20 Inventions for the Next 10 Years

by on 03/03/09 at 4:30 pm |  

An article for which I was interviewed, “twenty inventions for the next 10 years,” originally appearing in Business Week as part of the Innovations of the Future piece by Damian Joseph, has been picked up by both Yahoo Finance, and interestingly, translated and picked up in Vietnam, in Saigon Online. Check them out in more detail.

The 20 inventions are:

Ocean-driven hydropower
Miniaturized medical devices
3D Printing
Even smarter apps for mobile devices
Next-gen biofuels
Electric avenues – network of auto charging stations
Truly on-demand entertainment
Nanotech computing
Cure for cancer
Learning to feel the force – mind control of objects
Body power – generating local electricity based on your biology
Smarter crowdsourcing
Social media literacy
New banking systems from individual to the top of the global
Pop-up businessess
Reformed urban transit systems – featuring shared electric vehicles for last mile
Cure for Alzheimer’s
Pop-up housing
Super high-speed internet
Supercharged batteries – nanobatteries

A side note: Traffic at Futurist.com jumped by a factor of 5 when this article appeared in Business Week and on Yahoo.

And today I had a conversation with a writer from Smart Money seeking a different angle on innovations we need now. When that appears, I will let you know.

Glen Hiemstra is a futurist speaker, consultant, blogger, internet video host and founder of Futurist.com. To arrange for a speech contact Futurist.com.

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