7 disruptors on technologies set to change your world

Jenny Soffel

The advent of computing and mobile communications means technology is playing a growing role in our daily lives. Given its revolutionary potential, the World Economic Forum has been asking those at the forefront of technological research and development to identify what they see as the most promising new ideas..

The Sharing Economy

Arun Sundararajan, Stern School of Business, U.S.

 

Robots working alongside humans in manufacturing

Rodney Brooks, Rethink Robotics, U.S.

Non-invasive tracking of neurons in the human brain

Panayiota Poirazi, FORTH, Greece

An invisibility cloak to protect against earthquakes 

Che Ting Chan, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Merging the physical and digital worlds

Carlos Moedas, European Commission, Belgium

The sharing economy 

Austin Okere,  Computer Warehouse Group, Nigeria

 Big Data

Jean-Pierre Bourguignon, European Research Council 

Author: Jenny Soffel is Website Editor at the World Economic Forum

Image: Impressions from the World Economic Forum – Annual Meeting of the New Champions in Dalian, People’s Republic of China 2015. Copyright by World Economic Forum / Jakob Polacsek

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