10 Breakthrough Innovations That Will Shape The World In 2025 | Co.Exist | ideas + impact

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Co.Exist predicts that by 2025 the Internet of Things will be a full-fledged reality, with the entire world, and all the things in it, connected.


Co.Exist published a bit of future forecasting recently that I thought was pretty interesting. At the link below, you’ll see their ten innovations that will shape the world over the next ten years.


What world-changing scientific discoveries might we see by 2025? Will we have more energy technologies that move us away from fossil fuels? Will there be cures for cancer and other diseases? How will we get around and communicate?


To make some predictions, the Thomson Reuters IP & Science unit looked at two sorts of data: current scientific journal literature and patent applications. Counting citations and other measures of buzz, they identified 10 hot fields, then made specific forecasts for each.


“A powerful outcome of studying scientific literature and patent data is that it gives you a window into the future–insight that isn’t always found in the public domain,” says Basil Moftah, president of the IP & Science business, which sells scientific database products. “We estimate that these will be in effect in another 11 years.”


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10 Breakthrough Innovations That Will Shape The World In 2025 | Co.Exist | ideas + impact.


Bonus – check out their report on this cool concept for skyscraper farming.


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Published on July 02, 2014 11:24
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