Technologies That Will Grow in 2018

What technologies will change human life in 2018 and in which direction will the world of technology advance? The area that will see significant growth in 2018 is 'data generation.' It may seem strange, but the amount of data produced in the world doubles every two years; in just one minute, over 150 million emails are sent. The volume of data production is rapidly increasing, and with the rise of artificial intelligence and machine learning, as well as the use of smart objects, the amount of data generated will grow incredibly in 2018. However, this is not the whole story; by 2020, over 250 million cars worldwide will be connected to the internet, and smart TVs will become a normal part of life. The research institute IHS states that by 2020, more than 75 billion devices will be connected to the global internet. However, this amount of data without processing is like oil without a refinery and petrochemical industry, so the amount of processing must also increase. Between 1975 and 2015, computing power doubled every two years, and today it is increasing every two and a half years. To achieve greater processing power, quantum processors are being developed, and processor manufacturers are modeling them after the human brain. Intel is working to develop the next generation of processors by mimicking the human brain, and if the company succeeds, it will represent a significant leap in the field of artificial intelligence processing tools. Intel is also working to make its future processors a hundred times faster than current generations. Laser transistors will be the key to this technological leap. These transistors can switch between two stable states, namely electronic and photonic states. This technology will bring the speed of computers in the future with these new processors to a hundred times the current speeds. A revolution in computer processors for information processing and artificial intelligence development will occur, and we will witness examples of this in 2018. However, this processing is not only due to the explosion of information; artificial intelligence is also a constant factor in the development of computer processors. In 2017, we saw the use of artificial intelligence in at least three mobile devices. This trend will spread to more mobile phones in 2018 and then to most devices. Engineers are working to ensure that artificial intelligence can even achieve a basic understanding of emotions. With the smart and automated nature of technology, human unemployment will occur in some traditional activities, and the death knell for driving will also be heard with the onset of the development of self-driving cars. However, there is no need to worry about unemployment in the next few years, as in 2018, the focus of automation will return to high-risk jobs with a high percentage of human error. If we look specifically at 2018, 3D printing will see significant expansion; this trend will reduce production and research development costs, but does this mean a decrease in product prices? Probably not, but it likely means an increase in company profits. The year 2018 will be the year of low-margin mobile phones. Mobile phones are taking the place of computers in the lives of many people; those who only intend to watch movies or search the internet are likely to stop buying computers. However, the reduction of margins in mobile phones is a phenomenon that will become more widespread in 2018, allowing users to enjoy watching movies on larger-screen phones. Augmented reality and better understanding capabilities of mobile phones with new cameras will also grow in 2018. Google, Apple, and Huawei are currently leading in this area, but other companies will also join this group in 2018.