
- Magnetic resonance imaging
- Magnetic tape
- Major appliance
- MAN SE
- Manual transmission
- Manufacturing
- Market share of personal computer vendors
- Mars Orbiter Mission
- Mass communication
- Mass production
- Master/slave (technology)
- Materials science
- Materiel
- Matrioshka brain
- Matter (standard)
- Maxim gun
- Measuring instrument
- Mechanical engineering
- Mechanical ventilation
- Mechatronics
- Media (communication)
- MediaTek
- Medical device
- Medical imaging
- Medieval technology
- Melanie Perkins
- Metal detector
- Metallurgy
- Michael Reeves (Internet personality)
- Microelectromechanical systems
- Micrometer (device)
- Microplastics
- Microprocessor
- Microscope
- Microsoft
- Microsoft Bing
- Microsoft Windows
- Microwave oven
- Military
- Milling (machining)
- Milwaukee Electric Tool
- Mining
- Missile guidance
- Mobile operating system
- Mobile payment
- Mobile phone
- Modem
- Modulation
- Mojibake
- Monorail
- Motor oil
- Motor vehicle
- Motorola
- Motorola Mobility
- Motorola Razr
- MP3
- MQTT
- Multi-core processor
- Multimedia
- Mushroom cloud
- Muzzle brake
- Nanotechnology
- NASA
- Nasdaq, Inc.
- National Institute of Standards and Technology
- Natural science
- Naval mine
- Nebulizer
- Neo-Luddism
- Neolithic Revolution
- Neologism
- Netflix
- NetScout Systems
- Network interface controller
- New product development
- Newegg
- Nickel-cadmium battery
- Nickel–metal hydride battery
- Night-vision device
- Nokia 3310
- Non-lethal weapon
- Nootropic
- Novavax
- Nuclear electromagnetic pulse
- Nuclear power
- Nuclear reactor
- Nuclear weapon design
- Nuclear weapons testing
- Numerical control
- Nvidia
- O-ring
- OCLC
- Offset printing
- Oil refinery
- Oil well
- OLED
- On-board diagnostics
- One UI
- OnePlus Nord
- Online advertising
- Open defecation
- Operation Paperclip
- Oppo phones
- Optical disc
- Optical microscope
- Oracle Corporation
- Orthographic projection
- Orthotics
- OS X
- OS/2
- Overhead line
- Oxy-fuel welding and cutting
- Packaging and labeling
- Pager
- Parag Agrawal
- Particle board
- Passive infrared sensor
- Paternoster lift
- Personal protective equipment
- Petrol engine
- Petroleum industry
- Petronas Towers
- Pharmacology
- Philips
- Photocopier
- Photography
- Photoresistor
- Photovoltaic system
- Photovoltaics
- Pigment
- Piston
- Pitot tube
- Pixel 2
- Pixel 6
- Planned obsolescence
- Plasma display
- Plastic recycling
- Plastic wrap
- PlayStation
- PlayStation Vita
- Plywood
- Pneumatics
- Polylactic acid
- Pono (digital music service)
- Porcelain
- Portable media player
- Post-it Note
- Power electronics
- Power inverter
- Power station
- Powered exoskeleton
- Presentation
- Pressurized water reactor
- Printed circuit board
- Printing
- Product lifecycle
- Productivity
- Program evaluation and review technique
- Programmable logic controller
- Programmer
- Project Habakkuk
- Projector
- Proof of concept
- Propeller
- Prosthesis
- Prototype
- Proximity sensor
- Public relations
- Pulley
- Pulp (paper)
- Pulse oximetry
- Pulsejet
- Pump action
- Pyrolysis
- QR code
- Qualcomm
- Quality management system
- Quantum computing
- Quantum logic gate
- Queen’s University Belfast
- Quick Charge
- R-value (insulation)
- Radio-frequency identification
- Railgun
- Random-access memory
- Raster graphics
- Ray tracing (graphics)
- Rebar
- Rechargeable battery
- Reciprocating engine
- Recoilless rifle
- Recommender system
- Recreation
- Recycling
- RedBus
- Redmi
- Refrigeration
- Refrigerator
- Reinforced concrete
- Research
- Research and development
- Reverse engineering
- Rifling
- Ring (company)
- Ringtone
- Risk
- Risk management
- Robert Fulton
- Robot
- Robotic process automation
- Robotics
- Rocket
- Rocket engine
- Rooting (Android)
- Ryzen
- SAE J1772
- Safari version history
- Safety
- Salesforce
- Sam Bankman-Fried
- Samsung Electronics
- Samsung Galaxy
- Samuel Morse
- San Francisco
- Sand casting
- SAP
- SCADA
- Scania AB
- Scanning electron microscope
- Scanning tunneling microscope
- Science and technology
- Science and technology in India
- Science and technology in the Philippines
- Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics
- Scientific method
- Scramjet
- Screen printing
- Second Industrial Revolution
- Segway
- Self-driving car
- Semiconductor
- Semiconductor industry
- Sensor
- Sequential manual transmission
- Server (computing)
- Service-level agreement
- Sewing machine
- Sextant
- Shock absorber
- Silicon Graphics
- Simple machine
- Single-page application
- Sintering
- Siphon
- Six Sigma
- Skeleton key
- Slide rule
- Slot machine
- Smart card
- Smart grid
- Smart meter
- Smart TV
- Smartphone
- Smelting
- Snap Inc.
