Here’s how technology has changed the world since 2000
2020年11月18日 · Technology has changed major sectors over the past 20 years, including media, climate action and healthcare. The World Economic Forum’s Technology Pioneers , which just celebrated its 20th anniversary, gives us insight how emerging tech leaders have influenced and responded to these changes.
A timeline of technology transformation: How has the pace …
2023年2月27日 · The timeline begins at the center of the spiral. The first use of stone tools, 3.4 million years ago, marks the beginning of this history of technology. Each turn of the spiral then represents 200,000 years of history. It took 2.4 million years – 12 turns of the spiral – for our ancestors to control fire and use it for cooking.
How the Top 10 Emerging Technologies of 2024 will impact the …
2024年6月25日 · Immersive technology for the built world and AI-driven blended reality tools could have critical parts to play in its cleaner future, helping anticipate challenges and optimize projects for delivery in the real world. Digital twins, for example, can be used to simulate complex outcomes, increasing efficiency, while virtual prototyping and ...
17 ways technology could change the world by 2027
2022年5月10日 · The World Economic Forum’s Technology Pioneer community is composed of early to growth-stage companies from around the world involved in the design, development and deployment of new technologies and innovations. Each year, the Forum recognizes a new cohort of Technology Pioneers and incorporates them into its initiatives, activities, and events.
Emerging technology: 10 years of top tech trends and how they've ...
2021年10月25日 · Self-healing materials made it onto the 2013 list of Top 10 Emerging Technology - and while self-healing asphalt for roads and paint for cars are becoming a reality, self-healing concrete is a slightly more complex matter, in part due to the standards required in the construction industry.
How AI and other technology changed our lives – a timeline
2024年3月14日 · A significant moment in the history of quantum computing was achieved in October 2019 when Google’s Sycamore processor demonstrated “quantum supremacy” by solving a complex problem faster than the world’s most powerful supercomputers. Quantum technologies can be used in a variety of applications and offer transformative impacts across ...
Top 10 tech trends for next 10 years (according to McKinsey)
2021年10月12日 · The pace of change in the technology sector has always been brisk. As much as 10 years worth of growth in e-commerce may have been compressed into just three months in late 2019, according to McKinsey & Company, which predicts that we’ll experience more technological progress in the coming decade than we did in the preceding 100 years put ...
A short history of AI in 10 landmark moments | World Economic …
2024年10月3日 · A small team of scientists – including Claude Shannon – coined the term artificial intelligence for the event and set the path for future thinking and research on the technology. 1958: Perceptron A significant step in machine learning, Perceptron is regarded as the first artificial neural network , which is a program that makes decisions in ...
A brief history of globalization | World Economic Forum
At the same time, a new technology from the Third Industrial Revolution, the internet, connected people all over the world in an even more direct way. The orders Keynes could place by phone in 1914 could now be placed over the internet. Instead of having them delivered in a few weeks, they would arrive at one’s doorstep in a few days.
Why do people resist new technologies? History might provide …
2016年7月6日 · The fact that enterprises use new technologies to enhance their competitiveness makes it difficult for the general public to separate technology from its uses – for better or for worse. The fate of new technologies will continue to be …