As technology changes the way we live our day-to-day lives, it is
fascinating to imagine what the future will bring. We may like to
imagine one day living on Mars with technology that lets us teleport our
toothpaste from CVS and the ability to apparate like Harry Potter.
To help us better imagine what the future holds, Thomson Reuters'
Intellectual Property & Science division compiled a report of the 10
innovations they believe will take place by 2025. They looked through
research databases to find the top patent fields with the most
inventions containing a priority date of 2012 or later.
These are the 10 innovations Thomson Reuters anticipates will become a reality by 2025:
Dementia will decline.
Thanks to a better understanding of the human genome and genetic
mutations, doctors and scientists will be better able to detect and
prevent diseases like dementia and Alzheimer's disease. By identifying
problematic DNA, scientists will be able to produce actual technology to
fight the biological decline of one's mental capacity.
Solar will be the biggest source of energy.
By 2025, methods for harvesting, storing, and converting solar energy
will be advanced enough to make it the primary source of energy on our
planet. Something called solar photovoltaic energy will use solar panels
to heat buildings and water while powering devices at home and in the
office.
Type I Diabetes will be preventable.
A
human genome engineering platform will make it possible to modify
disease-carrying genes and prevent conditions like Type I Diabetes.
Doctors and scientists will be able to modify the RNA and DNA sequences
that pass on the disease.
Food shortages and food price fluctuations will no longer be a problem.
Lighting and imaging technologies will improve crop growth year round
and combat the problems of traditional farming. We will also be able to
grow genetically-modified crops indoors. That means that disease and
environmental factors will be less of an issue for crops, and the food
we buy at grocery stores will be more consistently priced and available.
Electric transportation will be huge.
Tesla is already making a splash, but by 2025 electric vehicles will
take over traditional vehicles. Their battery will be able to last
longer, so you will be able to travel longer distances more easily. And
airplanes will adopt the technology too, which will totally change the
way we travel.
Everything will be digitally connected.
Wireless communications will dominate our everyday lives by 2025. Cars,
homes, and appliances will be connected, and this will be the case
around the world in every location. New technology will be able to store
energy and serve as electrodes to deliver this hyper-connectivity.
Biodegradable packing will be the norm.
Packaging will be made of cellulose materials that are plastic-like but
actually made of plant matter so it's biodegradable and better for the
environment than the plastic bags we currently use at grocery stores.
There will safer, healthier drugs to fight cancer.
The toxic chemicals currently used to treat cancer can have harmful and
debilitating side effects on patients, but by 2025, cancer-fighting
drugs will be more precise and exact, leading to reduced side effects.
More targeted drugs can bind to specific proteins and antibodies to
cause a very specific action, and paired with advanced knowledge of gene
mutations, this will lead to better treatments for cancer.
We will create DNA maps at birth to manage disease risk.
DNA mapping will be the norm thanks to advancements in single-cell
analysis, nanotechnology, and Big Data technology. This could
theoretically replace blood tests as a more accurate way of detecting
diseases.
Teleportation will be tested.
Recent research related to the Higgs Boson particle, also known as the
"God particle," will help forward actual experimentation with
teleporting. The idea is that turning off the Higgs Boson particle could
let you travel at the speed of light and essentially teleport. It will
only be at the beginning of testing, but there is a good chance there
will be significant investing in testing teleportation.
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