This is a list of emerging technologies, which are in-development technical innovations that have significant potential in their applications. The criteria for this list is that the technology must:
- Exist in some way; purely hypothetical technologies cannot be considered emerging and should be covered in the list of hypothetical technologies instead. However, technologies being actively researched and prototyped are acceptable.
- Have a Wikipedia article or adjacent citation covering them.
- Not be widely used yet. Mainstream or extensively commercialized technologies can no longer be considered emerging.
Listing here is not a prediction that the technology will become widely adopted, only a recognition of significant potential to become widely adopted or highly useful if ongoing work continues, is successful, and the work is not overtaken by other technologies.
Agriculture
Construction
Economy
Electronics, IT, and communications
Entertainment
Optoelectronics
Energy
Materials and textiles
Medicine
Neuroscience
Military
Space
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Transport
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