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How do the Disruptive Dozen Twelve Technologies change the building blocks of everything?

The Disruptive Dozen Twelve Technologies are the following:

1. Next-generation genomics:

Fast, low-cost gene sequencing, advanced big data analytics, and synthetic biology ("writing" DNA)

2. Advanced materials:

Materials designed to have superior characteristics (e.g., strength, weight, conductivity) or functionality

3. Energy storage:

Devices or systems that store energy for later use, including batteries

4. Advanced oil and gas exploration and recovery:

Exploration and recovery techniques that make extraction of unconventional oil and gas economical

5. Renewable energy:

Generation of electricity from renewable sources with reduced harmful climate impact

6. Advanced robotics:

Increasingly capable robots with enhanced senses, dexterity, and intelligence used to automate tasks or augment humans

7. Autonomous and near-autonomous vehicles:

Vehicles that can navigate and operate with reduced or no human intervention

8. 3-D printing:

Additive manufacturing techniques to create objects by printing layers of material based on digital models

9. Mobile Internet:

Increasingly inexpensive and capable mobile computing devices and Internet connectivity

10. Internet of things:

Networks of low-cost sensors and actuators for data collection, monitoring, decision making, and process optimization

11. Cloud technology:

Use of computer hardware and software resources delivered over a network or the Internet, often as a service

12. Automation of knowledge work:

Intelligent software systems that can perform knowledge work tasks involving unstructured commands and subtle judgments The data avalanche is set to become more powerful only because of a movement toward "open data," in which data are freely shared beyond their originating organizations-including governments and businesses-in a machine-readable format at low cost. More than forty nations, including Canada, India, and Singapore, have committed to opening up their electronic data, everything from weather records and crime statistics to transport data. The excitement about open data has largely revolved around the potential to empower citizens and improve the delivery of public services, ranging from urban transportation to personalized health care. We estimate that select applications of open data could help unlock more than $3 trillion in economic value every year-an amount equal to 4 percent of global GDP.

References:

Dobbs, R., Manyika, J., & Woetzel, J. R. (2015). No ordinary disruption: The four global forces breaking all the trends. PublicAffairs.

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