- Snaptube
- Societal collapse
- Sodium-vapor lamp
- Software design
- Software development process
- Software engineering
- Software testing
- Solar cell
- Solar cell efficiency
- Solar panel
- Solar water heating
- Solenoid
- Solid-state drive
- Sonar
- Sony
- Sony Mobile
- Soviet atomic bomb project
- Spark plug
- Specification (technical standard)
- Spectrogram
- Spectroscopy
- Speech recognition
- Spinning jenny
- Sports equipment
- Standardization
- State of the art
- Stealth technology
- Steam (service)
- Steam engine
- Steam reforming
- Steam turbine
- Stenotype
- Stent
- Stereoscopy
- Stink bomb
- Stirling engine
- Stone tool
- Stopwatch
- Strain gauge
- Street light
- Sump pump
- Sun Microsystems
- Super Pumped
- Supercapacitor
- Supercavitating torpedo
- Supercavitation
- Supercomputer
- Surface-mount technology
- Surge protector
- Surveillance
- Suspension bridge
- Swift (programming language)
- Syngas
- Synthetic rubber
- Systems engineering
- Tachometer
- Tape measure
- Taxonomy
- Technical drawing
- Technical writing
- Technological singularity
- Technology
- Technology company
- Technology readiness level
- TED (conference)
- Telescope
- Television set
- Tencent
- Terraforming of Mars
- Tesla coil
- Tesla Powerwall
- Textile industry
- The Lean Startup
- Theodolite
- Theranos
- Thermobaric weapon
- Thermocouple
- Thermoelectric generator
- Thermographic camera
- Thermometer
- Thermoplastic
- Thermosetting polymer
- Thermostat
- Thin-layer chromatography
- Thingiverse
- Thomas Edison
- Three-age system
- Three-phase electric power
- Thrust vectoring
- Tim Berners-Lee
- Timeline of historic inventions
- TinyURL
- Tire
- Toca Boca
- Toilet
- Tool
- Torpedo
- Torque converter
- Torx
- Tractor
- Traffic collision
- Traffic light
- Tram
- Transcranial magnetic stimulation
- Transducer
- Transhumanism
- Transmitter
- Transport
- Transport Layer Security
- Trebuchet
- Trinity (nuclear test)
- Triple DES
- Troubleshooting
- Trump Media & Technology Group
- Truth Social
- TSMC
- Turbocharger
- Turbofan
- Tutankhamun’s meteoric iron dagger
- TvOS
- Two-stroke engine
- Typewriter
- Typing
- UiPath
- UKG
- Ultimate tensile strength
- Unix
- Unmanned aerial vehicle
- USB
- USB hardware
- USB-C
- V12 engine
- VA-111 Shkval
- Vacuum cleaner
- Valerie Thomas
- Vantablack
- Vapor-compression refrigeration
- Vector graphics
- Vehicle
- Vending machine
- Ventilator
- Verizon (mobile network)
- Vernier scale
- Vevo
- VHS
- Vickers hardness test
- Victoria and Albert Museum
- Video game
- Videocassette recorder
- Vimeo
- Virtual reality
- Voice over IP
- Volatile organic compound
- Volkswagen Group MQB platform
- VR6 engine
- VTEC
- Vulcanization
- Wafer (electronics)
- Walkman
- Wallpaper
- Wankel engine
- Warhead
- Washing machine
- Wastewater treatment
- Watch
- Water security
- Water treatment
- Watt steam engine
- Web API
- Web application
- Weighing scale
- Well
- Whale oil
- Wheatstone bridge
- Wheel
- Whitney Wolfe Herd
- Wi-Fi
- Wi-Fi 6
- Wind turbine
- Windmill
- Windows Phone
- Wire
- Wire-guided missile
- Wireless LAN
- Wootz steel
- World Wide Web
- World’s fair
- Wrought iron
- X Development
- Xiaomi
- Y Combinator
- YouTube
- Zensar Technologies
- Zoom Video Communications
- Zune
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