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The world is changing faster than ever.
Next-gen microchips, breakthroughs in AI, accelerating connectivity. A myriad of technological shifts are conspiring to hasten the speed and impact of innovation.
Amid the disruption, it can be difficult to discern what matters. What’s merely hype or hyperbole, and what are the signals of change that are worth tracking?
That’s where Frontiers comes in.
This isn’t an exercise in black-and-white predictions, which are largely a fool’s errand. The annals of futurology are shot through with forecasts that either wildly underestimate or overestimate what’s to come (any news on those jetpacks?). Frontiers aims to take a more nuanced approach, and considers possible futures by looking at what’s happening in the here and now.
It’s easier to see the larger tectonic shifts: we’re confident that climate tech is going to remain important, for instance, so too the space economy. But within the broader trends such as those, what are the cutting-edge micro-trends that could become increasingly interesting?
We have shone a light on five nascent ideas that share a few common characteristics. All of them are enjoying serious venture capital flows and all of them attempt to solve genuine problems. What’s more, they are attracting attention from credible experts. For each story we’ve interviewed one of them, to hear why they’re excited but also what challenges still need to be solved.
The five big ideas are:
- How Factories in Space Could Solve Problems on Earth
- Why Touch is VR’s Missing Ingredient
- Harnessing the Ocean Could Help Fight Climate Change
- Generative AI Will Transform Medicine
- Will India be the Next Semiconductor Superpower?
"These ideas aren’t science fiction—they are real things, and they’re starting to happen right now. One group that should be following these developments is investors. While it may not be straightforward to get direct exposure to the specific area, investors need to consider investing in the underlying trend" says Willem Sels, global CIO of HSBC Global Private Banking. “The question is how these ideas evolve from here—but if they do take hold, then they could change our world for the better.”
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This article was originally published by WIRED UK
