We may be a lile into the year but tradionally people who should know beer put their reputaons on the line predicng what will be big by the end of the year. So in no parcular order, here we go. Arficial Intelligence is now in many things without the general populaon realising it. If you have an iThingy or Windows 10 then you already have a sophiscated AI interface in Siri or Cortana at your disposal. Not that you would necessarily know it from some of your interacons though! AI is going to be finding many other applicaons in the coming year which may not necessarily become mainstream products before 2017, but significant nonetheless. And speaking of strides, care to put your order in for a domesc robot? No‐one really thinks that RoboNanny will make an appearance this year but look for more autonomous tech and ‘social robots’ this year. One thing is certain, there will be more drones. They will be cleverer and more powerful and may therefore be a much greater nuisance requiring legislaon. Last year Ikea began selling tables that wirelessly charge phones when the mobile device is placed on the table top. Wireless charging is likely to appear with targeted energy


through wavelengths to charge devices without having to plug them in or place them on a pad. Self‐driving cars are not going to happen this year, but California is looking at changing the law to allow self‐driving cars as long as a qualified driver is present in the car and Google and Ford are looking to produce one. Where America leads ……....


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2016 may well be the year in which Virtual Reality goes mainstream and becomes an (almost) affordable part of people’s lives. You may think that you have enough of an issue dealing with real reality without adding an alternave, but it’s coming anyway. Also likely to further increase are what is generically called ‘Wearables’; Tech that you wear as well as, or instead of, an item of clothing or accessory. Smartwatches are likely to become more widely available, with health tech which monitors your health also becoming much more widely used. There is also a trend to make such devices more aesthecally pleasing so you don’t look like you’re carrying a large lump of black plasc on your wrist! Which leaves only one thing; longer lasng baeries please!


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